Ashanti Signs Label Services Deal With eOne, First Single Features Busta Rhymes (Audio)

Ashanti returns to the music scene with a new album and home. As the singer preps for her yet-to-be titled fifth studio album, Ashanti and her own label, Written Entertainment, have signed a worldwide distribution and label services deal with eOne (Entertainment One) Music.

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The first single to be released under the new partnership is "The Woman You Love" featuring newly signed Cash Money rapper, Busta Rhymes. The Jerry Wonder-produced track (below) is now available on iTunes.

"I'm so excited to have my own record label, Written Entertainment. With eOne as my distributor, I feel that their innovative and ambitious approach to the music industry, really gives my label a worldwide presence," Ashanti says via a press release. "They have the top radio people in the business and are hungry to win! The more I learned the business the more I knew this is what I wanted. Ownership is so important. As a business woman this was a great move for me!"

EOne Music president, Alan Grunblatt, adds: "eOne is proud to have a partnership with Ashanti and her label Written Entertainment. Ashanti truly has the independent entrepreneurial attitude that eOne was built on, and we're thrilled to be working with her."