BW hip-hop will never be the same

It is still one of the most difficult things to believe that Sasa Klaas well known as Mmamongwato has left us.

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’.

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