Music / My ObsessionSasha Go HardFreestyling and baby pics in the first of a new video series on Chicago's female rappersShareLink copied ✔️October 18, 2013MusicMy ObsessionTextSian DoldingFilmBarbara Anastacio In the first of three video features on Chicago's female rappers, we meet tough-talking Sasha Go Hard, the 22-year-old Southside MC that featured in our May Issue feature on the city's Drill scene. In a year that's seen Chance the Rapper's breakout, and the continued rise of Chi-town homeboys Chief Keef and Vic Mensa, Sasha also shone – perhaps more quietly – with her recent Round 3 tape, which featured A-list collabs with Le1f, Diplo and Kreayshawn. Here she explains how the city's violence has always spurred her on: "You just can't go outside to the park and chill, there's too much going on, shootings and stuff, it's just motivated me to keep doing it so I could help my people out and show them things we never saw before." Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREJudeline is the past, present and future of Spanish music Chanel Beads is searching for meaning in “this big old world”Escentric MoleculesMolecule 01 + Champaca is Escentric Molecules’ latest sultry scentGiggs urges government to make lyrics inadmissible in courtHow waterbaby went from make-up artist to Sweden’s next star‘Together We Are America’: Unpacking Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performanceHow Bad Bunny became a political iconXG: The Japanese ‘X-pop’ group who want to change historyInside Johnnie Walker’s Sabrina Carpenter-inspired Grammys weekendIn pictures: Taiwan’s spiritual temple ravesListen to Sissy Misfit’s essential afters playlistAddison Rae, KATSEYE and more attend Spotify’s pre-Grammys bashEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy