[2] In 1998, she wrote "Dat Sexy Body", composed on a variation of the "Bookshelf" riddim, which was later remixed with famous reggaeton artist Ivy Queen.
[5] She wrote her first rap at age 11, and as a student at August Martin High School, the young teen first performed professionally at Brooklyn's Biltmore Ballroom, modelling herself after such childhood idols as rap's greatest female act, Salt-N-Pepa, as well as Jamaican female rapper Shelly Thunder.
The album was released by Island on the Bogle compilation alongside tracks by established stars Buju Banton and Papa San.
Sasha's track was picked as a standout by stateside DJs, and it has played for literally years in the hip-hop underground.
[6] Sasha showed another surprising aspect of her talent in 1998, when her cut on the "Bookshelf" rhythm, "Dat Sexy Body," hit clubs and radio.
I really gave it to them straight-up hardcore street in 'Kill the Bitch;' then I started working with Tony Kelly, he noticed something in my voice, and asked me to try singing.
Now, after a full four years of being a club and radio mix-show classic, "Dat Sexy Body" has resurfaced as a major chart contender, with massive Miami crossover airplay spreading to the West Coast and Northeast.
Sasha's third international hit returned her to the studio with Steely & Clevie in a duet with Sean Paul, "I'm Still in Love,"[7] which shot to Number One in the reggae clubs of Jamaica, London, Miami and New York.
Sean and Sasha perform a snappy updated combination treatment of Alton Ellis' Studio One classic (best known globally through Althea and Donna's 1978 version "Uptown Top Ranking").
Sasha embraces the girl-group tradition from the Supremes to Love Unlimited, I-Three and En Vogue, and brings it into dancehall with a multi-tracked performance that's at once melodious, precise and soulful.