Sajsi MC explained

Sajsi MC
Birth Name:Ivana Rašić
Birth Date:1981 10, df=y
Birth Place:Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Instruments:Vocals
Years Active:2002-present

Ivana Rašić Trmčić (Serbian: Ивана Рашић Трмчић, born on 12 October 1981), better known as Sajsi MC, is a Serbian rapper, singer and songwriter. Recognized as one of the most prominent female rappers in Serbia, her lyrics explore sexuality, feminism and other socio-political subjects.[1]

Early life

Rašić was born in Belgrade on 12 October 1981 and grew up in Zajecar, provincial city in Eastern Serbia where she lived till the age of nineteen. Her father, Jovan Rašić, is a dentist who was also the founder and lead singer of the popular Yugoslavian jazz rock band Generacija 5.[2] Her mother is from Obrenovac. She has a younger sister Tijana, professionally known as Tijara, who often collaborates with Sajsi.[2]

Sajsi MC stated that unlike her sister she did not show interest in music during childhood, but only during her university years that she started writing lyrics.[3] [4]

Career

Rašić debuted at a rap festival in the Belgrade night club Barutana in 2002.[3] Initially, Sajsi MC was a collective, which existed between 2005 and 2009. The name of their act is Šatrovački for oral sex.[4] In 2010, Sajsi pursued a solo career under the same stage name by releasing her album Daleko je Dizni under Multimedia Music.[5] The following year, she saw widespread mainstream attention after she had released the song "Mama" featuring Damjan Eltech in May 2011. The made-up character of a "shallow and materialistic" high school girl named Tiffany, which was portrayed by Sajsi in the song, was negatively commented by musical critics on Radio Television of Serbia, failing to recognize the satire behind it.[6]

Sajsi MC has released three solo albums - Daleko je Dizni (2010), Rad, rad i samo bleja (2018) and Kardinalna (2022), and three EPs - KNVK (2012), Pokvarenica (2014) and IVANARASHIC (2023). Some of her best-known songs include: "Antifa kučke" (2012), "Nadrkano hodanje" (2014), "Došla sam da dam" (2015), "Lokal beogradizam" (2016) and "Redaljka" (2017).[2] She also collaborated with Croatian singer Severina on their duet "Silikoni", released in July 2016.[7]

Over the years, Sajsi MC has performed at larger regional music festivals such as EXIT, Sea Dance Festival, Belgrade Beer Fest, Arsenal Fest and Guča Trumpet Festival.[8] [9] [10] [11]

Public image

Recognized as an ally to the LGBT+ community in Serbia,[12] [13] she was announced as the "godmother" of the 2022 Belgrade Pride, which was also the host of that year's EuroPride event.[14]

In October 2022, she was also featured in an UN Women campaign against gender-based violence in Serbia.[15]

Personal life

In 2017, she graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade with a bachelor's degree in international relations.[16] In August 2021, Rašić married punk musician Marko Trmčić.[17] On 25 January 2023, during the Music Awards Ceremony, she revealed her pregnancy.[18] On March 12, Rašić gave birth to a daughter named Nataša.[19]

Discography

Studio albums
EPs

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominee/workResult
2020Music Awards CeremonyAlternative Pop Song of the Year"Meni se ne udaje"[20]
2021Adria Muzzik Video AwardsHip-hop Music Video of the Year"Yugo dete"[21]
2023Music Awards CeremonyRap/Hip Hop Song of the Year"Ringe jaja"[22]
Album of the YearKardinalna

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kako se srpske reperke bore za ženska prava u Srbiji. 21 July 2020. 12 August 2022. Nova.rs. Jovović, P.. sr.
  2. Web site: Životna priča Sajsi MC. Stil.kurir.rs. 13 August 2022. sr.
  3. Web site: Ivana Rašić a.k.a Sajsi MC. trablmejker.com. 24 April 2012. 12 August 2022. Pavlović, I.. sr.
  4. Web site: Veče sa Ivanom Ivanovićem: Gošća Sajsi MC. Nova.rs. 17 October 2022. 7 November 2022. sr.
  5. Web site: Sajsi MC: Autsajder? Nema šanse.... 28 May 2010. 12 August 2022. Milovanović, U.. B92.net. sr.
  6. Web site: Dizni je bliže: Intervju sa Sajsi MC. 24 February 2012. 12 August 2022. Jovanović, A.. Iserbia.rs. sr.
  7. Web site: Lokal beogradizam: Sajsi MC konačno ispričala sve o Jeleni Karleuši i Severini. 23 June 2017. 12 August 2022. Tracara.rs. sr.
  8. Web site: "Nekih tema ne mogu da se otarasim": Sajsi MC za Telegraf.rs otkrila šta je inspiriše za pisanje pesama. 8 July 2022. 12 August 2022. Telegraf.rs. Đorđević, V.. sr.
  9. Web site: BEER FEST, FINALE: Sjajni Masimo Savić i žurka uz Sajsi MC!. August 2016. 12 August 2022. Telegraf.rs. sr.
  10. Web site: Pričali smo sa Sajsi MC pred nastup na Arsenal festu. 12 August 2022. 19 June 2021. Nova.rs. Jovović, P.. sr.
  11. Web site: SEVERINA NAPRAVILA LUDNICU U GUČI: Trema, sado-mazo kombinacija, "Silikoni" i na kraju - Keba!. 15 August 2016. 13 August 2022. Telegraf.rs. sr.
  12. Web site: Bekvalac, Sara Jo, Sajsi MC: Ko sve nastupa na Beograd Prajdu. 12 August 2022. 16 September 2021. Nova.rs. Jovović, P.. sr.
  13. Web site: Estrada u borbi za LGBT prava: Oni su podržali Prajd. 12 August 2022. Nova.rs. Jovović, P.. sr.
  14. Web site: EKSKLUZIVNO Sajsi MC je kuma ovogodišnjeg EuroPrajda i Beograd Prajda. 12 September 2022. Nova.rs. Jovović, P.. sr.
  15. Web site: Sajsi MC zaštitno lice kampanje Ujedinjenih nacija protiv nasilja nad ženama. 4 October 2022. Nova.rs. Jovović, P.. sr.
  16. Web site: Sajsi MC: Fakultet je fenomenalan, idite ljudi na fakultet. 12 August 2022. Nova.rs. Jovović, P.. sr.
  17. Web site: Sajsi MC: Ja se udala, ali za sada nema ništa od medenog meseca. 12 August 2022. Nova.rs. Jovović, P.. sr.
  18. Web site: Sajsi MC trudna: Pojavila se na MAC-u sa stomakom do zuba, pa progovorila o polu bebe . . Vasiljević, N. . 25 January 2023 . 26 January 2023 . sr.
  19. Web site: Sajsi MC nakon porođaja iznenadila potezom: "Obaveštenje za sve". 14 March 2023. Blic.rs. Madžarević, N.. sr.
  20. Web site: GLASANJE. December 2019. Music Awards Ceremony. sr. 25 January 2020. 26 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200126033216/http://www.musicawardsceremony.com/index.php?page=glasanje. live.
  21. Web site: Sajsi MC: Život mi se nepovratno promenio. 27 April 2021. Nova.rs. 12 August 2021. sr.
  22. Web site: Music Awards Ceremony nagradila najbolje: Ovi muzičari su dobili specijalna priznanja . . Savić, M. . 25 January 2023 . 26 January 2023 . sr.