Diona (Denislava Sashova) is a Bulgarian rapper, born on 14 June 1995 in Byala Slatina. She became known through freestyles and covers on Facebook and released her first video, “Поста ми” (“Posta mi”), in 2016.
Background
Bulpedia gives her birth date and place and says she studies political science at Veliko Tarnovo University and has worked professionally in music since 2016. In a July 2016 interview with Vibes.bg she said she tried rapping for the first time among friends, one of them a rapper, and became hooked. She named Eminem, 2Pac, MGK, Cory Gunz, Vic Mensa and Lil Dicky as influences and said she liked a varied, broken flow. At the time she was a third-year university student and also had a job.
First video and television
Vibes.bg reports that “Поста ми” had almost 60,000 YouTube views within two weeks of release. In 2018 she took part in the reality show VIP Brother (season 10, Nova TV, 10 September to 2 November 2018), where she took part as a rap singer and was the second housemate evicted, on day 22.
Music today
Her Spotify page lists “Trapa vi” (2018) among her releases and showed about 131,000 monthly listeners at the time of review. She publishes her videos on her official YouTube channel.
Where to start
Watch the featured video below, then go back to her first video, “Поста ми,” to hear where she began.
Sources
- Vibes.bg: interview with Diona (26 July 2016)
- Wikipedia: VIP Brother season 10
- Bulpedia: Diona (Denislava Sashova)
- Official YouTube channel and Spotify
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