Ashanti Sister, Shia Douglas Shed Light On Her Toxic Relationship

Ashanti’s Sister, Shia Douglas, is a domestic violence survivor and advocate. In a recent interview, she spoke about her sister’s experience surviving a violent relationship. 

She said that her sister’s faith helped her find the strength to leave her abuser. Ashanti also spoke about the importance of getting help from a domestic violence shelter. 

Today, Shia is an advocate for other domestic violence survivors. She helps them to find the strength to leave their abusers and start new lives.

The American singer Ashanti paid tribute to her sister, Kenashia Douglas, in honor of domestic violence awareness month. Kenashia has previously spoken out about allegedly having survived domestic violence. 

On Wednesday, October 5, the 41-year-old celebrity uploaded several photos of Shia with bruises to her Instagram account. Ashanti provided a lengthy caption for the photographs that expressed her pride in her sister for getting away from the predicament.

‘”My sister is a warrior! I love you deeply and infinitely. Thank you for being so brave and bringing awareness to this evil, vile and sad behavior that so many women face every day. You did it! You won! “Some women feel so scared that they have no way out… by sharing your story, you bring hope and strength & continue to raise awareness for Domestic Violence. God continues to bless you every day as you grow, prosper… and walk in your purpose…your heart, mind, and conscience are clear…you will get back EVERYTHING YOU DESERVE!!! The universe always wins!”

Ashanti Douglas has stated that she will always be by her sister Shia’s side following the revelation that Shia was involved in an abusive and violent relationship with rapper Slow Bucks. 

Ashanti expressed excitement for Shia’s new venture, Wife of Creation, which aims to help women who have experienced abuse. 

Shia revealed the abuse she experienced in a candid Instagram post, in which she described feeling “humiliated, trapped, and disgusted” during her relationship with Slow Bucks. 

Since then, Ashanti has been a vocal supporter of her sister, sharing posts about Wife of Creation on social media and encouraging women to speak out about their experiences with abuse.

Ashanti’s public show of support is a valuable display of sisterly love and reinforces the message that abuse is never acceptable.

What happened to Ashanti’s sister?

According to reports, Shia, Ashanti’s sister, and Slow Bucks dated for 13 years before announcing their engagement on Instagram in 2016. 

It is unknown how the two first connected, but in November 2021, Shia broke her silence regarding experiencing abuse in the relationship when chatting with Angie Martinez.

Shia, Ashanti, and family matriarch Tina recounted how the family dealt with Shia’s experience of domestic violence at the hands of an ex-boyfriend on the November 22, 2022, episode of Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk.

After the two resumed their connection, Shia’s ex-long-term boyfriend’s emotional abuse of her turned violent.

Shia continued by saying that the ex-boyfriend frequently contacted her following her physical abuse.

Shia said to Jada, Willow Smith, and Adrienne Banfield-Norris, “He would attempt to come around with gifts,” and Tina added, “He would cry about his deeds to win Shia over.”

Shia also revealed that her ex-boyfriend threatened her before beating her, but she didn’t think her loved one would harm her until he actually did.

There were occasions when I was sleeping on my best friend’s bed, and he was actually taking pictures of me through the window and emailing them to my phone, Shia recounted.

The violence started in the final two to three years of their relationship, according to Douglas, who participated in the interview with Ashanti and her mother.

On one occasion, Ashanti related, she intervened on her own after Shia told her what was happening.

Thankfully, Shia finally made the decision to call it quits. Shia has since spoken up about her experience on social media, most notably in an Instagram post from April 2020. 

With her own Domestic Violence Awareness post from October 2021, Ashanti also expressed her support and raised awareness.