man the gotcha gotcha is on her now!

I love you Ashanti. Your album is hot

I honestly do not care for this people anymore. They better leave people alone because i have seen many of this happening to our people, and now it is time to say enough is enough. Let the singer do her thing. Anyway I just got her new CD, which is very hot.

Yea I thought the video was too grotesque honestly. Congrats to Tim!

I’m sick of Ashanti, and congrats to Timbaland.

WOW
people are so effing
sensitive !
wtf they HATIN
on my girl
ashanti

still love yu girl !

&& yall know yall be watchin
that same
‘grotesque’ shit
on CSI
smh…

damn ppl are crazy news VIDEO got me a lil scared

lawd this is the most i have ever seen or heard ashanti in these past couple weeks than these past 6 yrs. damn whats the problem, people bitch and moan about anything

congrats to timbo!!! where magoo?

Ashanti: I get what she was trying to do, but damn. something got lost in translation w/ her n her people. They know better..

Timbaland: Congratulations, she’s beautiful and seems cool.

ashanti- leave da girl alone
tim- congrats n his wife is so pretty

Worse things than her video, honestly, it only showed blood, its not like she actually killed him..

Congrats to Timb.

Wow @ that the pick of Ashanti.. I heard her song Good stuff or something what ever it is called I liked it.
Congrats to Timbo, Marriage is a beautiful thing. I pray I get that chance..

Good luck Tim does she only have one eye, if not what’s up with the hair

I sent one of those to my ex it was funny to me but ashanti keep doing you love the album…congrats timbo!!

How the hell do you call that “hating” ? That was a stupid move on Ashanti and her promotional teams behalf. Grotesque or not the whole idea was dumb as hell. Desperate for some damn album sales, she could sell without all of that unnecessary crap.

Congrats to Timbaland and his wife =)

Also, it’s nice that some of you thought her cd was good. I thought it would sell at least 100k I think she came in at number 6 or 7. I didn’t buy because the reviews were mixed. So, for those of you who say its good is it every track good or most of the cd good?

that Ashanti viral video was crazy. i don’t understand what “black children will die” has to do with anything.

WHO IS ASHANTI???

lmao @ Ashanti….she needs to sit her non talented ass down! What a mess she is! Where’s Beyonce when we need Her to save the Day!!! LOL

We have to be role models for today’s youth and alot of young people look up to her and would love to be her and there are some “crazy” ones who would make fiction into reality if the song resembles something that they may be going through…(long sentence:)

Timbaland looks really good! Congrats!

ok her video was cool but whats up with the video sayin “black children will die?” the fck that gotta do with her album?im a big ashanti fan but even i can say that was not appropriate,that was a stupid idea………..

congrats timbo

DAMN! WHY EVERYBODY HATIN ON MY GIRL ASHANTI!

CONGRATS TO TIM

The only thing that I don’t understand is the “Black Children Will Die”. Other than that I loved the video!! Hell, she got the idea from the white show on oxygen “Snapped”. With all the violence on t.v. this is PG rated.lamo. Ashanti always had creative videos!! Ya’ll remember “Rain on Me”? She did that and so did my boo larenz tate.haha. Ne who congrats to Timberland, didn’t even know he had a child!!

“Smash her in the grill like plah” — “Black Children Will Die” this campaign is so damn dumb that it’s actually Friggin Hilarious!!! This is truly a what the hell were you thinking moment” … wow, I can’t stop laughing. Ashanti’s camp done lost they minds!

What the hell…..

shes so unauthentic

I like the video its different. Seriously though the same content of things go on in regular tv programming and movies so why picket just her, why not picket Law and Order, CSI, Gladiator etc….?

Congrats Tim…is it me or does she strongly resemble Aaliyah?

I hear she barely sold 80,000 this week. Damn…Kelly Rowland even sold more than that.

Poor Ashanti….I guess the copying and style stealing didnt do much for her.

Oh and congrats to Tim.

To all the people that dislike Ashanti
Why?
What Have she done for you to dislike her?
Everybody is not Beyonce - Beyonce has her own style the same as Ashanti she has her own style.

But Why Hate Her?

Wow some people didn’t even watch the video and are commenting on what they don’t know. That video was so dumb, I’m sure I’ve lost brain cells from watching it. How stupid. Not to mention foolish!

Ashanti fans are crazy…they call everyone a hater…they should be on her payroll, seriously.

As I said before, NOT A GOOD IDEA to promote a damn album. They could have been a bit more creative. As far as tv shows like law & order, csi, etc. I don’t see what that has to do with a singer who has millions of young fans. Young children and teens do not idolize such shows like they idolize a singer. So that argument holds no weight. My daughter likes her song and she is 7. I will not allow her to watch the video and frankly after this, she will no longer be allowed to listen to Ashanti anymore.

congrats Timbaland she is a very pretty lady!

The video been out for how long and now they finally have a problem with it?? I mean they show everything on t.v. anyway now a days like sex what’s the difference with a lil fake blood?

Congrats to Tim but I must admit that After Usher and Jay Tied the knot they set the pattern for all the dudes in the music industry to follow…

People you need to check your facts, the video is not really the problem its the promotion of sending the gotcha message about people getting murdered and all of that, go to cnn and watch the report, the idea to do that was insane and stupid.

Thank you #37…i’m tellin these kids are hard head, lol

EB-STAR
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2008 /

“Smash her in the grill like plah” — “Black Children Will Die” this campaign is so damn dumb that it’s actually Friggin Hilarious!!! This is truly a what the hell were you thinking moment” … wow, I can’t stop laughing. Ashanti’s camp done lost they minds!

I agree.

LMAO Um Basically her creative expression wasn’t displayed correctly. The video was in my opinion HOT and she didn’t kill the guy at the end she thought about it and then thought of all the repercussions, but the GRAM and Mini news report was a bit creepy with the “Smash her in the grill like plah”, and I can totally see someone taking that out of context. Ashanti’s advertisement team should of said NO, because if someone does die or get killed they’ll be pointing the finger at R&B just like that did Rap…..you know how it is…

its pretty stupid to get scared over a gotcha gram. i sent a couple and seriously it is all out of fun. these parents are just stupid, especially for saying that it is inappropriate for their children. i mean, since they are on the subject, why not get on all the porn sites? now that is very available to the public especially children. and if you listen on the end of the gotcha gram, it says that they dont condone this type of act and it is for promotional purposes only. -SMH- at them not realizing that. this whole thing is stupid and unnecessary.

IM ASHANTIS BIGGEST FAN……I MUST SAY, I WAS WONDERING HOW LONG IT WAS GONNA TAKE FOR SOMEONE TO GET THE WHOLE “IDEA” or “CONCEPT” OF THE VIDEO WRONG….THEY JUST DONT WANNA SEE HER SHINE CAUSE THE VIDEO CLEARLY SHOWS AN EVERYDAY SCENERIO…..ANYWAYS THE ALBUM IS DOPE AND I HOPE IT GOES PLATINUM…..

I liked her album, but that ish was straight up revolting.

Ok, I’ve done the gotchgram and I find it hilarious, It’s called a prank. This is on Universal’s WEBSITE, not Ashanti’s official website. Now someone had to insert the name Black Children must Die to appear, so whoever sent that in wanted to get the attention they were looking for. And Bam, here it is. What I find funny is that they waited this long to say something, I saw this and sent several of these several months ago, so this has nothing to do with sales, it’s more of a sabotage. The video to the way that I love you is edited for television, so your not gonna see knives, blood stains and a body in the tub. When I watch the video online, Ashanti’s is not stabbing anyone. And as I remember this video was inspired by Snapped (Oxygen Network), so they need to protest CSI, Law and Order, SVU, CI, and loads more of crap on TV. Why didn’t they go after them, well it’s all about bashing a Woman and someone of color. Your not gonna see them go after the shows that are on daytime. And now people are gonna find another scapegoat for not supervising their children and blaming crime on an Artist again. Now their protesting online websites, what’s next?
blog sites

Congratulations Timb, I’m glad your stepping up to the plate to be a father and a good husband. We need a lot more men like you.

Why ARe All of the sudden black parents are “concerned?” where are they when their daughters watch rihanna or beyonce on the tv then try to dress like them? where are the parents when their son watch the game or 50 cent and start calling women b-i-tches?
they need to boycott pornographic like behavior / gang related video and much more people are so hypocrite no one is saying anything about everything else but ashanto because she doesnt have an intimidating father to back her up
I admit that it is disturbing when you really give it a tought but i first glance when i received one i laughed out loud and send one back up
Black people are so hypocrite all of the sudden parents are responsible? where have you been all along? THis is some b-u-llshit with or without ashanti if your daughter is set to become a murderer she will nothing that you can say or do will change that so get a life !!!!!!

the ashanti mess is ridiculous but congrats to tim

I don’t think she looks great in this picture. I view her other better looking pics on Blackcentury.com a fews days ago. She is really beautiful then.

Ashanti….??? That pic is priceless…..

Well after selling only 80,000+ copies I guess this could be viewed as “good promotion”, lol. It may actually spark interest in her project. I still think there are more important things to gripe about, but that’s just me.

Calire, y’all been saying Ashanti needs to sit down for 71/2 years now. Obviously, you didn’t get the message, that no matter how much you type sit down, she’s non-talented, and can’t sing. It didn’t work or wish her away. She has a new album out, still singing (whether you think she’s talented or not), still performing and doing tours and making videos. What does that tell you? Maybe you shouldn’t concern yourself with artist you don’t like. So again, don”t look at what she’s doing, since she’s not to your liking. Ignore her, it’s not hard.

Anyway, back to the video drama. She talked about this before. Anyway, how it fits in the video idea, is her video concept is centered around the show called Snapped on the O channel. The show is basically like a Court TV/Forensic files type doc show, on women who murder their signicant others for domestic reasons (cheating ect…). Because of the subject matter of The Way That I Love You, they decided to use that concept for her video. The director Kevin Bray (who does CSI/Law & Order), did the video.

Basically, where Ashanti kills her boyfriend for cheating. In the end of the video, you see she was just fantasizing about it. She tosses him his phone and she leaves. Anyway, with the Gotcha Gram, the whole idea, is to send a gram to your S/O or whoever your partner is. You choose what their offense is in the relationship (IE: cheating, emotionally unavailable ect…), you can even put their picture.

You choose what weapon you want to use (like the video). You send it in an e-mail. Anyway, people who use it, are clearly and boldly informed that it is not real. By letter and vocal recording. So it’s not like they aren’t informed that it’s not a real thing. I tried it and had a good laugh, when she first put it out. It’s a prank, nothing more. Anyway, where were these people 2-3 months ago when it was out and she was talking about it? I don’t know where this whoe “black children will die” thing came from. That was never part of this. I’m not one bit suprised by the petiton or attention. It’s 2002 all over again.

kmniles, this has nothing to do with her record sales. The Gotcha Gram stuff was already up long before her album release. People were already using it 3 months ago. Just these parents and protesters decided to “complain” about it now. Either way, this petiton and protesting is nothing new. Remember when her first album dropped? Y’all made a big stink about her getting the Aretha Franklyn Soul Train Entertainer Of The Year award. She don’t deserve it. She can’t sing, she’s a talentless hack. Somebody’s name as prestigous as Aretha’s, don’t need to be associated with non-talented trash like that. Y’all done forgot. She got her award, and all the pettiton rucus came and went. It dind’t matter or do nothing. Neither will this.

Wow at the comments, Its sad when people don’t know what their talking about but whateva. It wasn’t Ashanti idea to make the gotcha gram it was Universal’s. As far as her actual video, its one of the most creative videos she or any one in the “R&B” genre has done. Its sad when parents don’t go this hard for ass shaking and titties poppin everywhere, but when an artist gets creative they act brand new. And the video was directed by a CSI/Law &order director so go protest the network, Its really not that serious. Im pretty sure your kids are the ones blowing up buildings and shooting classmates SMH.

All these groups that bitch about every little thing need to fuck off and learn what individual and choice mean.

Leave Ashanti Be
By Erik Hayes

In midst of recent controversy regarding Ashanti and her video, ‘The Way That I Love You’, and her site which host the ‘Gotchagram’, http://thewaythatiloveyou.com, I would like to take the time out to dismiss the acquisitions that Ashanti deliberately used the material in terms of promoting violence, let alone a desperate attempt to ‘sell records’. Late protest that have sparked are well past due, and if the video or the site were nearly as big of a problem that the situation suggest, then the problem should have been brought to light well before June 10th, 2008. The video was shot in February 2008, and was released February 28th, 2008. The case prompts a four month difference.

Since then the video has been well received by the general-media and has received a decent amount of airplay. Directed by Kevin Bray, Ashanti portrays a woman who has ‘Snapped’ on her significant other because she found out that he was cheating. The concept itself came from a show broad cast on television via Oh Oxygen Network, Snapped.

No where in the video does Ashanti showcase an act of violence. She has also stated numerous times in countless interviews that she is all about the peace and does not condone violence. The video is simply an artistic expression for the lead single for her latest LP, ‘The Declaration’, released June 3rd, 2008.

If Ashanti’s video appears as being ‘too violent’, and promotes the violence to our youth, then it’s about time to seriously reevaluate what we allow on television. ‘Snapped’, in example, showcases everything depicted in Ashanti’s video, and then some. There are other shows that also showcase violence, gore, and brutality. MTV host a show entitled ‘Scarred’, which is by far more brutal than Ashanti’s video, in which need not go into detail. Other shows include Captured, Americas Most Wanted, and a number of reality shows that showcase violence. Also, on http://www.youtube.com, which is a very popular website, viewed by millions daily, there are many videos hosted that promote much harsh violence with tags such as ‘street fights’, ‘school fights’, ‘gang fights bloods vs crips’, and gang violence’.

Should we protest them too? If Ashanti’s video need be, then we should probably consider the possibility.

The ‘Gotchagram’, which has been up for more than two months, is nothing more than a mere joke. Users are prompted to include their name and a victim’s name, followed by a choice of weapons to use, and the reason why this ‘victim’ has been murdered. Thus, a fake news report is sent to the victims email, and at the end of the parody an electronic voice disclaims the news report and states exclusively that Ashanti and her team do not promote violence. To take matters a step further, whilst in promotion for her latest LP, Ashanti has not mentioned the Gotchagram as a part of her campaign, but instead another site, entitled I Declare Me.

This site, which can be viewed at http://ideclareme.com, is a positive website for women who are going through problems to go to and express their emotions and tell their story. In turn, Ashanti will personally blog back and sponsor scholarships. This is only one of the positive things that Ashanti is doing for the youth to go along with the many other positive things she has done in the past, including her Lid Rock campaign in 2003.

In contrast to the recent negative attention Ashanti has received, Ashanti has never been about violence, and anyone who knows her would know that. She is a woman who has always promoted peace, love, and happiness. She wears a permanent smile whilst out in public, and has always taken her time to do whatever it was that she could when possible, though triumphed in her own personal relationships.

Instead of paying attention to a simple error, which has been corrected with the link to the ‘Gotchagram’ being removed, the attention need not be on Ashanti, but on the more serious problems that go about in our communities, and that showcase on television. Like the fact that a female is allowed to take off her clothes and erotically expose themselves on camera for a music video, but she can’t hold a knife on television. Like the fact that a knife probably kills less people annually than AIDS/HIV. Or even like the fact that most influence comes from the events that happen in the home area.

Parents tend use the media as an excuse for their children behaving the way that they do nowadays. Truth be told, if any parent were truly that concerned, the media would not play a role in raising or influencing their children. Instead of going out to protest against a cause as useless as a music video by Ashanti, maybe they should be at the park with their child(ren), teaching them what’s wrong from right. That is their job, not Ashanti’s.

Leave Ashanti be.

Congrats Timbaland!

LMMFAO….ASHANTI IS A HOTT MESS!!! THAT CHILD IS HORRIBLE!!! UGH… NO COMMENT!!!

CONGRATS TO TIMBO… WHOOP WHOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!

for all y’all defending ashanti talking about,” just leave her alone!!” “let her be!!”, blah, blah, blah… you’re absolutely right… if we all just left her alone and never talked about her again, whether she’s sending violent ‘gotchagrams’ out or tryin to sell a whack album, maybe her non-talented ass will just disappear!! dear lord i hope she just goes away. so everybody, lovers and haters of ashanti, just shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…..

Queen? No comment yet you commented? Get a life. Matter fact a lot of y’all need to get a life. You don’t like Ashanti then why comment? It’s old already. The girl…no excuse me the woman has been out since 2002. No matter how much people hate she’s still doing her thing regardless AND will continue to do so. “I can’t stand her” “She’s horrible” Y’all don’t even know her! I can’t begin to say how sweet and how incredibly nice she is. I don’t understand how people can be so disrespectful to someone who is always smiling and in good spirits. Does she have to be rude like artists such as Keyshia Cole to get respect? Does she have to prove the stereotype that all black female are angry? You WOULD THINK that our black community would stand up for positive role models such as Ashanti, but yet y’all continue to bash her. People glorify artist such as Lil Wayne yet he LITERALLY glorifies drugs and gangs. THAT’S OUR hero at the moment. CRAZY.

And like it was stated in previous comments Ashanti DID NOT. I repeat DID NOT come up with this idea. Her label did and she supported it. I mean give the woman/label credit for stepping out the box. What she did in this video has NEVER been done and that is why she is nominated for Video of the year and her airplay for the video continues to increase every week. The Gotcha Gram was HILARIOUS. If anyone else would of did this it would of been talked about for MONTHS and PRAISED. The idea was simply creative. How can we judge a parody but YET we have videos of half naked women, drugs and violence in rappers’ videos glorified? How old is the Gotcha Gram and video anyway? Get a life. Hell the woman in SEVERAL interviews has constantly said she does not condone violence. She brought to you real life issues and emotions. POINT BLANK.

And those who MUST mention her album sales. That is completely fine Ashanti sold 80k. She’s accomplished so much and there’s no doubt in my mind or others that this cd WILL be a success. NEVER count the underdog out. Only the strong survive. If she survived the hate in 2002 and the trial in 2004 and her one time mentor turning his back on her she can survive ANYTHING. I just pray that one day JUST ONE DAY people will leave her alone and stop being so got damn malicious.

You don’t like Ashanti DO NOT COMMENT. No one cares about her but the same people who don’t care are the first ones to comment on a story about her or when she makes public appearances all of sudden they love her. It NEVER fails.

Shame on the women who constantly bash her when she has a website dedicated to YALL (ideclareme.com). Or the fact that she promoted the stop of domestic violence. Or how she went and took out a young female fan who had a terminally ill disease and bought her a tiffany bracelet afterwards. Being a woman is hard enough and the way we turn on each other and on our own race is PATHETIC.

You don’t have to like Ashanti nor do you have to buy her cd, but LEAVE THE WOMAN ALONE. Regardless of what YOU think she has plenty of fans that’s going to hold her down. She’s not trying to be Beyonce or anyone else. STOP TRYING TO COMPARE HER to others when she and the other artists don’t even have problems.

Ashanti hold your head up.

SHE SOLD 90K ACTUALLY..AND WITH FREE PROMO..WILL PROBADLY SELL MORE.I AGREE WITH # 45..PEOPLE JUS CONSTANTLY TALK DOWN ON HER…BUT AS LONG AS HER FANS STAND BEHIND HER….U LIL HATERS OUT THERE DONT MATTER….PEOPLE SHOULD B CONCERNED ABOUT MORE STUFF…..AND GO PROTEST WHATS REALLY IMPORTANT…LETS FOCUS ON THE ISLAM GROUP THAT STANDS OUTSIDE ..AND EXPRESSES HATERED AGAINST BLACK WOMEN AND HOW ALL BLACK WOMEN ARE GOING TO DIE….ITS ON YOUTUBE..GO PROTEST THEM.
BUT LIK ASHANTI STATES IN HER ALBUM THANK YOUS: BIG UPs TO ALL MY HATERS!!!!!

THE DECLARATION IN STORES NOW!!!!!!!!!!

Damn……Ashanti cant seem to catch a break, i really think ole girl’s time is up in the music industry maybe she should give it up and it aint even hating. I mean how do you go from selling 500,000 in your first week to selling 80,000+ my only question is where have all her fans gone??? look at the big differenence in those numbers……i dread to think what her next her is gonna sell.

It’s not that serious. If ur child kill someone they were goin to do that shit anyway. They need to be jerking the collars of these over paid corporate executives and government officials who are really screwing up lives. Puleease.

….ashanti might need to go on and sit her ass down …for awhile….lol

Poor Ashanti…..she just cant catch a break. LMAO!!!!!

….a mess.

Wow good 4 him I am glad he is happy and now looks successful!! Every one from Va has eloquent taste looks like most of my ex-girls… he and Chris Brown have good taste too like Pharrell and most guys from VA . alot of girls form Va are skinny and beautiful like that though it wasn’t till I journeyed further south were the girls not as attractive and out of shape.There is alot of competition in VA DC NYC…(some parts of ATL count ) and you have to fight for a dime piece like that…I love cats from Va she is a super dime piece, still get a prenup though .

Ashanti is always will be fine with natural beauty a great little shape, and can sing too. She is trying to look the part in the video and she cant even make herself look bad she is so fine.

*her next album*

Wow…of all the more important things goin on in the world and ya’ll pickin on poor Ashanti…..im not the biggest fan of hers but c’mon……give the girl a break…ole innocent Ashanti…..congrats to Tim to….marriage is a beautiful thing.

@ #67 aka CANDYGIRL

I hear what your saying i thinking they’re really reaching with it, i can see that and im not even a fan.

I read all your comments and I went to the website link with the video prank. I was also shocked at what I saw but from what I’m getting here is that Universal was promoting this. Ok, then they need to protest the Record Labels. Not just Universal but a busload of Record Labels that allow all this crappy music and videos.

I have to address some of the comments, especially the ones where Beyonce name comes up. I also understand that Beyonce was petitioned against for wearing fur and for supposedly having something against Gays and Lesbians . She also got the backlash as well. This is part of the industry, everything you do is magnified. This time Ashanti is in the limelight, so she will get passed this also.

Damn, people are writing short stories in defense of Ashanti. It’s not that serious, not everyone is going to be cool with this promotion. No one is singling her out. You all have to remember that she is a public figure and that will produce positive and negative backlash. Furthermore if a parent finds this unsatisfactory for their children, I don’t see how thats anyones business. That’s them and no one should be losing sleep behind it. It’s obvious that her stans will buy anything she sells. So she should be alright. No need to be beating the keyboard 5 paragraphs long about why people should let her be. Ashanti will be alright, she will survive. Damn…smh

Anyways lets talk about these high ass gas prices and the fact that I spent $300 on barely a basket full of groceries…That’s crazy!! More important crap going on people!

@70 That’s what I’m talking about, I just filled up my tank and it cost me $70 to fill it up.

Gas prices are a B*tch, Food cost me a fortune and now I’m thinking about going to canned foods instead of fresh food cause things are way to expensive. I’m going from regular milk to Carnation.

I bet the those people are black too

Sucks to be Ashanti right now.Catching heat a week after album release.Don’t worry, bad publicity = good publicity Ashanti.

Tough day for Ashanit huh her cd sold 86,000 copies that is SAD and I bought it and I love it!!!!!!!

Timbo girl does look like Aaliyah to me I wish them happiness.

it’s a damn VIDEO, what about all the violent ass movies and TV shows, they have taken hating to a NEW level.

YOU GUYS SUCK, leave her a lone.

aren’t they late protesting this video? either way i didn’t know she was performing at the game on Sunday-yay, looking forward to it

lol! #47! the pic is supposed to look like that!

#25, ‘Snapped’ is not a ‘white’ show. All kinds of people of different races have been on there. I hate when people ‘color-label’ shows. #45, I TOTALLY agree! Did anyone catch #64’s comment. It’s so ignorant, it’s funny. Anyway, Tim’s wife’s hair is gorgeous!

…..”We stand by our artist and her creative choices.” BUT you took the site down…that makes NO sense to me

Why do the crimes have to be in DC?
And why kill all the black kids?

That’s messed up.

OOH ASHANTI BABY GIRL…. THATS MESSED UP!!

CONGRATS TO TIMBERLAND!!

To those who are wondering why all the “hate” on Ashanti:

BLACK CHILDREN WILL DIE. Splattered in blood on a wall.

Would you please think about that phrase for a minute. Now imagine your child or your little brother/sister feeding on that visual. Then they watch the video. Then they start dancing to the video and start liking the song. Then they begin to think that dead black children and sexy dancing in a video is cool. And stop comparing this to watching CSI. Since when has CSI promoted death to black children? SMDH.

The PR campaign is Stupid. Hateful. Ignorant. Insulting. Degrading. Irresponsible. Period.

Obviously people here don’t remember serial killer who killed all those kids in Atlanta. It AIN”T JUST A VIDEO. It was made specifically to cause controversy, and yes, Ashanti must take the heat.

It would be just as easy to call out those who defend this insipid ish as ignorant azzez. But you didn’t hear that from me!

And promoting a video WHICH GETS WORLDWIDE EXPOSURE with the phrase “Black Children Will Die” ,juxtaposing music and death is NOT important????????? Believe me, there are people in this world who make snap judgments based on the images that they see:

Kids
Racists
and overall dummies.

THAT ASHANTI E-CARD WAS SOO DAMN SCARY THOUGH.
I SENT TO ONE GUY THAT I ABSOLUTELY DISLIKE NOW.
I KNO HIS ASS WAS SCARED!

Damn why not lobby the show “Snapped” that’s where she got the idea from…ppl are so afraid of life and it’s consequences…

Congrats to Timbo!!!

iI like Ashanti’s video. It never really shows her actually stabbing the guy, it just eludes to it. It’s no different than anything they have on regular TV. Some people need to get a life. It was just a concept for a video that’s all.

THEY DESERVE TP FLOP!!!! How you’re gonna promote death of black kids to create controversy and possibly sell your album? I’m glad this is biting them in the a$$. WTF were those ppl thinking??

A dumbazz irresponsible concept for a video.

Just thought about something
what abou kanye’s video the first flashing lights, and the shovel, that was kind of violent, who cares its an expression of art, i think somethings up i girl the girl a chance…jeezzz

Kanye didn’t make any references to dead black children. And since when is it because one person does it makes it right for somebody else to do it?

Ashanti is an established artist who should know better. Very poor taste.

Is it me or does Tim’s wife look like Aaliyah??? Freaky.

This sound more then a boycott to me
Are those people serious!
If you raise your children rite they should kwon the deferens from a joke and real live.

If they won to protest so hard! Go and protest horror moves, which come out every year!

I think Ashanti is a better dignified artist with talent rather than girls Rihanna, Amerie, Tearria Mari etc etc..
She has the talent and comes up with new ideas and doesnt follow the crowd like those ladies above. And this video probs this is something different and original RATHER THAN seeing these girls wear skimpy clothes and flaunting their nakedness arghh. Now do I want to see that ish which annoys me that sex sells; but this vid had some blood, so what? It would of been far worse if she acted out the violence literally stabbing the guy, which she didnt actually happen anyway, but it was very interesting to watch rather seeing the same old same thing with artists taking off their clothes, Ashanti’s ‘The Way I Love you’ vid is very interesting, I like…but I also dont get the ‘Black children will dies” either, I mean WTF??

Ashanti is not the one who is promoting “black children will die” if rite in video Dine. Dine is going to die is what you can see in the video. People took so much sh!t that they don’t know what they are taking about.

poor poor ashanti Boycotting her

Ashanti’s album flopped. 86, 276 first week sales? It’ll barely go gold. Congratz to Timbo. Hope the marriage lasts longer than most.

poor poor ashanti they are Boycotting her where is that sh#t black children will die come from some people need to get a life

the whole concept of that viral video was STUPID!! and wtf was up with the “black children must die?” I hope this was a sick joke and she had nothing to do with it, b/c that just took her appeal down 3 nothches.

Is it just me or does Timb’s wife look a lot like Aaliyah?!…. CREEPY!

Get it Timbo!

Ok i just watched that video and i can see why they are wild n’ out on her now…..seriously wtf??? “black children will die” where the hell did that come from?? im so confused ……this is just poor taste.

AT LEAST SHE GOT SOME PRESS AND PROMO.. GOOD ON HER!!!!

Hmmm. Funny how about seven or eight years ago, everybody was riding the Ashanti wave. Then Beyonce came along with Crazy In Love and basically killed Ashanti’s music career. Everybody has their time to shine. Stick a fork in Ashanti’s music career. It is done.

With all due respect, her official first week numbers were 100, 240. So shut the fuck up with your wacky ass Kelly Rowland who could not hold this kind of numbers and barely sells in U.S

With all due respect, her first week sales was nearly 100,240. You can not just write anything without thinking about it. Grow up haters and stop being jealous. You’ will die from doing things like that over artists that is not your favorite ones. Just leave them alone.

@ GINA

Before you talk about people popping sh!t, maybe you should brush up on those English skills. Wasn’t a damn thing you said that made any sense, unless you’re some third grader messing with yo mom’s computer.

Check.

THATS GREAT TIMBALAND AND MONIQUE. BLESS THE UNION AND YOUR FAMILY. WHATS GOOD MONIQUE…THE WOOD IS IN THE HOUSE!!! 1 LOVE

Ashanti needs new people. This desperate attempt at getting publicity sux.

I sI I thought Timbaland and her were married already anyway….. very pretty young woman… …..

O hpulease with the Ashanti video! It’s better then seeing some gyrating arse on the screen!!!

What eva I love Ashanti’s video and congrats to Tim!!

Im all for freedom of expression, but forreal, I hope my girl didnt see those Ashanti promos. Brutal.
http://music.pluggedin.com

Wow people are so retarded its sick…IF YOU write “BLACK CHILDREN” then “will die”, is followed after…If you write…”RETARDS” then”will die” is followed. WHAT DON’T YALL GET…it was an excellent way to promote something. Grow up and stop acting like your 10 it was meant for adults and it was for fun. If kids was accessing this via internet then that’s something they need to fix within the household, not Ashanti’s fault. Once again whatever you wrote in the box “will die” is followed. LAME ASS PEOPLE WILL DIE. SMH at the same people commented on shit they don’t know.

@ BILLY

Talk about ignorant.

Since when is BLACK CHILDREN WILL DIE funny in ANY context. Says a lot about your level of intelligence.

Check.

And furthermore, I’ll bet your bottom dollar that this campaign has failed miserably.

@ Tylernol

You clearly missed my point. Like I said it was a great promotional idea. Stop being so closed minded. Of course there are racist people out here. So what, move on its not that serious. We have more important issue out here, rather then protest about a site that was already took down. Grow up, and go protest about something that can really use a change I.E Gas, education ETC. SMH @ your ingorance its the internet dude trust and believe your thoughts are not even into consideration.

Billy,

My opinion is that it clearly was NOT a smart marketing idea, hence the overwhelmingly negative response from this and other sources. And who the hell said anything ab out protesting? So who missed the point? And if anything, I thought this was an grown up discussion.

Besides I do have open mind and furthermore, i don’t need you to deem what I should find worthy to disagree with or when to move on. Why don’t you keep it moving? It’s clear that you haven’t provided any worthwhile point for me to reconsider my position.

Is that grown enough for you?

black people just don’t get it!

And if I can remember correctly, GAS, and other subjects were not mentioned in this forum, so why would I comment on them.

@ Bliss

THANK YOU…Clearly they don’t.

Tylernol please do your research before commenting your just making your self look so clueless. Its either you can’t read or you just dislike Ashanti.

The first sentence in this post tells you people protested already. It was also on CNN so yeah do research. Then come back and try to sound so educated.

Oh and furthmore, why wasn’t this so bad when this first started about, two months ago. Once again do your research dude.

Oh and furthermore*

Did Ashanti go to college? She doesn’t seem very smart because that video was wack. Poor album sales!!!! Is it better to not have your album released in the US? like other RnB artist or to release a super flop like Ashanti? and that video says Washington DC why she gotta throw DC into her poor promotion, she not even from DC…this girl is played!

It’s funny how some of ya’ll was ridin Ashanti’s dick when her single was hot.and now that it fell of the map, her album damn near flopped and or might flop now ya’ll turning the other cheek dissin her..It’s obvious rhat this shit is a lie..First off, there’s no such thing as UCN OR UNC news..and you could tell from the dude that this was set up to sabotage her already low album sales..I love Ashanti but i’m not a big fan of this album..it’s only mediocre compared to her previous work..normally when an album have low sales like that, it flops…unless they release another single to try to bring up the sales. Sad thing is there aren’t too many songs on there that are better than her single..anyway, ya’ll shouldn’t believe everything you hear

Billy,

I did read the post. And my response was to your suggestion that I choose something else to protest, DUDE (talk about lame). Please try and comprehend clearly.

As to why this has become pertinent again, it could be because other blogs are just beginning to pick up on it (Jezebel, for one) and like some news stories which initially do not go wide the first time, some stories experience a resurgence, like this one obviously has hence today’s post on CL.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to catch on. So why don’t you broaden your own knowledge of media matters, SON.

And who said that I’m a dude, anyway? Well gotta go now - manicure appointment, you know.

Ashanti people can do whatever they want to promote her. Ain’t nothing they can do to make up for her poor singing skills. This shit is dumb and I still won’t buy the album.

Congrats to Monique and Timberland, best wishes!

Poor Ashanti, her album is NOT doing well at all, I guess desperate times call for desperate measures…..sad

haha @ lwb. the site was actually created a few months before the album came out. this site had to do with the song and video, not to get album sales. but thank you.
for those not understanding, “all black children” will die was not apart of the site. you’re able to put whatever name you want in that blank and “will die” will be posted after it. its apparent someone who thinks ‘all black children will die’ wrote that, not ashanti, her label, or anyone from her team. i’m guessing the people on here were not able to send a gotcha gram when it was up, so i can see the misunderstanding, and how and why people don’t know how it all works. but please, seek information before going about ‘preaching”. its all love!!!

Timbaland is making a good career, i hope he increase it with good faith !
Ringo
http://www.voyeurperu.com

wow Timb’s wife resembles Aaliyah eh?? or is it just me??

Ive never been an Ashanti fan anyhow but I will admit I do like some of her songs.

Congrats to Timbo!!!

F**k Ashanti! This video is sick. “Black Children Will Die” WTF! They have been trying to kill us for years! Ashanti is a puppet for the racist record industry that is controlled by White men. 2008 and this sh*t is still going on.

Is it me or does his wifey have the Aaliyah hair swoop going on in this pic…she kinda looks like her.

How they connect murders in D.C. and other places (where I live…they have made it a “police state smh) to Ashanti’s video? People see the video and are going to kill? Some people might be that stupid to let music videos and games become their reality but trying to blame or connect her video to murder is too stupid.

Congrats to Timbaland. I don’t see no Aaliyah resemblance @74.

The video is for parody purposes but like….lol……. is the protest for her video that serious forreal? Anyone?

That’s ok Ashanti your cd is HOTTTT !!!!!!!!!

I don’t think that her video was that bad. There are so many other videos that portray images similar and even worse then hers.

Congrats Timbo! I wonder who was @ the wedding. Are there any pics?

[...] after visiting MTV’s “TRL” earlier this week in NYC. The singer was under heavy controversy earlier this week for those crazy promo videos her label put out. She looks good here [...]

Sup Timbo, U know real men get married. I’mma follow soon!

wow there’s a whole debate goin on here.. lol.

aaaanyways congrats to my man timbaland!!! sooo happy for him!

[...] MINI ROUNDUP: ASHANTI PROMO VIDEO DRAMA / TIMBALAND GETS MARRIED [...]