BW hip-hop will never be the same
Friday, March 12, 2021
For the past 10 years, Sasa Klaas was in her own class PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
When the news about her death broke this past weekend, several people had strong faith that it was a hoax or something else and she was still alive. With time it sank that indeed the Queen of Hip-hop has gone.
One thing that Sasa Klaas will always be remembered for was that she was a great force in the local hip-hop industry. She held it up without any fear and never wasted any opportunity that came her way. She was the only consistent female rapper in Botswana who outdid her male counterparts till some resorted to releasing diss tracks insulting her. She would in return respond dissing them also and she will be like, ‘It is hip hop nothing personal’.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...