| 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee/work | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Music Awards Ceremony | Alternative Pop Song of the Year | "Meni se ne udaje" | [20] | |
| 2021 | Adria Muzzik Video Awards | Hip-hop Music Video of the Year | "Yugo dete" | [21] | |
| 2023 | Music Awards Ceremony | Rap/Hip Hop Song of the Year | "Ringe jaja" | [22] | |
| Album of the Year | Kardinalna |