Cheryl James (born March 8, 1964), better known as Salt, is an American rapper and a member of the rap trio Salt-N-Pepa, which also includes Pepa (Sandy Denton) and Spinderella (Deidra "Dee Dee" Roper). Salt currently stars in The Salt-N-Pepa Show, a reality TV series focusing on reforming the group.
James and Denton formed Salt-N-Pepa in 1984 and Roper joined in 1985. They released five studio albums: Hot, Cool & Vicious (1986), A Salt with a De...
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Cheryl James (born March 8, 1964), better known as Salt, is an American rapper and a member of the rap trio Salt-N-Pepa, which also includes Pepa (Sandy Denton) and Spinderella (Deidra "Dee Dee" Roper). Salt currently stars in The Salt-N-Pepa Show, a reality TV series focusing on reforming the group.
James and Denton formed Salt-N-Pepa in 1984 and Roper joined in 1985. They released five studio albums: Hot, Cool & Vicious (1986), A Salt with a Deadly Pepa (1988), Blacks' Magic (1990), Very Necessary (1993), and Brand New (1997). They were the first female rap act to have gold, platinum, and multi-platinum albums, and the first female rap act to win a Grammy. The group disbanded in 2002 but reformed in 2008.
Salt co-starred in the 1993 motion picture Who's the Man? In 1997, she performed with gospel artists Kirk Franklin and God's Property on the hit gospel/hip hop song "Stomp", from the album God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation, one of the best-selling albums in gospel music...
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