Sacha Jenkins, a hip-hop journalist and documentarian identified for Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Males (2019) and Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues (2022), has died. He was 53.
Deadline can verify the Emmy nominee’s loss of life after his spouse Raquel Cepeda requested followers to “please respect our household’s privateness throughout this tough second” as they put together an official assertion.
Born August 22, 1971 in Philadelphia, Jenkins launched the graffiti zine Graphic Scenes & Xplicit Language in 1989, and the groundbreaking hip-hop newspaper Beat Down shortly after. He co-founded the hip-hop journal Ego Journey in 1994, which additionally launched the VH1 actuality sequence The (White) Rapper Present in 2007.
As a documentary filmmaker, Jenkins spoke to Deadline when he made his directorial debut at Sundance Movie Competition with the 2015 city style exploration Contemporary Dressed.
“It’s so superb how there’s a lot love and respect for storytelling,” he mentioned of the Park Metropolis, Utah movie pageant. “Earlier than I did this, I used to be a journalist, so storytelling is extraordinarily vital. And to see the dedication and respect that storytellers get, for me it’s virtually overwhelming how a lot love and help I’m getting. I’m like, ‘Woah, it’s not even about me. It’s concerning the story, however thanks!’”
Jenkins additionally served as a author and producer on such docs as Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Males (2019), Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James (2021), Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues (2022) and All Up within the Biz (2023).
Jenkins is survived by spouse Raquel, son Marceau and stepdaughter Djali Brown-Cepeda.
