Ashanti recently stopped by Debut Live on Monday (December 19) to take a deep dive into her 20-year career, and spoke about how impactful it was to land a Notorious B.I.G. verse for her breakout single, "Unfoolish" (Biggie's verse was initially featured on "Fucking You Tonight").
“Gosh, I’ll never forget. We went down to the office – this is when Harve [Pierre] was down in the basement,” she said. “That’s where all the B.I.G. stuff was. I remember going down there and it felt like we had like, a prize. You know? It was his vocals! And the fact that they gave us the okay to use his verse… And again, me being a new artist... You know, I haven’t sold any records yet. The fact that they gave us his verse was an amazing accomplishment.”
