Sacha Jenkins

Born

1971-08-22

Died

2025-05-23

Birthplace

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.