Essence Magazine:
By Jasmine Browley ·Updated February 25, 2024
Imagine hearing a hit song you wrote being played in the mall you’re shopping in, yet you’d never received a dime for it.
That was Ashley Joi Boyd’s reality in the early aughts when at just 25 at the time, she was forced to file chapter 7 bankruptcy even after working as a songwriter for years and having penned songs for stars like Ja Rule
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