MusicMy 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." Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE7 of Chase Infiniti’s favourite K-pop tracksMeet The Deep, K-pop’s antihero ‘This is our Nirvana!’: Are Geese Gen Z’s first great rock band?10 of Yung Lean’s best collabs‘We’re like brother and sister’: Yung Lean and Charli xcx in conversationIs art finally getting challenging again?The only tracks you need to hear from November 2025Inside the world of Amore, Spain’s latest rising starLella Fadda is blazing a trail in the Egyptian music sceneThe rise of Sweden’s post-pop undergroundNeda is the singer-songwriter blending Farsi classics with Lily Allen 6 Flog Gnaw artists on what’s inspiring them right now