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Sasha’s first outing was at the Girl’s nite out annual talent hunt 2001
where she emerged first runner up. Not easily daunted, she went on
the next day to perform at the Lagos Lekki beach alongside other
contestants to a crowd of at least 500 people,
where she was clearly the crowd’s favourite. A
couple of months later she met Eldee of the
popular rap trio Trybesmen and after listening
to her rap he signed her on to Trybe records in
a matter of days and in August 2002, the
single “Work it “ was released to the media,
this had her rapping alongside her label mates
2shotz, Timi, Del and Eldee himself the
reception was unbelievable and due to
popular demand “Oya” was released in October of the same year, it
went into the charts at number 3 the first week and became the
Sasha’s first outing was at the Girl’s nite out annual talent hunt 2001
where she emerged first runner up. Not easily daunted, she went on
the next day to perform at the Lagos Lekki
beach alongside other contestants to a crowd
of at least 500 people, where she was clearly
the crowd’s favourite. A couple of months later
she met Eldee of the popular rap trio
Trybesmen and after listening to her rap he
signed her on to Trybe records in a matter of
days and in August 2002, the single “Work it “
was released to the media, this had her
Sasha’s first outing was at the Girl’s nite out annual talent hunt 2001
where she emerged first runner up. Not easily daunted, she went on
the next day to perform at the Lagos Lekki
beach alongside other contestants to a crowd
of at least 500 people, where she was clearly
the crowd’s favourite. A couple of months later
she met Eldee of the popular rap trio
Trybesmen and after listening to her rap he
signed her on to Trybe records in a matter of
days and in August 2002, the single “Work it “
was released to the media, this had her
rapping alongside her label mates 2shotz,
Timi, Del and Eldee himself the reception was unbelievable and due
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Growing up as the last of eight children might have made it
difficult for some to find their own identity but for Sasha
real name Yetunde Alabi it was a platform of self-
expression! Born on her father’s birthday on the 21st of
May 1983, an audience awaited her then and it therefore is
no surprise that the case remains the same 21 years later.
“My family was like the Vontrapp family from the sound of
music and I became Grettle, my sisters would dress me up
and record me singing my renditions of songs from
Grease, Annie and the sound of music, I must have been
like 5 or 6 when I started performing at family gatherings “
She started off rapping with her family friends a group of
boys, and realised her chosen stage name Sasha was
more than just a name when her friend’s Russian mom told
her it meant Victory in 1998, it became a prophesy.
Sasha’s first outing was at the Girl’s
nite out annual talent hunt 2001 where
she emerged first runner up. Not easily
daunted, she went on the next day to
perform at the Lagos Lekki beach
alongside other contestants to a
crowd of at least 500 people, where
she was clearly the crowd’s favourite. A
couple of months later she met Eldee
of the popular rap trio Trybesmen and
after listening to her rap he signed her
on to Trybe records in a matter of
days and in August 2002, the single
“Work it “ was released to the media,
this had her rapping alongside her label
mates 2shotz, Timi, Del and Eldee
himself the reception was unbelievable
and due to popular demand “Oya” was
released in October of the same year,
it went into the charts at number 3
the first week and became the
Christmas anthem that year. The video
debut was on BEN TV in England in
January 2003 and then finally all
Nigerian television stations, it got
heavy rotation and Sasha became
famous for her 8 bar rap. Performing
alongside Trybesmen in a range of
concerts including opening for
International artistes such as R&B
group DRU HILL in May 2003, and
GINUWINE in September 2003
amongst others her performances
wowed the audience adding to her
steadily growing fan base.
It was therefore inevitable when her
first single
“Emi Le Gan” released in October
2003
met a warm and receptive audience,
and the video released on BEN TV in
England in February 2004 for which
she wrote the script
was directed by Eldee and
recorded for 5 days in various
locations around Lagos including the
prestigious Eko Le’meridian and
Excelsior Hotel Casino. The video
topped the charts for weeks and her
style was compared with her
international counterparts like EVE,
Missy Elliot and Foxy Brown. Her own
musical influences include the late
Tupac shakur, Missy Elliot, Lauryn Hill
and Beyonce Knowles.
“I definitely have a style of my own but
all the same I take it as a compliment
to be compared to already established
females in my genre of music, I draw
influences from people who are multi
talented and not afraid to speak their
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mind, I ‘m working on someday being able to
attain the level of success if not more that
they have achieved”
Although she hasn’t achieved her main goal
yet she’s well underway, 2004 has been a
huge boost for her career, performing in
various states of the federation.she finally
got her big break as one of the artistes at
this year’s MTN Y’hello television show
where she shared the stage with big acts
such as High life crooner Sunny Nneji, South
African acts Tamara Dey and Mapaputzi,
Lord Kenya from Kenya and other notable
Nigerian artistes. The program is aired
nation wide on 23 television stations every
Sunday at 6pm and also on DSTV music
station, Channel O. the reviews were breath
taking and in the Sunday Punch music page
the quote read:
“Sasha was the queen at the carnival her
performance signalled a new voice in
Nigerian hip hop”
She has been interviewed by a multitude of
radio and television stations which include
Cool Fm, Rhythm 93.7, Eko Fm, Brilla 88.9
sports radio, Premier Fm Ibadan , Cosmo
Fm Enugu Mitv, Tv Africa, NTA, Galaxy
television, ETV, Yotomi TV, Inside out with
Agatha, New Dawn with Funmi Iyanda NTA
10 ,AIT, to name
a few. The print media has not been left out,
she’s been featured in the Saturday Punch,
Sunday Punch, This Day, The Sun and
Guardian newspapers also in Encomium,
Fame, Excellence City people and
Hearts soft sell
magazines, Deeply, Phat Entertainment
,Bubbles , Reality , Exquisite magazines with
stints in others, She was on the cover of the
re-birth of Dynamix magazine, October
2004 and apart from being a music
journalist for Hip Hop world magazine
{Winner of best magazine at the 2004 Amen
awards} she also manages a column titled
Sashaspeaks where she addresses general
issues in the society.
In August 2004, Sasha added another feather
to her hat when she was selected alongside
top selling artiste Tuface Idibia to represent
Nigeria in the KORA West African
preliminaries held in Ghana {the first of it’s
kind} and came tops in a stiff competition
aired live on Ghanaian television station TV3
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where she competed against Ghanaian
well known acts Batman and Miss
Belle, Togo’s Orcyno, Benin’s Kessim
and Cote d’ivoire’s Guizo winning a
nomination as West Africa’s
representative for the category of
Most promising female in Africa
at the 2004 KORA awards ceremony
that was
held on the12th December ,2004 at
the Sandton Convention centre in
Johannesburg, South Africa .It was
broadcasted live to an approximated
700 million viewers across Africa,
Europe ,the United States and the
Caribbean.
“It is truly an honour to be a
nominated and I’m looking forward to
the experience”
This was not
her only nomination in 2004, she was
nominated at the 2004 Amen awards
for her Single “Emi le Gan” in the
category of best upcoming artiste. Her
performances have been labelled
inspiring and have been aired
consistently on television,
worthy of note was the Naija
Repesentin’ concert held in June 2004
by Rugged man a fellow artiste to
bring together other hip hop acts
during the visiting tour of Nigeria’s
number one hip hop group in England
JJC and the 419 squad {winners of the
best African group Kora award 2004}
which contributed to her emergence
as one of the acts to perform at the
MTN Y’hello fest held in Enugu in
September 2004 where once again her
performance was quoted to be a show
case of hard work:
“Sasha’s performance was highly
impressive and she brought down the
house with soulful tunes from her
soon to be released album!” Mary
Ekah The Punch
“She went on and on I was so excited,
we couldn’t tell what she was going to
do next, we were all just screaming
she’s Nigeria’s Eve” an excited fan
Sasha is currently a Law undergraduate
at the University of Lagos, and apart
from her musical and writing career
she also designs most of her stage
costumes and outfits through her
developing clothing line Eclectic! She
has customers cutting across various
higher institutions ranging from
University of Lagos, University of
Ibadan, Babcock University, Igbinedion
University, and Osun State University
amongst others. She is multi talented
and always willing to give back to the
community.
She performed at the Miss
Commonwealth benefit concert in
November 2004 opening for the
project fame all stars of the widely
watched and recently concluded
Project Fame Academy on DSTV’s
channel 37.Also in the works is her
pet project To educate young females
in secondary schools and universities
on the increasingly prevalent disease of
Breast cancer.
Sasha has collaborated with a number
of artists including Tyrbesmen, Sound
Sultan, Faze of the former Plantashun
boiz , JJC and the 419 squad, Dare Art-
Alade, Azadus , Wale Thompson ,Asa ,
Modele , Niyola
to mention a few. She has also written
songs for some of the artistes which
include Freestyle of the Trybesmen and
Niyola
and
has been featured on their albums
some of
which
were released
in 2004 and others
to be released
early 2005. It is obvious that this
budding new talent is not just another
pretty face , she means business .
Sasha’s highly anticipated album “Finally
here” will be released in
2005 , she is set to conquer the world
with her hard work and determination.
SASHA PRESS QUOTES 2004
“If someone asks a music journalist
what good song he has heard recently,
he expects two things, first that he will
name an artist many people have never
heard of, second that the said artist
will be cool, creative and un-usual- my
current answer to that question is
Sasha, Her single “Emi le Gan” is
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wooing hip hop and rap enthusiasts
nationwide including dee-jays!”
Sunday Punch July 25th, 2004
If you call Sasha the hottest female rapper
around today you may not be far from the
truth. …She’s got rare skills that are bound
to take her to the top and her single “Emi
Le Gan” is loved at home and abroad”
Notes and tones
“Sasha is Nigeria’s first lady of hip
hop…She’s got the world at her feet”
DYNAMIX
“Sasha has become the toast of the music
industry , she is Nigeria’s queen of hip hop!
CITY PEOPLE
“Though she is new on the scene critics are
already tipping her to be going places as her
stage performances stand her out”
THIS DAY
“Sasha is the hottest Nigerian female rapper
to ever grab a mic…she seems set to attain
and surpass heights that have eluded her
predecessors in times past”
ENCOMIUM
“Sasha stole the show with her
performance and robbed the audience with
her yet to be released soul moving tunes
and dance”
THE GLITTERATI oct17-23, 2004
“Sasha’s nomination for a KORA makes me
very proud, think MTV and the Grammies
cos that’s where she belongs”
Eldee CEO TRYBE RECORDS
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inger/rapper Mo'Cheddah is pretty in
print as always in this lovely warm Sgreen and red cut out dress. Choosing
the right shape to compliment her dainty
physique and combining the right colours to
bring out her stunning complexion, the diva
Mo'Cheddah serves us with sexy
sophistication in the right dose. Pairing cute
gold and red heels with chic gold
accessories to match, this minimalist
approach to her look is all about letting the
dress be the centre of attention.
am 17 years old and live in New Jersey. I am half Dominican (my mother) and half African American (my Ifather) and I am the second oldest out of six
children.I like to consider myself a young fashion/style entrepreneur because I am always there to help people with their various fashion needs. I started off freshman year in high school tailoring jeans and customising my own items. I also braid hair, do weaves and I recently discovered that I have a hidden talent in drawing and painting. I'm willing to take on any challenge.
My first influence is my Mother because she promotes my individuality. I know a lot of parents who would question the things their children like and so on. My second influence is Kesh Kumari - I appreciate her independence and the way she travels because one of my dreams is to be travelling the world, enjoying its beauty. I've had natural short hair since the middle of 8th grade and my style is just an accumulation of things that I like. I have a different eye in the way I put outfits together. I don't usually go shopping, mostly because I don't have the funds to, but also because I would rather find something with more of a story, by thrifting.
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