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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.

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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 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.

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