Sacha Jenkins, one of the most renowned and beloved creatives in hip-hop culture, has passed away.
Jenkins’ passing was confirmed by several posts on social media.
“WTF…..Dammit. Sacha was one of the writers who influenced my era of writers and journalists in the late ’90s. May he rest in power,” wrote noted journalist Keith Murphy on X (formerly Twitter).
Born in Philadelphia but raised in Queens, as a teenager, Jenkins published Graphic Scenes & X-Plicit Language, one of the earliest ‘zines that chronicled the art of graffiti. In 1992, Jenkins and childhood friend Haji Akhigbade established Beat-Down Newspaper, a very early hip-hop newspaper. In 1994, Jenkins co-founded ego trip, an influential magazine, along with fellow hip-hop journalist Elliot Wilson. Although only 13 issues of the zine were published over a four-year period, the brand spawned books, ego trip’s Book of Rap Lists, and even a TV show, ego trip’s The White Rapper Show, that aired on VH1.
In 2005, he wrote season one of Aaron McGruder’s hit series The Boondocks. In 2011, Jenkins was executive producer of “50 Cent: The Origin of Me” — a documentary that traces the genealogy of rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.
From 1997 and 2000, Jenkins was the music editor of Vibe magazine, and he penned articles and features for Spin magazine, Rolling Stone, and many more.
As a prolific filmmaker, he directed 50 Cent: The Origin of Me (2011), Fresh Dressed (2015), Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men, (2019), Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James (2021), Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain, the Biz Markie doc All Up in the Biz (2023), Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues (2022) and many more.
At the time of his passing, he was the creative director of Mass Appeal magazine.
We at HOT97 extend our prayers and deepest condolences to the family and friends of Sacha Jenkins.
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