This was the trio's first performance as Salt-N-Pepa since 1999. Salt, Pepa, and Spinderella, however, did perform on the second Hip Hop Honors on September 22, 2005, performing their hit " Whatta Man". James appeared on VH1's inaugural Hip Hop Honors program in November 2004, along with Pepa, but they did not perform. The group disbanded in 2002 but reformed in 2008. 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. In 1997, she recorded the song "Stomp" with gospel artists Kirk Franklin and God's Property for their album God's Property, one of the bestselling albums in gospel music history. Salt also co-starred in the 1993 motion picture Who's the Man?. 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). With Azor's guidance as their manager, James and Denton then formed the group "Super Nature" (which eventually changed to "Salt N' Pepa") and were joined by Latoya Hanson who was replaced by Deidra Roper joined in 1987. Career Īfter forming a friendship with Denton, James' then-boyfriend and co-worker Hurby Azor approached the pair and asked them to record a rap for a class project. James met Queens-native Sandra Denton in 1985 while attending college. After high school, James enrolled at Queensborough Community College to study nursing. James attended Grover Cleveland High School, graduating in 1983. The middle of three children, James grew up in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. The daughter of a transit worker and Barbara James, a bank manager, James was born in Brooklyn, New York.
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James starred in The Salt-N-Pepa Show, a reality TV series focusing on reforming the group which aired on the VH1 network in 2008. She is best known as a member of the female rap trio Salt-N-Pepa, which also includes Pepa ( Sandra Denton) and Spinderella ( Deidra "Dee Dee" Roper). Cheryl Renee James (born March 28, 1966), better known by her stage name Salt, is an American rapper.
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