I snuck in the hospital they had to kick me out. 'It wasn't too bad, thank god,' she continued. But despite her diagnosis, Ashanti was still down to do the Verzuz from her home however, she said organizers didn't think it was a good idea. So when I got the results, I was like, 'Me? Are you sure this is mine?' I was stunned.'ДЄshanti said she was experiencing the sniffles and had lost her sense of smell, but believed those symptoms were just allergies from the safari she went on in Africa. SoВ the plane was ready,В bags were packed, myВ stylist was at my house, we were doing fitting. I know I don't have it, so I'm just doing this as a solid for them, so I can get on the plane. 'I got tested the night before we were supposed to leave,' she said.В 'I got tested as a precaution. The singer said she received her positive results as she was preparing for herВ flight toВ the Verzuz event-В and she was completely shocked. Because when you have a classic, timeless hit record, it is the gift that continues to give forever.'Д®lsewhere in the interview, Ashanti shed more light on her COVID-19 diagnosis, which was why her and Cole's Verzuz battle was initially postponed last month. Please write as much as you can, get as much percent of the record as you can.

'That was a really nice thing to be a part of,' she said (6:10), before giving some advice to up-and-coming artists.В '. Though some fans believe Ashanti has not been sufficiently credited for her contributions to the hits, Ashanti made it very clear she received financial compensation. So I would just assume that played a part into it.'ДЄshanti also discussed writing theВ 'I'm Real (Remix),' and 'Ain't It Funny (Remix)' for Jennifer Lopez, and how she penned the recordsВ specifically for J. So on top of being nervous and then having to deal with all of that, of course you're going to be a little flustered. If her stuff wasn't together, of course you're going to be frustrated. When you think of that many people with eyes on you. There was probably a lot of stuff going on. 'Everyone has their days, you know what I mean?' she said, before mentioningВ Cole's aforementioned technical difficulties. 'Cause there's a bunch of different stories, but I feel like that's what I was told.' So for them, business-wise, it's like, 'Why would we have the single out with her and then not be able to shoot the video?'В And then, I thinkВ that's when they got Tamia to shoot the video and then do the song.

'I guess he felt like I was being oversaturated. he didn't want me to shoot the video,' Ashanti explained (13:12). 'Fab and them wanted me to shoot the video, and I think Irv. But why was she ultimately replaced in a subsequent version and the song's official video? Ashanti said she believes it was simply a business move.

The singer addressed the matter duringВ a recentВ appearance onВ Hot 97' Ebro in the Morning.В Ashanti acknowledged her lines in the track were originally Tamia's, but agreed to record Tamia's parts at the request of Fab and his team. Although FabВ and Tamia seem to disagree on what really happened, Ashanti has finally shared her side of the story-and it's a pretty simple explanation. Fabolous' 2003 trackВ 'So Into You' returned to the headlinesВ last year, after the rapper tried to explain why Ashanti and TamiaВ appeared on two different versions.

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