Boldness is the stuff that Sasha is made of. And that boldness is the reason a 16 year old girl would dare try to out-deejay one of Dancehall’s original dons dadas, Shabba Ranks. It happened one night in the Bronx; Shabba was performing and Sasha snuck out to the club with a friend because she just “had to be there that night”. As he called for girls to come up on stage and play the usual role of sideline dancer, Sasha called out “I don’t want to dance, give me the mic.” He did, and the rest is dancehall history.

Sasha took the mic and bus’ out a freestyle that brought down the house. Shabba’s management immediately invited her to make some demo recordings. Not two weeks went by before Steely & Clevie, computer dancehall’s whiz team, heard her demos and sought her out in New York. They flew her to Jamaica to write and cut her first record, the hardcore rap “Kill the Bitch.” The song was released by Island on the Bogle compilation alongside tracks by established stars Buju Banton and Papa San. At 16, Sasha was touring worldwide with all of Dancehall’s biggest names.

In 1998 Sasha officially removed herself from the list of would-be one hit wonders by voicing on Tony Kelly’s “Bookshelf” riddim. It was a song called “Dat Sexy Body”. The song hit the dancehalls and the clubs with a vengeance and, even today, remains part of the club and radio DJ mixes. “When I started working with Tony Kelly, he noticed something in my voice, and asked me to try singing. He pulled something out of me that I didn’t know I really had. I didn’t know I could sing in such a high key; Tony pulled me to the edge. Sometimes you don’t recognize it yourself, but it was just in me.”

Sasha’s third international hit returned her to the studio with Steely & Clevie in a duet with Sean Paul, “I’m Still in Love,” which shot to #1 in the Reggae clubs of Jamaica, London, Miami and New York. A video directed by Little X, has been filmed and is rotating on MTV, BET, and all other video stations. VP Records is expecting to release a complete album early this spring. The project will, once again, find Sasha working with some of Reggaes and Dancehalls most notable producers, Tony Kelly, Steely & Clevie, Jeremy Harding, Big Yard and Black Shadow’s Troyton.

Murray Elias, the A&R Executive at VP who piloted Sean Paul's career to worldwide success, believes that Sasha will be the next big thing in Reggae and Dancehall. With his years of experience at various record labels, Elias feels that the time is now right for Sasha to “make a big splash in the mainstream market.” Her US upbringing has already produced the chameleon-like performing style that is so necessary in maintaining a crossover appeal. “In dancehall, the crossover market appreciates you, and dances to the beat, but they don’t always know what you’re saying. Even though I’m writing dancehall, my schooling was in New York, and the way I write and flow my words, all of people can understand the lyrical content of what I’m saying.”

Sasha is a daring artist whose career has all the components to reach unprecedented success. She is willing to stretch her talent and see what develops. Whether voicing on some of the hottest new riddims or singing a melodious remake, her breakout success is eminent. This is her year and the world stage is waiting with open arms.