While being connected with the Murder Inc. record label has helped make Ashanti a star, it hasn't exactly helped her love life.
The 21-year-old R&B singer said fellow label mate Ja Rule and Murder Inc. head Irv Gotti are very protective of her and don't let just any man approach her.
"When we go to a club, I can't even dance with guys or nothing, because they always have me pinned up," she joked in a recent interview with The Associated Press.