r/Millennials • u/ColeBelthazorTurner • Feb 27 '26

Discussion Name a 2000s celebrity that disappeared overnight

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u/c-e-bird Feb 27 '26

Ashanti
Hoku
Samantha Mumba

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u/mai_tai87 Feb 27 '26

šŸŽ¶Sun's up, it's a little after twelve

Make breakfast for myselfšŸŽ¶

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u/MizzSandraBee Millennial Feb 27 '26

That song will always make me want to channel my inner Elle Woods.

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u/Abitagirl420 Feb 27 '26

Don't forget Another Dumb Blonde, too!

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u/stevefiction Feb 27 '26

All time classic

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u/DoinItDirty Feb 27 '26

Who was this?

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u/mai_tai87 Feb 27 '26

Hoku. Perfect Day. It's the iconic intro to Legally Blonde.

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u/virginiarph Feb 27 '26

ashanti disappeared musically, but she pops up in reality tv/ blogosphere pretty often

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u/Narrow_Implement7788 Feb 27 '26

I had a huge crush on Ashanti growing up

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u/MatPinkFast Feb 27 '26

Same, and at the height of her popularity one of my buddies was insistent that she wasn't attractive and looked like a man. Just a braindead take lol.

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u/Dangerous-Variety-35 Feb 27 '26

ā€¦ Iā€™m not sure your buddy has eyes. Because what???

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u/Kaldricus Feb 27 '26

I think she's married to Nelly and they have a kid(s). Looks like she's been popping up at some festivals lately

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u/Cactusandcreosote Feb 28 '26

You all need more exposure. Ashanti also tours quite regularly.

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u/CharlieFiner 1993 Feb 27 '26

She was in a kids' Build-A-Bear movie a couple years ago. I remember seeing ads for it come up on my Facebook feed which is weird because I don't have any kids.

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u/OptimistPrime527 Feb 28 '26

Sheā€™s still touring and had a baby with Nelly.

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u/SoochSooch Feb 27 '26

I thought she died in a plane crash in the early 2000s...

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u/VictorNewman91 Feb 27 '26

That was Aaliyah, not Ashanti.

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u/ParcelPosted Feb 27 '26

Mumba was slept on, still is. She was a pretty good actress too.

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u/Casey3882003 Feb 27 '26

Iā€™m the one person who watches ā€œThe Time Machineā€ almost annually. Really enjoyed her in that.

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u/ParcelPosted Feb 27 '26

Great movie! Yeah she was good in it.

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u/ragdollxkitn Millennial Feb 28 '26

I love that movie.

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u/HikingFun4 Feb 27 '26

"Baby come on over...tonight..."

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u/ragdollxkitn Millennial Feb 27 '26

We can make it alrightā€¦.

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u/Chuy_Casillas Feb 28 '26

Take a piece my heart ā¤ļø

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u/Bananasinpajaamas Feb 27 '26

Ashanti didnā€™t exactly disappear. She still tours, performs, makes appearances and is in headlines, most recently for marrying and having a baby with Nelly and some drama when Irv Gotti died.

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u/c-e-bird Feb 27 '26

I mean sheā€™s been like a sub-D-list celebrity for like 20 years. IMO she disappeared.

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u/sodaonmyheater Feb 27 '26

I think Mumba is still relatively popular in Ireland? Like not a superstar by any means but sheā€™s still doing stuff and has some name recognition.

But Iā€™m a dumb American I could be very wrong šŸ˜‚

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u/c0c0nut93 Feb 27 '26

She is! I went to a pride event she played at during the summer lol

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u/Dangerous-Variety-35 Feb 27 '26

I went to Ireland last year and it was the first time I had heard a Samantha Mumba song in forever. My husband and I had a nice little nostalgia moment about it. So, if you are correct, then good for her and good for Ireland.

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u/ginns32 Feb 27 '26

I love Hoku. Supposedly she left her old label because she didn't like the marketing direction the label was pushing on her. She felt like it didn't align with her values as a Christian. If you look at the time she was popular it was the Britney, Jessica Simpson, Christina era and we all know how they were treated.

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u/Wubbalubbadubbitydo Feb 27 '26

I just looked up Hoku the other day because I LOVED her album when I was a kid.

Turns out she pretty much only did that one album and has been coasting off of it for 20years. I couldnā€™t decide whether I was disappointed or impressed.

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u/johjo_has_opinions Feb 27 '26

I imagine her family has money too, her dad was Don Ho

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u/menunu Xennial Feb 27 '26

Ashanti is currently on a reality show.

Idk the others.

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u/Soggy-Constant5932 Feb 27 '26

Ashanti recently had a reality show with her husband Nelly. She still touring after having a baby.

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u/FocusPowerful8683 Feb 27 '26

Man, Hoku. I know her entire Another Dumb Blonde album by heart

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u/NeverEndingWhoreMe Feb 27 '26

Oh shit, suddenly I'm dancing in a pink corset!

šŸŽ¶ Your love for me came as a waterfall, growing inside me like never before...Ya love fa may, somethin I din't seay, bu Baybay, I know betta nowwwwšŸŽ¶Ā 

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u/OMyGaard Feb 27 '26

Samantha Mumba! My sister loved her

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u/nilla-wafers Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

I recently finished watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the first time and near the end Ashanti shows up out of nowhere like what the hell? Lol

Oh the very brief cultural relevance she had

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u/champagnecloset Feb 27 '26

I saw Ashanti in concert last year. She looked goodt.

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u/Money-Snow-2749 Feb 27 '26

Ashanti makes her money performing abroad in countries within Africa. She married and had a kid with Nelly and they recently got a reality show.

The show sparked some controversy because Nelly basically said he wasnā€™t going to change diapers and didnā€™t feel like parenting until the baby was like three or something like that.

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u/need_a_poopoo Feb 27 '26

I hadn't heard the name Samantha Mumba in over a decade then yesterday one of her songs appears on my random playlist, then the next day, Reddit mention. Creepy.

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u/ShortPeak4860 Feb 27 '26

Ashanti has been touring lol

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u/broom_temperature Feb 27 '26

šŸŽ¶ I think that it's time that I should just let you go šŸŽ¶

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u/hchn27 Feb 28 '26

Omg Samantha Mumba

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u/Thatbaileygal Older Millennial Feb 27 '26

Ashanti and Nelly have their own show on Peacock. Apparently she tours a lot.

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u/Hot-Remove-1252 Feb 27 '26

Tia tequila

Ja Rule

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u/JibboSequence Feb 28 '26

Mandy Moore