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.WebsiteMembers.Past members. Latoya Hanson (1986). (1987–2019)Salt-N-Pepa (also stylized as Salt 'N' Pepa or Salt 'N Pepa) is an American formed in 1985. Group members included (Cheryl James), (Sandra Denton), and (Deidra Roper). They were signed to and released their single ' on March 8, 1987, which hit number one in three countries and became a Top Ten or Top Twenty hit in various other countries. Their debut album sold more than a million copies worldwide, making them the first female rap act to achieve. Their fourth album sold over 7 million copies worldwide (5 million of those in the US), making it the highest-selling album by a female rap act in history.Salt-N-Pepa have sold over 15 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling rap acts of all time, male or female.
The group has been nominated for a several times, the first being in 1988 for their 1987 hit song 'Push It'. The trio won the 1995 for their song 'None Of Your Business', making them one of the first female rap acts to win a, along with who also won during that same year. Their success in rap and hip-hop culture has earned them the 'The First Ladies of Rap and Hip Hop'. Contents.History 1985–1987: Formation and early years In mid-1985, native Cheryl James met n-born resident Sandra Denton, both studying nursing at. The pair became close friends and co–workers at. Another co-worker, was studying record production at the Center of Media Arts and asked James and Denton to record for him as a class project. This resulted in the single 'The Showstoppa', an to 's hit single 'The Show' by the duo, who originally called themselves 'Super Nature', along with DJ in late 1985, produced by Azor.
The single utilized a melody from the 1984. The finished recording garnered some airplay on a rap radio program. The independent Pop Art Records gave it an official release, and 'The Show Stoppa (Is Stupid Fresh)' became a modest R&B. The single reached No. 46 on the Billboard R&B chart. In September 1985, the group signed to (formerly Next Plateau Records), adopting the stage name Salt-N-Pepa and released their debut album in December 1986.In 1987, the group recruited Deidra Roper, a 15-year-old high-school student DJ named 'Spinderella' after the departure of Hanson. The group entered the music industry at a time when hip hop was believed to be a and major record companies were very reluctant to sign hip hop artists.
Many early hip hop artists recorded for independent labels. Salt-N-Pepa made their impact on hip hop by being one of the first all-female rap groups. With lots of concerns about sexist lyrics and video clips that objectified women's bodies in hip hop, many disliked rap and hip hop because of its bad portrayal of women.
However, Salt-N-Pepa changed the look of hip hop. They were scantily clad in sexy clothing and were not afraid to talk about sex and their thoughts about men. Their song ' was a huge hit.With the success of 'The Show Stoppa,' the group's name was changed to Salt-N-Pepa. The group changed their name because in 'The Show Stoppa' they rap the lines 'Right now I'm gonna show you how it's supposed to be 'Cause we, the Salt and Pepa MCs'.
This resulted in radio stations getting phone calls requesting 'The Show Stoppa' by Salt & Pepper. They signed to the independent Records to record a full-length album. The group's first album was released in 1986 with the original DJ Latoya Hanson, who was later replaced by Roper as Spinderella. The album was produced by, Salt's boyfriend at the time and also the group's manager. Years later, the women found themselves with legal issues with Azor as they accused him of paying unfair royalties.
Hot, Cool & Vicious provided some moderate R&B hits with the 'My Mic Sound Nice', 'Tramp', and 'Chick On The Side'. But when and producer Cameron Paul created a remix to ', the B-side of the 'Tramp' single, it gave the group their first major hit. 'Push It' (US #19, UK #2) became a platinum single in the United States, and a hit in several other countries, and was added to subsequent pressings of Hot, Cool & Vicious. It was nominated for a, and the strength of that single catapulted the album to platinum sales in the US with over one million copies sold, making Denton, James, and Roper the first female rap act to go platinum. The album ultimately sold 1.4 million copies worldwide. 1988–1991: A Salt with a Deadly Pepa and breakthrough Salt-N-Pepa's next album, was released on July 26, 1988, contained the Top Ten R&B hit ', featuring the band A top 20 R&B hit and a minor pop hit were seen in 'Get Up Everybody (Get Up)' and ', respectively; with 'Twist and Shout' becoming a major hit in the (#4), and several other European countries.
The album became certified gold-status, for excess sales of 600,000 copies sold in the U.S. And a total of 800,000 copies sold internationally.The group's third album was released on March 19, 1990. Pepa would become the first group member to become pregnant. Azor would produce some songs on the album.
As he was producing other acts, he agreed to let the artists work with different producers to finish the album. James and Roper took on producing assignments themselves and the trio also hired different producers such as Invincible's producer Dana Mozie. This was the first album to feature Roper on vocals as well as DJ'ing.
The result was six singles released by Next Plateau Records, several of which became hits: 'Expression' (US #26, UK #40 in 1990, UK #23 in 1992), a platinum single that had been certified gold before it even cracked the US Hot 100 as it had already been #1 on the R&B Chart for 8 weeks, and produced by Salt; 'Independent'; 'I Don't Know' (featuring ); ' (US #21, UK #5), certified gold; ' (US #13, UK #2), certified gold, and later re-recorded as 'Let's Talk About Aids'; and 'You Showed Me' (UK #15). The album ultimately sold 1.6 million copies worldwide with a million of those sold in the US. A album called A Blitz of Salt-N-Pepa Hits, featuring some remixed versions of songs from the group's first three albums was subsequently released.1993–1995: Groundbreaking success, Very Necessary Salt-N-Pepa's fourth studio album was released on October 12, 1993 on /. The album featured songwriting and production by Salt, Pepa, Spinderella, and Azor.
Buoyed by the hits ' (US #4, UK #13), co-produced by Pepa; ' (US #3, UK #7) (featuring ); and ', a Top 40 US hit and a Top 20 UK hit, the album eventually sold seven million worldwide, with five million of those in the US (5x platinum), making them the first female rap act (solo or group) to have a multi-platinum selling album. The group toured and Salt went on to co-star in the comedy.
Pepa co-starred in the movie. Pepa had also been romantically involved with of the rap group. The trio won the in 1995 for the single 'None of Your Business', making them the first female rap act to win Grammy. The album is the best selling album by a female rap act. 1996–2002: Brand New and hiatus By the time of their next album release, Salt-N-Pepa had gone through the legal process of completely breaking away from Azor, whom they accused of unfair royalty payments. Salt had already stopped being romantically involved with him due to their many ups-and-downs.
The trio also left London Records after one album and signed with Red Ant Records, though still distributed by through its label. Red Ant offered the trio a $15 million signing bonus to sign with them.
The group undertook production duties once again, but without Azor involved in any part of the album. The result was their fifth album, which released on October 21, 1997, which hit stores a few months later. However, Red Ant filed for soon afterwards, halting promotion on all its releases, including Salt-N-Pepa's album. The group toured in support of the album, but without any promotion or marketing from the now-defunct Red Ant, they only scored minor hits with 'R U Ready' and '. The album was certified gold in the U.S. For sales of over 500,000 and sold approximately another 200,000 worldwide. Although not as big a seller as its predecessor, it kept intact an unbroken string of platinum and gold studio albums by the trio.In March 1999, Salt-N-Pepa embarked on a tour.
Pepa married Treach of on July 27 of the same year. Salt-N-Pepa's greatest-hits album, entitled, was released in on January 25, 2000. Pepa and Treach would remain married for two years but their tumultuous marriage would end in divorce on July 31, 2001.
With no albums contractually due at the time, Salt decided to quit the group, stating she had enough of the music industry and no longer wanted to be involved in it. They officially disbanded in 2002.
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Some time later, Salt announced that she would be releasing her first solo album, but never ended up doing so. She was featured on the remix version of the Salt City Six's 'Shine', on the album, a compilation of Christian rap and Christian R&P (Rhythm & Praise) songs. The album was executive produced by ex- member-turned-Christian rapper. Salt also revealed in later interviews that she had suffered from 'many years ago'. Pepa appeared on the fifth season of 's. Spinderella became a personality on in,. She hosted The Backspin (with DJ Mo'Dav), a nationally syndicated weekly radio show featuring.
She also periodically DJs at various clubs. The trio was disbanded for a total of five years. 2005–present: Reunion. Salt-N-Pepa performing at the Canberra Theatre, 2013.Both Salt and Pepa appeared on VH-1's in September 2005, as the trio were honorees. All three women reunited the following year for the next Hip Hop Honors program and performed ' with. It was the trio's first performance in six years, and was their first ever performance of 'Whatta Man' with En Vogue on stage.
Salt-N-Pepa reformed in 2007. All three women now have children. Spinderella has a daughter with former player.
Her daughter has appeared on 's in 2008. Pepa has a son and a daughter.
Salt has a daughter and a son.On October 14, 2007, debuted on VH1. Pepa initially started the formation of the series as she had previously appeared on the network in The Surreal Life. The Salt-n-Pepa Show chronicled events in the lives of Pepa and Salt as they work out past issues and return to the recording studio.
Spinderella has been featured in several episodes. Later in 2008, the trio performed with, and at the. Pepa released an autobiography entitled Let's Talk About Pep in August 2008. The book was co-written by author Karen Hunter and offers a glimpse behind the fame, family, failures, and successes of Pepa's life, as well as being a member of one of hip-hop's most successful acts.
It features an introduction by, and an epilogue. To accompany the book, she also launched her own social network for her fans and also starred in the reality TV series Let's Talk About Pep on the VH-1 network.On May 9, 2009 Salt-N-Pepa performed a concert in, along with. The name of the show was 'Ladies of the 80s'.
They performed at the in in February 2010, and the South West Four Festival, Clapham Common, London on August 29, 2010. On October 12, 2010, Salt-N-Pepa received the I Am Hip Hop Award at the.On February 4, 2011, Salt N Pepa headed out on a national tour entitled Salt N Pepa's Legends of Hip Hop Tour.
Other acts on the tour included:,. On November 21, 2011, Salt-N-Pepa appeared on 's third season with contestant and finalist. They performed 'Push It'. On July 30, 2012, Salt-N-Pepa opened up for rap group in, as part of the. They brought out rap duo after performing '.The trio made a November 2014 appearance in a Geico insurance commercial performing 'Push It'. DJ Spinderella replaced temporary DJ Wendy Williams during Salt-N-Pepa's performance of 'Push It', first airing December 18, 2015.
The trio's hit song 'Shoop' made a comeback on February 12, 2016, as one of the main theme songs featured in the blockbuster Marvel movie. The duo, along with DJ Spinderella performed in Red Deer, Alberta (Canada) for Westerner Days at the Enmax Centrium on July 21, 2016.
Salt-N-Pepa performing at in Akron, Ohio, August 2018In 2017–2018, the group toured as part of the 'I Love The 90's' tour performing in various locations around the world including in the UK Wembley Arena, Glasgow SSE, and Birmingham, and next in January 2018 they are due to embark on the Trip-Hop cruise from Miami in association with the I Love The 90's tour. Fans who bought Salt-N-Pepa T-shirts at the tour were able to join the trio on stage to dance to Girl's Just Wanna Have Fun or Whatta Man, whilst the tour also featured a special edition Push It jacket which if purchased would get 4 people back stage to meet the group. On October 16, 2018, they appeared on the US version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, with Kid N Play serving as their 'plus one' in studio lifeline.In March 2019, it was announced that Salt-N-Pepa would have a biographical miniseries coming to the network, highlighting the rise of the group to become one of the first successful female rap groups in hip hop. Queen Latifah, as well as Salt-N-Pepa will be executive producers of the series.On May 2, 2019, the Mixtape Tour commenced in Cincinnati, OH. Performers on this tour include Salt-N-Pepa, and, with being billed as the headline performers. The next day, DJ Spinderella announced that she had been 'terminated' from Salt-N-Pepa in an Instagram post as of January, and broke her silence after the band didn't make a public announcement regarding their parting ways. Discography., pp. 193–194.
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Exhibited a lot of growth on (1990), their third album and, by far, best to date. For their follow-up, released a long three and a half years later, in 1993, the ladies delivered a fairly similar album. Like its predecessor, boasts a pair of major hits ('Whatta Man,' 'Shoop') and a lot of fine album tracks. Also like, is filled with strong, prideful rhetoric: femininity, sex, relationships, romance, respect, love - these are the key topics, and they're a world apart from those of the gangsta rap that was so popular circa 1993. And as always, the productions are dance-oriented, with a contemporary R&B edge. Most tracks were produced by, though is credited on a few, chief among them 'Shoop.' Is just as impressive as, if not more so.
The key difference is, was a striking leap forward for, who were somewhat of a novelty act up to that point, whereas is a consolidation of everything that had worked so well for the duo previously. Hence the lack of surprises here.
Still, the raised expectations don't change the fact that is one of the standout - and, for sure, one of the most refreshingly unique - rap albums of its era.