Ashanti & Ja Rule NYE Performance In Times Square, NY 2021 | Ashanti Editz

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Ashanti and Ja Rule Perform two of their timeless records; mesmerize and always on time at Times Square, NYC on New Years Eve 2021
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[@ashantieditz]

Make sure to subscribe and like the video if you would like to see more upcoming projects that you might miss! Also, Happy New year and Stay Safe 🙏🏽💜

[@zacharyreynolds7727]

Happy 2022✨

[@alicialove2434]

This song still hits the same .. Thanks for u both taken time out to Perform for us . HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎉🎉

[@Hi.malone]

Outstanding

[@lecoyablocker9757]

Ashanti was suppose to perform in Atlanta for the peach drop but Atlanta canceled the entire event. Glad to see they had a great New Year's Eve anyway ☺

[@teri_p]

WORD! THEY LOOK GREAT

[@mr.stoneyloney3256]

so happy for ja rule and Ashanti finally getting the recognition they deserve. the fact that they don't need to lip synch their music and they use their real voices is incredible true talent at its best!!!

[@feliciawhite8190]

Dang I miss this performance I don't know what the heck I was watching, but anywho they definitely sounded good singing live! kudos for real talent!!!Happy New Year!!!🥳🎊🎉♥️🎵🎶

[@mr.stoneyloney3256]

@@feliciawhite8190 💯

[@daniellebabe1]

I agree with you

[@gisselmontero2304]

They look and sound jst like back in the days omg I jst miss their music 🎶

[@dawnpratt846]

True , true she help make jlo's music career !

[@Asia107]

Their music still hits the same way it did back then. Love it! Ashanti’s hat & coat are absolutely beautiful.

[@ashantieditz]

You know it 😍

[@sabarb9759]

💯

[@humbleone4800]

She's always sharp

[@smitty7758]

I love it!!!!

[@TheBurnonme]

Yes it sure does

[@tropical9913]

Yoo Ja Rule hasn't lost his voice one bit and sounds great live. Same goes for Ashanti of course

[@therryandpaol3430]

Facts 💯💯

[@lsr5873]

We need Ja back!

[@therryandpaol3430]

@@lsr5873 . Big Facts 💯💯

[@ursherettepaul3467]

I've always loved his voice.

[@EM-cj7tu]

Cuz his voice organic. He ain't needed the auto tune like these new cats.

[@shonnie723]

JA-RULE JUST DON'T MISS A BEAT... SAME ENERGY SAME AS HE WAS IN THE 90's

[@dawnpratt846]

❤️him !

[@aflor4641]

Exactly 😂👍🏽

[@yosea8701]

❤

[@godislove9273]

Yes, Ashanti was stiff. He really made the performance.

[@ruth2232]

Ja Rule and Ashanti’s performance made me proud to be a New Yorker! And Their winter fashion was “on point.”

[@ashantieditz]

Glad you felt this way! Stay proud🙏🏽

[@876me7]

🗽

[@lauriejohnson5069]

Love them!!!

[@spicysizzling1600]

How cold is there ?

[@dema493]

Yes Yes NYC Always what it is! Love it!

[@byronharris2900]

Ashanti and Ja Rule we're last minute additions to NEW YEARS ROCKING EVE, and they still killed it!!! Those two are like hip hop/ r and b superheroes. JA RULE and ASHANTI saved the New York portion of the NYE celebration, because LL Cool J was supposed to headline, but he caught COVID and had to cancel, as well as two other acts, so shouts out to JA RULE and ASHANTI for saving the night in NYC.🔥🔥🔥🔥👑👑 HAPPY NEW YEARS, Everyone!!!! 🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🤩😍🎉

[@ashantieditz]

Happy new year 🥳

[@phyllisgarrison3561]

BOSS MOVE MR. SEACREST!

[@adrianmclaughlin9585]

Only right. They're both from Hollis, Queens & LL influenced Ja with "I Need Love". He pioneered that style.

[@bbygrlpt2]

Wow last min??? I love them!!!

[@shawntaalston6259]

The dang COVID hope LL Cool J is good seen the line up my mama dukes had to tell me happy to see the repeat b/c I had no clue happy that Ashanti and Ja Rule got to perform what a treat! Seen them perform in 2019 with lil mo and Lloyd that was epic

[@danielmiller4159]

Took me back to 2003! Those were the best days to club and go dancing! It will never be like that again…

[@ericosborn2223]

2002

[@deborahpettigrew989]

Word

[@princessmajesty8676]

@@ericosborn2223 they said 2003. They are not talking about when the song came out

[@scottiemccoy6004]

Good to see Ja Rule back in the spotlight. This is a classic.

[@gisselmontero2304]

He needs to make more music 🎶 we dearly miss him and that voice ohh lord

[@dawnpratt846]

Facts 💯

[@ThinkingCrypto]

Nostalgia, they both sound great

[@dawnpratt846]

That's because they are true to the game !

[@co30walkk]

Jarule and Ashanti should just release a new cd together in 2022. Would be a good look

[@ashantieditz]

We will be getting a re-recording of leaving (always on time pt.2) in April this year!! So stay tuned for that❤️

[@jeannekellom7114]

Facts💯💯💯

[@kiabeetv9784]

@@ashantieditz omg yess i love that song it shoulda been a single

[@gisselmontero2304]

@@ashantieditz yes definitely bring ja back its time for you guys to shine brighter than the sun again

[@humbleone4800]

We need that collaboration for the culture they are two great artists!

[@jasmineshantel19]

She sings so good and is so confident...GO QUEEN 💗✨

[@TheBurnonme]

Ashanti and Ja Rule still got it

[@mirradimani380]

Ja-rules voice is still the same,,,,,and Ashanti I love them

[@sweetnurnot10]

2 Amazing artists 2 New Yorkers 2 decades later performing their timeless hits. STILL I love it. Im glad to see them getting the recognition they deserve. Murder Inc really gave the world some Classic Hits!

[@TheBurnonme]

Happy New Year

[@nocodekevin]

Her live vocals are so good they sound like pre-recorded but I know they're not. I've seen so many stories about how perfect her vocals are and how other artists *cough JLo would use her vocals for their own hits and fake like they were the ones singing. Hope she's fabulously wealthy after all she's done.

[@ashantieditz]

I would blame irv for that.

[@JDede]

@@ashantieditz stop that. Don't do that. Irv might have his faults but enough of this bad press.

[@humbleone4800]

@@JDede JD, I think it may have been a little bit of Irv, think about it, if a megastar like Jlo comes to you for vocals you're gonna make sure that she gets it, he's going to get paid, it couldve been some under-the-table payment but he definitely was instrumental instrumental in Ashanti's vocals being used by Jlo

[@dawnpratt846]

Facts and keeping it real it's also said that thanks to her after Aaliyah's death made the difference and help bridge the gap not Beyonce she made it possible for her to come out but The talented Ashanti with the writing and singing is the one !

[@dawnpratt846]

True that piece of shit allowed them to play her .

[@sierrawoods9371]

Omg😱 when they came on I was GLUED to the tv. Singing like I wasn't a mom of 5 while my kids looking at me crazy. This is GREAT MUSIC! ❤️ They still look GREAT!!!

[@missnlahi]

Lol we're old to our kids

[@dgshaw11]

Big Up to Ashanti and Ja Rule for stepping in and stepping up to save the day (okay night). It could've gone the way of Mariah's NYE sound snafu but they brang it the fashion, the songs the chemistry. Great job guys.

[@erniebats]

Well when you have technical difficulties hearing what your supposed to be singing then your not gonna sound good

[@mohoma80]

Mariah came back swinging the following year and sang live, please narrate the whole thing if you decided to dish it out, don't delude others :)

[@quinnmorgendorfer5481]

Hearing Ja's voice together again & both their voices together ❤ all the feels. The nostalgia, we need an album! 👏

[@ashantieditz]

Leaving (Always on time part 2) is being re-recorded for April!

[@cristina5507]

I was 14 years old when this song came out, soo many memories I’m proud to say we had real talents to look up to and were a part of a positive era. I’m sad to say but I cannot say the same for the youth of today with all they talk about is twerk, they don’t have much artists like we had in our day. Love you Ashanti and Ja forever 🤍

[@ashantieditz]

Don’t worry the youth (such as myself, many fans and people I’ve spoke too) know what real music is and todays music is shocking! And yes I think that we do need more artists that are as inspiring as these two legends 💕

[@kerryrose8575]

Bopping to this ..🥳🥳🥳

[@ronaldoramirez2663]

Same 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@mangi410]

How old you now

[@ronaldoramirez2663]

@@mangi410 33🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@klee.28ot7]

I started screaming when Ja Rule and Ashanti came on! It took me back to being a kid in the early 2000s, when times were simple.. 💛 Such TIMELESS hits, music is not like this anymore. *Happy New Year*

[@ashantieditz]

Happy New Year 💕

[@latrinarandolph66]

Exactly I have this cd ❤️❤️❤️

[@MsBeauty9000]

Yes! My teenage years! Puppy love time🥰! Sweet memories!

[@anointedandable2363]

Exactly! Life was simple 🥰

[@davidsona2119]

@@latrinarandolph66 I love u for having it

[@Lubbylove89]

This took me back to middle school. Best part of the show if you ask me! I still jam to these songs.

[@Whois_.X]

I agree with you most definitely….

[@shawnkeith2414]

And high school

[@pfwww12]

She sounds good and on point like she has been doing this a long time

[@ashantieditz]

Definitely 😍

[@rein2430]

She has haha

[@joselingcastro8538]

Lol she has

[@dawnpratt846]

She has what are you talking about , it's said thanks to her it saved the gab after Aaliyah's death. She made it possible for beyoncé to come out and hit where she hit thanks to Ashanti for that with her skills of singing and writing music for other artists very talented woman !

[@dehjhunaeday5743]

@@rein2430 right lol

[@sipnog3528]

The music still relevant today. The sound is very much current.

[@renderuntocaesarwhatiscaes2300]

That could come out right now and it would be top of the charts. Goosebumps listing to this again. That’s how good it was. Dam almost what 15 years later and it still sounds like a top song out today.

[@jazz4me827]

Good music never goes out of style; it's timeless!!

[@charlieredeemed]

They were the best collab, when I was just a kid. Now I'm almost 40.

[@nehsangbong7259]

This takes me back to my childhood in the 2000s.

[@diamondd4235]

Can't say enough about these 2! They are my favorites 20+ years in the game and I swear it's like it's 2002 and not 2022 yall get all the flowers from me and more you both deserve all your flowers🌹🌹and can we just give it up for Shani and her stylist...What?! She be dressed to the gawds🙌🏾 my body and style inspiration for 2022❤

[@phyllisgarrison3561]

I hope they go on tour together, maybe a short-term Vegas Residency!

[@dawnpratt846]

You've got to applaud them because they're real 👏🏽👏🏽

[@clarissawestbrook2203]

They both look amazing and this bring me back to 20 years ago to the early 2000's. Happy New Year ya'll!!

[@ashantieditz]

Happy new year!

[@KahariKyles]

Ja and Bonnie looking like MONEY and Shan’s voice has just gotten so much better with time. Still sweet, but she has so much more confidence. We need a Murder Inc. Tour with them as the headliners in 2022. Both legends!!!

[@ashantieditz]

It would be great to see that but with the whole irv situation I wouldn’t blame Ashanti for not going on tour with the rest of murder inc!

[@kiabeetv9784]

@@ashantieditz exactly irv is a piece of shit and fucked up both their careers it really wasnt 50 it was irvs ass

[@mixxedbreed305]

I have a feeling there coming back and going to make new music 🔥

[@ashleyboss5544]

Hope so. I’m 35 with 3 teenage girls that love it. They are convinced they were born in the wrong time. Today’s music has it all wrong. Kids want this.

[@virgoqueen8950]

THEY NEED TOO.....

[@ronniemassey9610]

What you said feel it too

[@angelmartin6403]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾

[@TheBurnonme]

Oh yeah there working on it right now.

[@grandtransformauto8518]

Still the greatest hits of all time

[@jft7206]

Ashanti looks so cute & Ja Rule looks and sounds the same 20 years later

[@kiessendefi1429]

Ashanti and Ja Rule always meet and surpass the expectations.

[@ce7768]

The love is REAL between these 2. So glad they stayed friends regardless of all the BS they were throwing Ja's way few years back. And their music always hits then and now ❤💕❤

[@gisselmontero2304]

What doesn't kill them makes them stronger 💪 👏.. right ✅

[@maceharris7656]

@@gisselmontero2304 💯❤

[@shamargreen3388]

This was definitely a treat I’m glad too see them still performing

[@kelvinosei-bonsu5785]

Their music is better than that of today

[@lailamohamed597]

@@kelvinosei-bonsu5785 absolutely right

[@rjw4254]

The fact that they performed this song almost 20 years ago for new years of 2002-03 😭🥰

[@bransonbelcher4931]

Ashanti and Ja Rule hasn’t losing their voices while performing live together!

[@luisafrance1635]

The best duo ever❤️❤️

[@richardandrews6299]

DAYMMMMMM!! Ja never left the top spot & Ashanti....... Omg just mesmerising like back in day ❤️ PLEASE release an album of proper old school R&B with these 2 singing now - I need those vibes back

[@ashantieditz]

A re-recording of her first album will be out in April this year and it features ja rule on leaving (always on time pt.2) and happy!

[@Vicliciousboy]

Listen to their song on the Hamilton remix soundtrack helpless it’s new but feels like 2000s

[@gisselmontero2304]

We want more music of you guys

[@sanneandrea1843]

No lip sync nothing !!!!! Pure talentttttt !

[@pfwww12]

Just good feeling music bro. Rap doesn't have to be kill this body that.

[@876me7]

Exactly!

[@cristinayanez2321]

Love that it was live! Love how they performed the entire songsssss

[@cristinayanez2321]

I've watched it 3xs already

[@TheBurnonme]

Happy New Year

[@JDenim88]

The Audio Quality is amazing. Half the time the audio is trash at live events. So crisp, shout out to the AV team. Made the event that more special to hear the actual vocals.

[@thagrandpubah]

Still used CD’s back then before mp4 compression and 808’s and hearbreak changed the sound to this new lean drugged out BS we got now.

[@ShawtyPhatt]

I got goosebumps when they started singing 👀👏👏👏 their voices brought back memories of such good times when I was younger #nostalgia ❤️

[@gisselmontero2304]

Ditto

[@trinitycarey3454]

67 years old, and I still love his voice as well as hers. Every time I see him in a movie I just love it. Happy New Year’s to everyone. God is still in control🙏🏾💯😇

[@TheBurnonme]

Happy New Year Cheryl

[@lavierfray7182]

Wish I could go bk in Time 🥺

[@yosea8701]

❤

[@abduljalilmahama5682]

Throwback time... the early 2000s RnBs can't be forgotten

[@ashantieditz]

Thanks for watching ❤️ Stream Energy: btmusic.fanlink.to/energy

[@larhondaburchett3271]

Shout out to the golden era of hip hop and rnb!! What a great time to be alive. Ashanti vocals has definitely matured over the years. And neither have aged at all.

[@Whois_.X]

JaRule & Ashanti did they thang…. Love it 👏🏾🎉🥳❤️💐🙏🏾🎆

[@TheBurnonme]

Happy New Year

[@djshoalsjr2724]

Yeah…50, I don’t see you buying out time square. CHUMP! Good job Ashanti and Ja!!! 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@jonelljames7097]

One of the best performance I enjoyed that night.

[@torvlogs7390]

Ok! Ashanti on the liiive vocals 😍, and Ja Rules stamina is refreshing! ✨

[@Lexusfordd]

My favorite two people on a song 😭😭😭

[@ivona2403]

Ja is one of few rappers that sounds amazing live!! He absolutely needs no autotune. Ashanti, we miss your R&B, you absolutely ROCKED early 00’s. Her vocals are spotless as before. Wish you could come out equally big as back then!! I miss Murder inc, they were HUGE man! They absolutely rocked 00s and they always will be remembered cause that music is timeless! Love forever and ever!!!!! ❣️

[@_CaliGirl]

Ashanti lookin like a Winter Wonderland Mami! 😍 Just GORGEOUS!! She is rocking her 40s..I love it, she's killing 'em! 💝💝💋💋💋🥰🥰🥰🥰😘😘😘😘😘

[@remt.v5876]

Their voices is like a fine wine... I missed this kind of song.. remember listening this song everytime I tune in radio. Ashanti and Ja Rule. Thank you! Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉

[@ashantieditz]

Happy new yearr💜

[@austindixon8600]

mesmerize is such a banger man. love the back and forth between ja rule and ashanti... amazing flow

[@marjoriecoleman8280]

Ja Rule and Ashanti hasn’t aged a bit, love when they perform together. Love Ashanti’s outfit!!! ❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥

[@didoernie6319]

Jah Rule should bring Ashanti to Ghana..🇬🇭♥️.Jah Rule been here already..

[@lilianamedina1724]

The best performance compared to other artists. They truly love their audience and their own songs 🎵 the duo gave it their all in a brief performance, soo great to see !

[@heronfields5923]

It feels good seeing them perform. Especially everything that’s going on in NY and around the world with Covid.

[@sarahchalmers1122]

Shit Ja Rule and Ashanti still sound the same. I love this so much. So nostalgic.

[@kierratillman3202]

Ashanti sounded good and smooth in this performance.

[@Whois_.X]

I just love Ashanti laugh and when she be like aha 🥳🙏🏾💐🎆

[@ashantieditz]

Very contagious! 😩😂

[@blessings4life]

Ashanti is a perfectionist I love her. Ja Rule I appreciate your masculine energy.

[@clintoncorriveau5515]

I miss those songs as a kid good times, great work Ja rule and Ashanti.

[@J2LO]

God pls bring this kind of music back…

[@ashantieditz]

I agree!

[@gisselmontero2304]

Definitely real 💯 🎶

[@melbourne300]

I love her laugh. It’s just so angelic just like her voice.

[@mikekarpouzie]

TIMELESS hits

[@beautiful_wonderfullymade]

Wow! Cheers to being 12 years old when this banger was released … fast forward to nearly 20 years later 😫😊

[@jailynmontgomery]

They sound absolutely the same I love it yes !

[@beautifulrosemary6565]

Ashanti is everything. She's always been hit or miss with her fashions... this is definitely a hit! She looks beautiful as always... never ugly. Just some not hot like that half white half sequenced maroon number she wore at the BET Honors. Nope! Happy New Years lovelies! Don't forget to re-cop her album(s) when she re-records them this year.

[@broadcastdiva1]

What are you talking about? Ashanti is never a miss when it comes to fashion. She always looks great!

[@lankishajohnson8097]

Be quiet

[@velboone6041]

You sound dumb AF... Ashanti always on point she stay in some dope ass gear... You clearly don't follow her on Social Media.. 😒

[@algorhythm83]

You all do realize this is just her opinion. Almost every artists can be fashionable hit or miss.

[@ladyzinada5341]

I love these two collaborations. Them songs will never get old. "Mesmerized and Always on time!"

[@truearies3075]

It's the coat and headband for me Ashanti

[@whitneywalker3532]

I love JaRule and Ashanti. They both still look and sound amazing! NYC 🗽

[@isabelramirezcarrillo7842]

she sounds amazing!

[@trapdoll]

So happy for my favorite artist of ALL TIME Ashanti still doing her thing years later. I was a huge fan at 12yrs old and here I am at 29 still fanning out 🥴😄🤷🏾‍♀️ looking forward for what the years to come has in store for the Princess of Hip-Hop and R&B

[@ashantieditz]

All of her fans come at all ages and I think it’s amazing! No matter the age music can keep us as people together 🙂

[@ryane6545]

By FAR the best performance of the night!!!

[@kimwiggins08]

Just think they are in their 40’s looking so good!! Sound good!!! Wonderful!!

[@crayray1310]

This was so good! I really enjoyed this performance. They both sounded so good and you can tell how much Ashanti enjoyed the moment. It was awesome! Such an old skool gem! Happy New Year!!

[@ashantieditz]

Happy new year 🧡

[@lyndamaldonado1339]

Great job luv. U guys so talented make another single please we all need more u both

[@dawnpratt846]

It's been said that Ashanti picked up the slack after we lost Aaliyah and it does help that she's very talent and creative she wrote a lot of home music and wrote for others and wrote songs that JLo song and j lo use Ashanti's voice on her songs . When you're this talent you don't need to fake it !

[@sisvswann1897]

Yess! Well Said! These "millennials" don't know nothing about REAL R&B music!!

[@charlenedean4086]

This to me was the best part of the show. Love these two singing together. Ashanti looked better than she did when she was a younger self, and Ja Rule, boy didn't he look fabulous! Then I felt asleep, woke up at 12:12 am, smh.

[@kb.9651]

PB&J. They were on fire. Always on Time is a timeless song. There chemistry still rocks.

[@ry6222]

They must have performed this like a million times but it still hits every time man. I allways wondered if they ever hooked up as well like these two would make an awesome couple

[@Ghost-wi5sn]

This song brings my childhood memories when I heard this…Man time flies. Thank you Ja rule and Ashanti

[@joshuacastle8701]

LOVE these songs! So happy to be alive to see this reunion! Ja Rules voice is so unique and cool, and Ashanti’s vocals are still great!

[@mixxedbreed305]

Thank you for posting this!! From all us who have missed the live performance 💕

[@ashantieditz]

Your welcome 🤗❤️

[@tonyreid3188]

THAT WAS ON THE MONEY CANT LIE!!!!!

[@elcalidoso3068]

After all these years their still way better than all these new school "rappers"

[@SpiritualLifeCoach43]

Both of your voices sound incredible. Loved the vibe and Ashanti is beautiful as always. Ja and Ashanti stay stylish. We will always love you two! I enjoyed it yes!!!

[@traceh4693]

Mesmerize is an all time track

[@einniMMGoolsby-nu6do]

Ja Rule & Ashanti always represent ❤️

[@sabrinajones6473]

I don’t care what no one says Ashanti loves her some Ja Rule. She is so happy when she is with him. They look good.

[@ashantieditz]

Thanks for watching ❤️ Stream Energy: btmusic.fanlink.to/energy

[@shannonduplechain8553]

Wow! I missed their great performance. Ashanti is a great actress too. I loved her role in a Christmas movie.

[@t.moniquenursem.5507]

Yes🙌🏾 Ja-Rule and Ashanti brought out the hits ..Representing NY to the heart ❤️

[@ooohguy18]

ja and ashanti still in 🔥🔥🔥🔥💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 both voice still in preserve..❤️❤️❤️

[@ashantieditz]

Thanks for watching ❤️ Stream Energy: btmusic.fanlink.to/energy

[@nezaniphilippe2801]

Y’all remember back in New Years 2002

[@nikole404]

How’d I miss this performance? 😩😩 Such a nostalgic moment. They had hit song after hit song blowing up the radio. They had a 2-4 year run of hits.

[@thecurator2626]

It’s good to see these two performing together again.

[@shawn5hbk]

I miss the 90’s-2000’s… music and nostalgia just don’t hit the same anymore outside those eras

[@tpleasant91]

So refreshing to see Ja and Ashanti again ☀️🥳❤️

[@dawnpratt846]

Ja Rule never disappoint love his energy and Ashanti one hell of a young lady ❤️❣️

[@GoofyPandaBears]

Waaaa Ja Rule, still has his self-respect :)))

[@gisselmontero2304]

He looks super 😍 cute

[@lashongrandmaof3789]

Yasssssss come alllllllll the way through Ashanti and Ja Rule 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽