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Salt-N-Pepa

All-female rap crew whose assertive rhymes, topped with a dollop of feminism, earned them worldwide success.

Biography

By the late '80s, hip-hop was on its way to becoming a male-dominated art form, which is what made the emergence of Salt-N-Pepa so significant. As the first all-female rap crew of importance, they broke down a number of doors for women. They were also one of the first rap artists to cross over into the pop mainstream, laying the groundwork for the music's widespread acceptance in the early '90s. Salt-N-Pepa had major hits in both the '80s and '90s, peaking in popularity in 1994, when [roviLink="MC"]"Shoop" and [roviLink="MC"]"Whatta Man" drove their third album, Very Necessary, into the Top Ten. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine