They’re not on the first list of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony performers and presenters, but Salt-N-Pepa — which will be receiving a musical influence award — will definitely be in the ...

Legendary group Salt-N-Pepa blazed the way for female rappers at a time when they were among the only prominent women on the hip-hop landscape. Later this year, they'll be inducted into the Rock & ...

Hip-hop pioneers Salt-N-Pepa are taking legal action against Universal Music Group (UMG), claiming the label wrongfully denied their attempt to reclaim ownership of two of their most iconic albums.

Their debut album Hot, Cool & Vicious came out in 1986 through the independent label Next Plateau Records, which later became controlled by UMG. In 2022, Salt-N-Pepa allegedly filed to terminate their ...

The rap group accused Universal Music Group of ignoring federal copyright law by not giving up the original copies of its earliest work. By Emmanuel Morgan Salt-N-Pepa, the first female hip-hop group ...

“A lot of people are saying ‘long overdue,” Cheryl “Salt” James says of Salt-N-Pepa’s upcoming induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “I say it’s right on time.” Eligible since 2010, the ...

Hip-hop legends Salt-N-Pepa added one more monumental honor to their mantle with their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as the recipients of this year’s Musical Influence Award. Both Cheryl ...

Salt-N-Pepa at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony (Photo credit: Nagashia Jackson) Salt-N-Pepa, a name that symbolizes their spicy and bold approach to music, emerged from Queens, New York, in 1986 ...

S andra “Pepa” Denton had just removed her shoes and settled into the massage chair at the She Thing salon in Queens for what she hoped would be a relaxing pedicure when her cellphone started to buzz.