Ashanti: answers critics & doubters.(Interview)(Cover Story) From: Ebony | Date: March 1, 2005| Author: Norment, Lynn | COPYRIGHT 2005 Johnson Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

PRINCESS Ashanti is back with a vengeance. After weathering a couple of troubled years in paradise and maintaining a low profile, the honey-voiced artist is back on the record charts with a superhot CD, Concrete Rose, and lighting up the silver screen with her pretty smile as well. In recent months, she has been a constant on television and in the press as she promoted her record and her role in the movie Coach Carter, starring Samuel L. Jackson.

In addition, she has two...