EVENT PICS: ASHANTI & NIGEL THE DOG AT EVENT IN NYC
Sunday, May 31, 2009

Singer Ashanti and Nigel the Dog attend the ‘There’s No Place Like Home’ dog adoption day at New York City Center on Saturday, May 30th in New York City.
Ashanti will headline the cast of the The Wiz in the New York City Center Encores! Summer Stars staging from June 12th to July 5th.



( Photos: GETTY IMAGES )








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1.
jscene
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
Shani is so pretty and she still looks like a teenager…i wonder why so many people don’t like her?
2.
tyrrah
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
what’s wrong w; her arm?
3.
Get Over your self
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
Ewww at that pimple on her arm. She looks really pretty though. Go ‘Shanti!!!
4.
jscene
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
Her dog is cute too. I wonder if he’s the dog that will co-star with her in The Wiz…he look like toto.
5.
LULU
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
Ashanti looks good.
6.
dont hate congratulate
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
dog events? come on…..her toes look like that dog been nimbling on them backstage
pretty girl but she is officially wack now to me…
7.
jscene
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
I don’t think that’s a pimple, i think that’s a mole on her arm. I don’t think pimples can be that big, can they?
Anywayz, she’s still absolutely gorgeous, and i think she got the realest, sweetest, personality. She got her weight in check too, probably because of the dance rehearsals for the play she’s in.
8.
dont hate congratulate
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
* nibblin …my bad
9.
jscene
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
@ dont hate congratulate
Sorry, but i must take this opportunity to say “damn, why are you being so negative?” lol….of course i’m kidding, but i couldn’t pass up sayin it.
10.
dctrinigyal
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
she look cute! i
11.
Candi_Renee (Got a new Job, Now I'm my own Boss!)
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
SHES SUPER PRETTY! BUT UGH AT THAT DOG, ITS CUTE , BUT I DONT DO ANIMALS, LOL!
12.
dont hate congratulate
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
lol @ jscene
i actually dont have anything against ashanti i guess if anything i more upset that she let someoen come in and steal her shine..in 03 ashanti was at the top..rain on me is still a favorite song of mine…she let me down i guess so im taking my frustration out on her…
13.
im just sayin
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
she is a pretty girl, but i think she should get those bumps on her arm checked out…..im just sayin
14.
Ok Kanye!
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
She is so pretty to me!! I will be seeing The Wiz too! Thats one of my fav movies. My mother was able to see the original play and although I cant see that one, I will be making sure I see this one. I love that nail color and those shoes (even tho that toe is trying to escape a little lol) Im happy for Ashanti!!! I wish her the best
15.
caniaddressthat?
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
#1 She has no talent
16.
CollegeSweetheart2012
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
What The Hell Is That Are Her Arm Somebody Call Peta!! I Think That Animal Is Endangered OMG I Have Never Seen Something Like That On A Human… Okay Maybe A Little Overboard But I Wouldnt Touch That!! Ew
17.
El Canalero
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
Wow, like the first time I see this chick looking good. Maybe that kick from the label helped her. She should not have problems getting a new one, but she needs to stop up her future material.
18.
Glamstar
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
Very pretty!
19.
Ms. AKA
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
The mole on the bottom is rather large. It looks suspicious to me on Ashanti’s arm. May need to be biopsied because it is large and different color than the rest. Know your ABC’s about skin cancer: FYI for everyone. Its always good to have a knowledge base about health. And blacks do get skin cancer too. I am not claiming that she has it but it looks suspicious.
1. Abnormal. Mole has abnormal assemetrical sides.
2. Borders of a mole. If the mole’s border is irregular, notched, scalloped, or indistinct, it is more likely to be cancerous (or precancerous) and is thus suspicious.
3. Color.Variation of color (e.g., more than one color or shade) within a mole is a suspicious finding. Different shades of browns, blues, reds, whites, and blacks are all concerning.
4. Diameter. Any mole that has a diameter larger than a pencil’s eraser in size (> 6 mm) should be considered suspicious.
20.
ThaTruth
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
A fkn mole? Are yall serious? people talk about the smallest sh*t.
21.
JAYMAN
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
CANT BELIEVE YALL (KIDS) ON HERE DEBATING ABOUT A MOLE… LIKE WTF, YALL FORGETTIN THE FACT THAT SHE LOOKS SO DAMN PRETTY, AND HER BODY IS SICK, SOME OF YALL NEED A LIFE, REAL TALK. CANT FIND NOTHIN BAD, SO U PICK ON HER ABOUT A MOLE???
22.
1wife1mama
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
A-Not-i actually looks cute for a change. She better do something quick cause her career is going down like the economy.
23.
Big L
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
ewww WTF is wrong with that big ass red bump on here arm
24.
Janay
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
She has FALLEN OFF! LOL.
25.
Ashley
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
Ashanti she shine no matter where she go and I always use to be the one to sit back and say she have no talent but the bottom line is Ashanti may not have much of a good voice or maybe she may not have much of a good acting talent but you got to give her credit though she’s pretty and she got good writing skills and her voice is not bad I mean when you put Brandy, Ciara, Keyshia Cole, Rihanna, Teairra Mari and many many more singers in the same category what do you get NO TALENT AS WELL BECAUSE HALF OF THESE SO CALL WANNABE STARS CAN’T SING SO I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE SO QUICK TO BRING SHANY DOWN ABOUT HER VOICE I MEAN SHE AIN’T NO BADDER THAN THESE OTHER CELBS AND THE ONLY THING BEYONCE CAN DO IS DANCE WELL SHE CAN SING TO BUT STILL SHE AIN’T ALL THAT I MEAN DAMN YA’LL JUST CUT ASHANTI A LITTLE SLACK I USE TO BE HARD ON HER TOO BUT HEY SHE AIN’T NO WORSER THAN THESE OTHER SO CALL SINGERS AND ACTRESSES.
26.
Tiff.Will. [CL's "BeyStan"]
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
@24..
You can say that again because she SURE HAS….
But her face is really pretty. She has such a baby face.
27.
Yes, Beyonce stans are crazzyy
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
@15
That’s still not a reason not to like her, she may not be the best singer, but she’s a good song writer!
Ashanti, looks so prettyyy!!
28.
Yes, Beyonce stans are crazzyy
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
@ #19…get a life please!!!
29.
Ms. AKA
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
@ Jayman:
There is never anything bad about discussing health tips to people. You should learn something EVERYDAY…Ok Ashanti lost weight. Great she looks healthy…. Now are you satisfied?
30.
HORSE.HEAD.NEBULA
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
She finally lost some weight
31.
Tiff.Will. [CL's "BeyStan"]
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
@19..
I swear you just COPIED AND PASTED that from the “Self” Magazine article. The issue in which Beyonce covers THIS MONTH. I just finished reading it. And yes your right, but ASHANTI’s is SYMMETRICAL. So….
@28..
And we’re crazy. Sweety, bye. Stop getting all worked up because someone is simply sharing their facts with the world. You can never know too much.
32.
young a
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
ONE WORD: BEAUTIFUL! Ashanti has ALWAYS been a really cute girl, and she doesnt look a day over 20, she’s gonna age BEAUTIFULLY, she looks younger than Beyonce, and that chick stays lookin over 30
33.
1*STEP*AHEAD
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
SHE LOOKS CUTE HERE…
THAT DOG ISN’T CUTE THOUGH…MY DOG IS MUCH CUTER!
34.
PYT
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
She looks good love the shoes. Still don’t know about The Wiz though hmmmm.
35.
Ok Kanye!
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
@25 I was with you until you said Brandy lol…. I think Brandy is talnted and her last album Human was crazy!!! I loved it and Im not the biggest brandy fan. But I get what you are sayin. Now lets watch all the Byonce stans flock to this post and say some nonsense about Ashanti wishing she could be Beyonce and thats why she is on Broadway bc she wants to act like beyonce!! This ish is becoming quite redundant!
36.
Teeyah23
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
She looks great and her shoes are mad cute.
37.
Tiff.Will. [CL's "BeyStan"]
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
@35..
It’s coming quite redundant yet you continue to mention it. Why?
I am a BEYONCE STAN and I have absolutely NO PROBLEM with saying that Ashanti looks REALLY PRETTY here, as a previously stated. So get this, not all Beyonce fans are going to accuse EVERY OTHER FEMALE ARTIST on “trying to be Beyonce” when it is not even necessary. Just because the immature Beyonce fans do it, does not mean that we all do it.
Of course Ashanti has her “I’m yearning to be like Beyonce” days but this is not one of them. She looks cute HERE and thats that. Beyonce doesn’t even have to be mentioned.
38.
jscene
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
@ dont hate congratulate
I hear you…i think secretly that’s why alot of her fans resent her…
@15 caniaddressthat
In your opinion, she has no talent, but she got millions of records sold that says otherwise….But everyone will never be your fans, and everyone won’t like you for one reason or another. I got you. Cause lord knows i’m not everyone’s fan.
39.
NiNaBelle
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
cute outfit shanti!
40.
JAYMAN
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
@ MS AKA,
WHO GIVES HEALTH TIPS ON A MOLE, WHAT KINDA SHIT IS THAT, REAL TALK, PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT THIS GIRL SO THEY SAY THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER!!! ITS BEEN 8 YRS, SHE STILL HASNT FELL OFF, SHE STILL BOOKS SHOWS, SHE STILL GETS DEALS, SHE IS STILL IN DA SPOTLIGHT DAILY, SO WETHER PPL LIKE IT OR NOT, IT DOESNT SEEM AS IF SHE’S ABOUT TO STOP GRINDIN BECAUSE OF A COUPLE OF HATERS ARE TALKING ABOUT HER MOLE/ HER SINGING IS NO BEYONCE OR WHITNEY, BUT THIS GIRL REALLY CAN SING.. I DNT THINK THE WIZ WOULD HAVE CHOOSEN HER AGAIN IF SHE COULDNT, AT THE END OF THE DAY , THEY HAVE TO SELL TICKETS, AND DATS WHAT THERE DOING WITH ASHANTI!
41.
jashunta
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
Wow she looks young and cute.
42.
brezzy bre
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
what happen to her arm
43.
dee dee
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
she’s lost weight, she looks really good. Very pretty.
44.
VIRGO
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
Ashanti lost some weight!! Yaaay…her shoes are HOT…CONCRETE CAN WE GET THE NAME OF THOSE SHOES PLEASE?!?! Anywho she looks gorgeous, probably the best Ive seen her in a a while.
45.
Kareem
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
I am going to see Ashanti and will congratulate on her success
46.
blksiren
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
shanti looks nice!! love her look low key fab!!!
47.
Ms. AKA
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
She has that fat chubby cheek young, wholesome look…
48.
vanaah
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
That mole/pimple makes her arm look beautiful
49.
Brooke
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
I feel bad for her, because she use to be on top. She’s still popular, but Murder Inc ruined her career, and brought her down when they lost their fame. I hear she’s off that record label now, hopefully she can redeem herself. She’s pretty and I love her voice and figure!
50.
LINDA
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
She is a very pretty in classy young woman. That is a pretty picture of her. Is her in Nelly still kickin it. Stay sweet Ashanti. Best of luck to you and many Blessings.
51.
Cherry Almond
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
Ashanti looks really pretty.
52.
slim
Sunday, May 31, 2009 /
she looks pretty LOVE HERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
53.
East
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
ASHANTI IS SO GORGUES
54.
lovelylady
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
she needs to have a dermaqtologist look at the red thing on her arm. idk what that is. gross!
55.
Trailblaza
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
Ashanti looks nice, refreshed, and relaxed. Im glad to see her come into her own. I don’t have any of her albums but I always liked how she carried herself as an artist and risen above the naysayers. Im glad that she found her path and is excelling at it. Her outfit looks cute on her. Go Shanti!
56.
Misha
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
Is anybody going to see The Wiz? My fav guy from So You Think You Can Dance is dancing in it, Will Wingfield.
Anyways, she looks really pretty in this pics. You all talking about her mole and that one little bump that is probably just a mosquito bite…absolutely petty. Stop pretending like any of you are perfect and have never had a bump of any kind. Ridiculous people…ridiculous. If you cant really talk do not talk…please.
57.
LoveMuffin
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
She looks great, and I see she’s lost some weight! Maybe its a blister guys. My goodness does it really matter?! LMBO @ #19. Great copying & pasting..
58.
nesia
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
Concrete readers see everything lol…..i looked at the pictures but then you gotta read the comment and the bump thing comes up lol……I had to scroll right back up lol…she has coins that can be removed
59.
Ok Kanye!
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
@37- If you know that isnt you, then why respond to it?! Makes no sense. I made a very generic and broad statement yet you felt that I was personally talking to you. All I will do is laugh bc if you took it personally then maybe it was for u lol
60.
AMi
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
Wow ashanti looks goooood.
That is What you call a Body….. I know its not relevant to this post. However Mel B got me looking at her like a piece of Salmon…I wanted to throw give her a decent balanced meal.Instead of the raisains she been eating on he PEEP SHOW DIET…
Ashanti body is just right I tell you. She looks like she 19 here!!! Still looks like a teenager. That a good thingKeeping her youth.
HOW OLD IS SHE THOUGH??
When she gets older she can still get away with, by saying she is in her tenwties…Looking pretty.
61.
Pretty Wings
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
Awww she look so pretty and the dog cute too. Shani looks really cute to most of the time anyway. I wish her good luck w/ the show.
62.
JENNY FROM ATLANTA
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
ASHANTI NEEDS TO DROP ANOTHER 28 POUNDS, I REALLY WANNA SEE HER HAVE SLIMMER LEGS, BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS LOOK CHUNKY AND SHES A SMALL GIRL, SO IT MAKES HER BODY LOOK STUMPY-LMAO.
Y’ALL HAVE TO REMEMBER SHES WEARIN HEELS, SO HER LEGS WILL LOOK LONGER AND GIVE THAT ILLUSION OF TONED LEGS.. BUT IMAGINE HER WITH OUT THEM???? GOD DAMMN LOL
THEY WOULD LOOK HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I THINK SHE WOULD LOOK PRETTIER IF SHE WAS SKINNY, PLUS SHE COULD DO WITH 3-4 POUNDS DROPPED FROM HER FACE.
SHE IS PRETTY, BUT I ALWAYS FEEL WE NEVER GET TO SEE HER FULL POTENTIAL, WITH HER BEING OVERWEIGHT..
I JUS PRAY TO GOD SHE DONT STOP WITH HER DIET NOW AND THINK SHES REACHED HER GOAL…BECAUSE SHE AINT!
KEEP DIETIN ASHANTI YOU WILL GET TO PERFECTION IN THE END AND MAYBE IT WILL SAVE AND RE-INVENT YOUR MUSIC CAREER!
63.
nonforminghabit
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
She is soo cute!
64.
Focused1
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
She looks so fresh and pretty in the pics. Her makeup is on point.
@62 I usually ignore petty comments like yours, but you can’t be serious saying this girl is over weight. She actually looks like she’s lost weight here. Her arms are noticeably more toned and you’re acting like the girl is obese. Not that she was really heavy before because she’s 5′3 so she will appear thicker than she really is plus the factor of the camera also adding 10 pounds. This is why a lot people will say people look smaller in person when they meet them. Anyways I swear people say the dumbest ish just to nit pick and find something wrong with somebody. Your body better be in perfect proportions since you wanna call yourself giving out advice like you’re some fitness expert and even if that was the case with you you’re being unrealistic. People with your mentality is the reason why the perception of beauty is all f*cked up in America now. SMDH!!
65.
MELY
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
That Dog is one ugly little creature.. sorry… But shani looking cute
66.
ATL-MISSES
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
Whoa, I doubt that the shit on her arm is contagious. newaii.. she looks young as hell in the first and third pic and damn she does have her weight in check. I hope her and Nelly get married, shit i heard that bull about her mother being all up in their shit. Back up mama.. let them do the damn thang.
67.
WOW
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
LOL @ JENNY FROM ATL
REALLY? YOU HAD TO PICK AN EXACT NUMBER LIKE 28? YOU COULDN’T JUST ROUND IT OFF TO 30 LBS? LMAO! YOU ARE A FOOL FOR THAT COMMENT!
68.
*~*lady_love
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
OK Well since yawl are just gonna act like you don’t see it…I’ll ask the question:
Why does she look so white on that pic that she’s holding? wtf? Embrace that beautiful bronzed skin!
69.
What?
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
SHANI LOOKS PRETTY AND HELLA YOUNG, LIKE SHE’S 18-21.. WTH HAPPENED, I AIN’T SEEN HER LOOK THIS YOUNG SINCE HER DEBUT. WHAT HAS SHE BEEN DOING, DRINKING LOTS OF WATER OR SOMETHING OR IS IT SOME NEW MAKEUP? THE THING ON HER ARM LOOKS LIKE A BLISTER OR BOIL, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I’M SURPRISED SHE WENT OUT WITH THAT SHOWING, BUT SHE’S STILL LOOKS GOOD MINUS THAT.
70.
fvdsg
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
Angel Laws is blacker than a burnt crack pipe……………
71.
twinzee3
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
shanty looks beautiful…. but where she get those shoes….
72.
Supreme
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
She looks verys pretty and relaxed. Whats that thing on her arm???
73.
Renae
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
She looks really nice!
74.
dukesman2000
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
Ashanti looks good
75.
BCyndi
Monday, June 1, 2009 /
Love Love Love Ashanti!!!! Wish the show would run past the summer–I would definitely go & see it. I don’t know why she catches so much flack…..She has stood the test of time–especially in the looks dept (without having to wear “heavy weave” and makeup). She has natual inward & outward.
Keep doing ur thing girl!!!! Rep for the HATERS!!!
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