Sasha Skare biography: 13 things about San Antonio, Texas native

Sasha Skare’s profile

Sasha Leigh Skare is an American artist born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States. She dated Martell Lord DeRouen, a rapper professionally known as Kardone.

In 2006, Kardone married Joia LéJuan Jenkins DeRouen, also a native of San Antonio. After their separation, he started dating Skare.

Aside from San Antonio, Skare has lived in other parts of Texas including Austin. She previously lived in Panama City, Florida, USA.

Skare was 13 years younger than Kardone. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 2016, her then boyfriend Andrew Jyaire Bass introduced her to his mother Misty Renee Bass. She lived with them because she needed a place to stay.
2. In 2018, she started rapping and singing. In 2019, she released an album titled “Hyer Quality, Vol. 1” with eight songs namely “Time Travel,” “”Vi(s)ion,” “Beyond,” “In My Head,” “4 the Love of Music,” “Tell Me (La la La),” “Distance” and “In the Air.” 
3. On November 29, 2019, she and Andrew met another man at an apartment in Austin to buy marijuana. The men shot each other, which led to Andrew’s death. The other man survived and said he had known her since 2018.
4. On December 12, 2019, she was arrested in Converse, Texas and booked into the Bexar County Jail in San Antonio. She was charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.
5. On January 6, 2020, she was released on bond from jail. She was represented by James Young.
6. On February 3, 2020, a grand jury indicted her.
7. On April 7, 2020, she released a single titled “Zoom,” which was produced by Kardone.
8. She was interviewed in “White Noise” episode 2, which was published on YouTube on December 18, 2020.
9. She and Kardone lived in an apartment in The Towers Apartments in San Antonio. On January 26, 2021, San Antonio Police Department officers conducted a welfare check at the apartment and found him dead. He died of an apparent gunshot wound.
10. On February 6, 2021, she was arrested. She was accused of fatally shooting Kardone.
11. On August 25, 2023, she declined a plea deal for a 20-year prison sentence. On August 28, 2023, her murder trial began before Judge Kristina Escalona. On August 31, 2023, a jury convicted her of fatally shooting Kardone.
12. On September 1, 2023, she was sentenced to 55 years in prison.
13. Her story was featured in “Snapped” Season 34 episode 6, which aired on Oxygen on August 11, 2024. In September 2024, she turned 25.