My fans make babies to my music and have tattoos of my face – it’s beautiful, says Ashanti

thesun.co.uk:

SHE’S a record-breaking singer with number one albums, a Grammy and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And Ashanti’s era-defining R&B hits have played such a big part in her fans’ lives they’ve had tattoos of her face on their bodies and conceived their children listening to her music.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun ahead of her upcoming UK arena tour, she says: “I see people tattooing my face on them and my name and talking about records that have touched them the most, and be like ‘oh my god, my daughter was made to this record’ and things like that.

It‘s a beautiful thing, the love and support from the fans is like no other.” Inked tributes don't always go to plan, but even dodgy artwork gets Ashanti’s seal of approval as the sentiment is all that matters to her.   “Even if there is a bad tattoo you can’t even get mad,” she laughs. “The fact somebody actually went and permanently tattooed themselves with your name or your face, you have to be grateful for that.

That’s a different level of admiration and love. Even if it’s not a great job, you have to be like ‘wow, that’s incredible’.” The Foolish singer, 41, became a bona fide superstar exactly 20 years ago when her self-titled debut shifted a record 503,000 copies in its first week of release, taking it straight to the top of the US charts.