Ashley

"Ashley” - (Leslie Jimenez Ruscito) was born and raised in New Britain, Connecticut and still lives in a small town outside of Hartford. Ashley is also President of her own Publishing company; Arixis Music Works (ASCAP).

Ashley began her singing career by collaborating with childhood friend, High Power Recording Artist, Reinald-O. They got together with a talented young musician; Jose “Boogie Down” Baez and Ashley’s first single “Don’t Let Me Go” was released on Nightmare Records in March of 1993. It received a lot of airplay in the region and led Ashley to be approached by an upcoming group called “Vocal Image”. Ashley guest appeared on the group’s first single ”Do You Believe In Me?”; which was distributed by Metropolitan/Viper Records in 1994. Ashley performed with this group and also kept her solo career in motion by opening for artists such as David (Mic Mac Records) , Reinaldo, Coro, George Lamond, Bobby Delante, Stephanie Bennett, Judy Torres, Cynthia, Sa-Fire, Johnny O, TKA, Nyasia, and Lil’ Suzy…to name a few.

Ashley has worked with producers Philip Andruela (George Lamond), Willie Valentin(Artistik), Nelson “FFWD” Cruz and William Vigil (Idolmaker Records).
Ashley recently collaborated with Flipzide Records and guest appeared on their first CD. The compilation “Enter Da Flipzide” featured her single “Quit All Those Games” which was written by Alfredo Cardona of Vocal Image. The single became an instant hit and was one of the most requested songs on the Freestyle charts in 2001. Flipzide Records is collaborating once again with Ashley on their second CD. Her single “Movin’ On” is written and produced by Nathan Lee of Flipzide and is sure to be another success.

In November of 2002, Ashley had the opportunity to collaborate with Grammy Award winning Producer Edwin Ramos Jr. (Bigtime Entertainment) on his soon to be released compilation CD. Sneak preview plays of her single “When’s It All Gonna End?” have already made an impact- so much so that NYC DJ Bad Boy Joe will be featuring it on his mixed CD coming out March of 2003.