Sacha Jenkins
Born: 1971-08-22, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2025-05-23
Biography
Sacha Jenkins (August 22, 1971 — May 23, 2025) was an American documentary filmmaker, producer, writer, musician, artist, curator, and chronicler of hip-hop, graffiti, punk, and metal cultures. While still in his teens, Jenkins published Graphic Scenes & X-Plicit Language, one of the earliest 'zines solely dedicated to "graffiti" art. In 1994, Jenkins co-founded Ego Trip magazine. In 2007, he created the competition reality program ego trip's The (White) Rapper Show, which was carried by VH1. Jenkins was most recently the creative director of Mass Appeal magazine.
Filmography
- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
- Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan (2023)
- All Up in the Biz (2023)
- Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James (2021)
- Burn Motherfucker, Burn! (2017)
- Fresh Dressed (2015)
- Word is Bond (2017)
- New Breed Documentary 1989 (2016)
- The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film 1.5 (2018)