R&B singer Ashanti turns into tourism ambassador

Long Island, New York – Grammy-winning singer and Long Island native Ashanti has a new gig: tourism ambassador.

Long Island, New York – Grammy-winning singer and Long Island native Ashanti has a new gig: tourism ambassador.

The R&B singer was introduced Tuesday at a news conference as one of nine ambassadors who will promote tourism in Nassau County on Long Island.

County Executive Thomas Suozzi placed an orange blazer with a tourism patch over her white dress at the event at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, where 16 tourists were offered an all-expenses-paid tour of Nassau. Ashanti sang at Suozziโ€™s two mayoral inaugurals in her native Glen Cove.

Ashanti says itโ€™s โ€œamazingโ€ to be asked to โ€œgive something back to the community.โ€ The singer recently released her fourth studio album, โ€œThe Declaration.โ€

The tourism campaign pitches Nassau as โ€œThe Island Next Doorโ€ and is targeted at visitors to the city.

accesshollywood.com

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