Ashanti sang on the demo of “I’m Real,” and he wasn’t sure if her vocals were kept in the final version underneath J. Lo’s. Terrence Howard’s career was on the upswing in 2002 ...

He even appeared in music videos for Ashanti and Mary J. Blige. Howard’s breakout role came in 2005 in the film Hustle & Flow. He played a pimp and aspiring rapper, starring opposite his ...

In that context, those stapled-on Biggie lyrics don’t make any sense at all. Terrence Howard cheats on Ashanti, and that, rather than any criminal-hooligan stuff, seems to be why she throws him ...