Salt-N-Pepa
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One of the first female rap groups to achieve mainstream success, Salt-N-Pepa is a hip-hop duo from Queens, New York. Cheryl âSaltâ James and Sandra âPepaâ Denton met at Queensborough Community College while both were studying nursing and quickly struck up a friendship that evolved into the full-blown musical project with the addition of DJ Latoya Hanson. After making their debut as Super Nature with the single âThe Show Stoppa (Is Stupid Fresh)â in 1985, they renamed themselves Salt-N-Pepa and made waves in the rap and R&B scene with their first long-player Hot, Cool & Vicious (1986), which sold over 1 million copies in the United States and turned them into the first female rap act to achieve gold and platinum sales. In 1987, the single âPush Itâ became an unexpected hit across the pond, reaching Number 2 in the UK and cracking the Top 10 in several other European countries. That same year, Latoya Hanson quit the group and was replaced by Deidra âSpinderellaâ Roper. More success followed with the albums A Salt with a Deadly Pepa (1988) and Blacks' Magic (1990), both of which helped pave the way for their breakthrough with 1993's Very Necessary. The album bowed at Number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spun off the chart-topping hits âShoopâ and âWhatta Manâ with En Vogue, achieving quintuple-platinum sales in the process. Following the release of Brand New in 1997, and after several legal and economic issues, Salt-N-Pepa disbanded in 2002. They would reunite in 2005 to reap the rewards of their hard work, featuring on VH1âs Hip Hop Honors and joining the Legends of Hip Hop tour in 2011. Subsequently, an eponymous biopic about the group premiered on Lifetime in 2021.
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Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Whatta Man
- Shoop
- Push It
- Heaven Or Hell
- Push It! featuring Lotus
- I've Got AIDS
- Santa Baby featuring Salt-N-Pepa
- Imagine by Salt-N-Pepa
- Knock Knock
- Champagne
- Emphatically No
- I Am The Body Beautiful
- Let's Talk About AIDS
- Hoops featuring Salt-N-Pepa
- No One Does It Better
- None Of Your Business
- I Don't Know by Salt-N-Pepa
- R U Ready
- Say Ooh
- Sexy Noises Turn Me On
- Whatta Man by En Vogue
- Push It featuring Salt-N-Pepa
- Silly of You
- Ain't Nuthin' But A She Thing
