American singer-songwriter Ashanti has claimed that RnB music has been marginalised on the radio.
Ashanti thinks RnB music has been marginalised on the radio.
The 37-year-old singer-songwriter released her self-titled debut album back in 2002, when the genre dominated the airwaves, but Ashanti now feels it's increasingly difficult for RnB stars to achieve mainstream recognition.
Ashanti is poised to release her first album since 2014's 'Braveheart', and she's promised her loyal fans that it'll ultimately prove to be worth the wait.
Meanwhile, Ashanti previously claimed that social media has transformed the music industry.
She said, too, that at the height of her popularity, she was probably working harder than the emerging artists of today.
Ashanti explained: ''When my first album came out, we didn't have Twitter or Instagram. If I had been able to tweet where I was, taking jets here and there, performing in Monaco, the clothes and the cars - it would have been very different. Technology changes and the sound changes.
''I feel like there was a lot more work we had to put in back then. When you were recording in the studio, you really had to record eight tracks to get harmonies.