Ashanti 'sstalker Devar Hurd (31) was convicted in a Manhattan court, and could face up to 2 years in prison for harassingtext messages, voicemails and sending lewd pics of  himself to Ashanti and her mother Tina Douglas. The ticking time bomb, Mr. Hurd said in court that he's been wanting to meet Ashanti every since they made eye contact at a 2003 Chicago concert….(sideeye) SMH.. The punk goes on to say the text messages and pics were all a joke…Ok, well joke your ass up in a cell where you obviously belong…

Sentencing is scheduled for January 11th in NY….