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Ashanti sat down for an interview with radio host Angie Martinez earlier this week and discussed the importance of owning her own music.

Ashanti sat down for an interview with radio host Angie Martinez earlier this week and discussed the importance of owning her own music. The 41-year-old singer is in the process of re-recording her self-titled debut album, which was released in 2002 via Murder Inc. The thinking behind that is showing the business side of ownership and how important it is to own, she explained. Once I re-record the first album, . Everything purchased from that moment, I own. But Murder Inc. co-founder Irv Gottitook issue with Ashantis statements and explained to Martinez how he believes his former artist is essentially trying to cheat him out of money. @angiemartinez just for super clarity, he wrote in Martinezs Instagram comments. I own all those great Ashanti albums Angie. I own the masters. And I produced all those great Ashanti albums. So I also own a good portion of the publishing. What she is trying to do is re record all those great records and put them out on her label. She can do this under the COVER laws. But she is basically trying to fuck me out of my Masters. And make people decide which album to listen too or stream. Hoping her loyal fans will choose her version. Gotti ultimately seemed to come to terms with Ashantis move and wrote at the end, But hey. I stand on the Magic that was created. And I wanna see her duplicate that Magic. Its fucked up really. But such is life. Hundreds of people applauded Ashantis move, while criticizing Gotti for showing his greed. Read more