Salt-N-Pepa

Salt-N-Pepa, consisting of Cheryl James ("Salt", now Cheryl Wray), Sandra Denton ("Pepa"), and DJ Deidra "Dee Dee" Roper (Spinderella), from Queens, New York, that came onto the music scene in 1985.
This Grammy® Award-winning American hip hop trio has sold over 15 million albums and singles worldwide and is one of the top selling rap acts, either male or female. Salt-N-Pepa is the best-selling female rap act, and six of their single releases have been certified either platinum or gold in America by the RIAA.
Originally self titled Supernature, James and Denton debuted in 1985 with the single "The Showstopper" produced by Hurby Azor, an answer record to Doug E. Fresh's hit single "The Show. The song utilized a melody from the 1985 hit movie "Revenge of the Nerds". The finished recording garnered airplay on a New York City rap radio program and the independent Pop Art Records gave it an official release. “The Showstopper" became a R&B hit andwith this success the group's name was changed to Salt-N-Pepa and they signed to the independent Next Plateau Records.
Their 1986 debut album Hot, Cool & Vicious was released. Hot, Cool & Vicious scored R&B hits thanks to the singles "My Mic Sound Nice", "Tramp", and "Chick On The Side". But when San Francisco DJ and producer Cameron Paul created a remix to "Push It", the b-side of "Tramp", it gave the group their first major hit. "Push It" became a platinum single in the US and a hit in several other countries, and was added to subsequent pressings of Hot, Cool & Vicious. It was nominated for a Grammy ®, and the strength of that single thrust the album to platinum status in the US with one million sold, making Denton, James, and Roper the first female rap act (group or solo) to go gold or platinum. The album sold 1.3 million copies worldwide.
Salt-N-Pepa's next album release, 1988s A Salt With a Deadly Pepa, contained the Top Ten R&B hit and moderate pop hit "Shake Your Thang", featuring the go-go band E.U. The group's third album, Blacks' Magic, was released in March 1990, and was a personal album for the trio on many fronts. Salt-N-Pepa's fourth studio album Very Necessary was released in September 1993
In March 1999, Salt-N-Pepa embarked on a tour and Pepa married Treach of Naughty By Nature on July 27, 1999. Salt-N-Pepa's greatest-hits album, entitled Salt-N-Pepa: The Best Of was released in Europe on January 25, 2000.
The group officially disbanded in 2002.
Salt claimed, upon disbanding, that she had had enough of the music industry and would no longer be involved in it. However, all that seemed to change when she announced that she would be releasing her first solo album which she subsequently did not release. She has been featured on the remix version of the Salt City Six's "Shine", on the album Holy South: World Wide, a compilation of Chrisitian rap and Christian R&P (Rhythm & Praise) songs. The album was executive produced by ex-Three 6 Mafia member turned Christian rapper Mr. Del.
Pepa released an autobiography entitled "Let's Talk About Pep" in August 2008. The book was co-written by best-selling author Karen Hunter, featuring an introduction by Queen Latifah and an epilogue by Missy Elliott. Pepa also appeared on the fifth season of VH-1's The Surreal Life. Spinderella is a radio personality on KKBT 100.3 in Los Angeles. She is on the radio hosting The Backspin (with DJ Mo'Dav), a nationally-syndicated weekly radio show featuring old school hip hop music, periodically DJing at various club events.
Both Salt and Pepa appeared on VH1's Hip Hop Honors in November 2004, as the trio were honorees.
All three women reunited the following year for the next Hip Hop Honors program and performed "Whatta Man" with En Vogue. It was the trio's first performance in six years. Salt-N-Pepa reformed in 2007.
On October 14, 2007, The Salt-n-Pepa Show debuted on VH1. The reality television series chronicles events in the lives of Salt and Pepa as they work out past issues and return to the recording studio. Later in 2008, the trio performed BET Hip Hop Awards. Salt-N-Pepa just recorded a new album released in 2009. On May 9, 2009, Salt-N-Pepa performed a concert in Honolulu Hawaii along with SWV and Lisa Lisa, the name of the show was Ladies of the 80's.

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