Ashanti PAID $20K To SPEAK At A High School About VOTING + Frank Ocean DROPS "Pyramids" TRACK, Announces New Album & Tour Dates

Posted by hollywould on Jun 14, 2012

Ashanti stopped by Atlantic City High School were she spoke about voting rights and received a $20K check. Get the deets inside and find out about Frank Ocean’s new album, tour and listen to “Pyramids.” Ashanti recently tweeted pics from her day-long appearance at Atlantic City High School were she teamed up with “Voting Works,”a firm whose priority is to increase voter turnout & educate voters on the electoral process. Apparently Ashanti is making a few coins on the speaking circuit as she collected a $20K check! But from a high school though? Oh. She also did an interview with the high school’s radio station. She tweeted, Super special S/O to Elijah who’s actually the 1 that help REALLY make it happen today @ AC high (Isaiah’s big bro). Later on, Ashanti performed at Atlantic City’s “R&B Gone But Not Forgotten” tribute hosted by Mayor Lorenzo Langford. Ashanti is the goddaughter of Nynell Langford, Mayor Langford’s wife. Watch a clip of Ashanti singing “I Have Nothing” here: In other music news…………. Frank Ocean has announced his new album, Channel Orange , will be released by July 17 Def Jam. In the meantime, he’s released a nearly 10-minute epic track called “Pyramids” for fans. Also, he’s hitting the road and we have his tour dates. Listen to “Pyramids” here: Check out Frank’s tour dates here: 07-13 Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market 07-14 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Ballroom 07-16 San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom 07-17 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern 07-19 Austin, TX – La Zona Rosa 07-20 Dallas, TX – Southside Music Hall 07-22 Atlanta, GA – Center Stage Theatre 07-23 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club 07-25 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer 07-26 New York, NY – Terminal 5 07-28 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club 07-29 Montreal, Quebec – Club Soda 07-31 Toronto, Ontario – The Guvernment 08-01 Detroit, MI – TBA 08-04 Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza

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Ashanti PAID $20K To SPEAK At A High School About VOTING + Frank Ocean DROPS "Pyramids" TRACK, Announces New Album & Tour Dates