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Fresh, Bold, & So Def (FBSD) is a women and gender research and archive project created to empower and cultivate women in Hip-Hop through a social enterprise solution’s model that is both educational and entrepreneurial. Incubated at the Hip-Hop Education Center at New York University's Metropolitan Center, the objective of FBSD is to promote positive images and motivational stories of powerful women in diverse roles and leadership positions within Hip-Hop culture through an educational platform that can be used in classrooms, libraries, museums, community centers, public forums, employment centers, and correctional facilities.
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SASHA P aka “First Lady” of Nigerian Hip Hop has remained the most visible female artist in Nigeria for over 7 years. With the success of her debut album “First Lady” and support from her record label STORM, she has continued to increase her dedicated fan base and has been nominated for various awards home and abroad. Winner of the “Best Female Video”at the Presitgious channel o awards in 2009 and she was nominated in the category of “best hip hop act in Africa” at the coveted KORA awards 2010, making her the first west african female hip hop artist to be nominated twice!(first in 2004). Sasha real name ” Yetunde Alabi” won the “Best female artist ” award at the women in entertainment awards held in England (February 09) for her first single titled “Adara.” She was nominated in two categories ( Best female video and Best cinematography) by the prestigious Nigerian Soundcity Video Music Awards for her second single “Only One”, which was held on the first of August 2009. Without a doubt she has earned the respect of her peers from her dedication, hard work and stellar performances. Sasha is the first ever Nigerian female artist to perform at the 20th anniversary of the World Music Awards in October 2008, and she has shared stages with a host of International and National acts which include Boys 2 men, Dru Hill, Rihanna, Shakira, P Diddy, John Legend and R kelly. She is the designer of her own clothing label (Eclectic by Sasha) and is the National Ambassador of the First and currently only Nigerian Mobile phone company (Anabel). She remains arguably one of the busiest artists in Nigeria but she always makes time to give back to the community, which she believes made her who she is today. In 2009, Sasha was part of the “Save a street child” campaign in Lagos and the “Maternal Mortality” project, which is an initiative by renowned Nigerian Fuji musician Kwam 1 to educate and help cater to the needs of young mothers who seek adequate medical care. Without a doubt Sasha P has lived up to her name and all the world awaits the First lady to keep taking them by storm. https://www.facebook.com/Sashaspeaks