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Salt-N-Pepa
One of the first female rap groups to achieve mainstream success, Salt-N-Pepa is
a hip-hop duo from Queens, New York. Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa”
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 “The Show Stoppa (Is Stupid Fresh)” 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 (...
