Salt-N-Pepa ( Salt-en-Papa , from English "Salt and Pepper") is an American female hip-hop trio from Queens , New York City [1] [2] .
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| Genre | hip-hop |
| Years | 1985—2002 2007 - present vr. |
| A country |  USA |
| City | Queens , New York |
| From where | |
| Other name | Super Nature |
| Label | Next Plateau , London / PolyGram , Red ant |
| Composition | Cheryl James (Salt) Sandy denton (Pepa) Deirdra Roper (Spinderella) |
| Former the participants | Latoya Hanson (1985–86) |
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Founded in 1985, Salt-N-Pepa was one of the first purely female rap groups [3] [4] . As of 2014, he is a Grammy winner for “Best Rap Performed by a Duet or Group” (1995) [5] , “ MTV Video Music Award ” for “Best Electronic Dance Video” (1994), “Best Choreography” (1994 ) and “The Best R & B Style Video Clip” (1994), as well as the “BET Hip Hop Award” in the “I Am Hip-Hop Icon” category (2010), and this is still the only female hip-hop group that managed to win “ Grammy and reach platinum sales [6] .
The song “ Let's Talk About Sex ” performed by the Salt-N-Pepa group is included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame list of 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll [7] .
Content
Discography
- See the article " Salt-n-Pepa discography " with the English section.
Selected Singles
- Push It (1987)
Awards and nominations
- See “ Salt-N-Pepa # Awards and nominations ” for an English section.
Notes
- ↑ Elafros, 2007 , p. 196.
- ↑ Strong, Martin C. The Great Rock Discography. - 5th. - Edinburgh: Mojo Books, 2000. - p. 842–843. - ISBN 1-84195-017-3 .
- ↑ Elafros, 2007 , pp. 193–194.
- Lad "Ladies First": Queen Latifah's Afrocentric Feminist Music Video . African American Review. The appeal date is June 17, 2013.
- ↑ Winners of yje 37th anjual Grammy Awards (Neopr.) . - Billboard Mar 11, 1995.
James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton (eds). Culture of African Americans. - Wayne State University Press, 1995. - ISBN 9780814326978 .
Vladimir Bogdanov (ed.). All Music Guide to Rap & Hip-hop . (inaccessible link) - ↑ Erskine Harden & Anthony Booth . The Anatomy of Hip-Hop .
- ↑ Experience The Music: One Hit Wonders And The Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll (English) . The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum . The appeal date is May 14, 2016.
Literature
- Elafros, Athena. Salt-N-Pepa // Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007. - ISBN 978-0-313-08438-6 .
Links
- saltnpepa.com - the official site of Salt-N-Pepa