Natasja Saad

Natasja
Background information
Birth name Natasja Saad
Also known as Natasja, Li'l T
Born (1974-10-31)31 October 1974
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died 24 June 2007(2007-06-24) (aged 32)
Spanish Town, Jamaica
Genres Reggae, reggae fusion, hip hop, ragga, dancehall
Occupation(s) Singer, rapper
Years active 1987–2007

Natasja Saad (31 October 1974 – 24 June 2007), also known as Dou T', Little T and Natasja, was a Danish rapper and reggae singer. While already relatively successful in her native Denmark, her vocals on a popular reggae fusion remix of "Calabria" gained her worldwide fame and a number one spot on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart six months after her untimely death in a car accident.[1]

Early life and career

Saad, the daughter of Danish photographer Kirstine Saad, and a Sudanese father, started singing and DJ'ing at the age of 13 in Copenhagen, where she performed live with Miss Mukupa and McEmzee in the band, No Name Requested. During that period, she also performed along with Queen Latifah and gained popularity in Jamaica. In 1998, while in training to become a professional jockey, she fell off her horse. This slowed her career. Natasja later became the first female jockey to win a horse race in Sudan. In 2006 she won the reggae/Irie FM Big Break Contest in Jamaica, which gave her a new start and a big boost in her music career. [2]

Death

Natasja died on 24 June 2007 in a car accident in Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, Jamaica. Two other passengers were critically injured, but Saad's friend, Danish singer Karen Mukupa, suffered only minor injuries.[3] She and the other injured persons were rushed to the Spanish Town Hospital where the singer was pronounced dead.

The accident was perceived as a particularly big loss for Denmark's music and entertainment world,[4] because she still stood before a career that despite earlier setbacks, appeared more than ever on the rise.[5]

Natasja is buried at Assistens Kirkegård, Copenhagen's cemetery for artistic and pioneering personalities, which, aside from hosting H.C. Andersen, Søren Kierkegaard and physicist Niels Bohr, is also gradually becoming a resting place for more recent stars of the 21st century.[6]

Natasja Saad's Gravestone at Assistens Kirkegård in Copenhagen, Denmark

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

  1. ↑ Sanneh, Kelefa (6 January 2008) Anticipated, the Indie and the Overlooked. New York Times
  2. ↑ (in Danish) Natasja-portræt: Den lille fighter fra Bryggen. Politiken.dk. Retrieved on 11 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Danish rapper killed in car accident in Jamaica". International Herald Tribune. Associated Press. 25 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007.
  4. ↑ Teckemeier, Nanna Louise and Andersen, Henriette Skov (25 June 2007) Vennerne om Natasja: Det er uretfærdigt. ekstrabladet.dk
  5. ↑ (in Danish) Nekrolog: Lovende dansk rapper død. Politiken.dk<. Retrieved on 2016-01-11.
  6. ↑ Kulturcentret Assistens

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