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Salt-N-Pepa has launched a makeup collection with Milani Cosmetics. The hip-hop group — formed by Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton as well as Deidra Roper aka DJ Spinderella — have collaborated with the indie beauty brand to create a range of beauty products inspired by their unique ’90s style, which promotes “self-expression.” Pepa…

After legendary DJ Spinderella filed a lawsuit against her equally iconic former bandmates Salt-N-Pepa and the duo fired back with harsh rhetoric at the turntable titan, a federal judge in Dallas ordered the trio to the mediation table. As rolling out reported, Diedra “Spinderella” Roper, 48, filed a lawsuit against Cheryl “Salt” James, 53, and…

After several weeks of silence in the wake of iconic DJ Spinderella’s lawsuit, Salt-N-Pepa clapped back at their former partner’s claims that the legendary duo cheated her out of deserved royalties and multiple other lucrative opportunities. As rolling out reported previously, Spinderella, 47, filed a federal lawsuit in Dallas claiming Salt-N-Pepa jilted her out of…

Legendary rap group Salt-N-Pepa says DJ Spinderella’s lawsuit is baseless and lacks accurate information. First of all, sources close to the duo told TMZ that when Spinderella was hired as a young teenager out of Brooklyn, New York to join the crew as a DJ back in the mid-1980s, she was hired as an independent…

After many years of resentment, discontent and belief that she’s the victim of business malpractice by her own bandmates, Spinderella has filed a lawsuit against legendary group Salt-N-Pepa, claiming the duo owes her millions of dollars. Spinderella claims in legal documents obtained by TMZ that Salt, whose real name is Cheryl James, and Pepa, whose…

After 30 years of spinning records and making hits with the legendary group Salt–N-Pepa, DJ Spinderella is enjoying her new found freedom and is ready to create a brand of her own. Her departure from the group was announced via Instagram and brought sadness to many celebrities and fans. When you think of Salt–N-Pepa you…

On the next episode of the Pepa man-snatching saga … Pepa of the legendary rap group Salt’n Pepa reportedly has an industry-wide reputation of putting her claws on men that belong to other women. But when Pepa’s latest boyfriend’s wife put their business on full furnace blast yet again, the lady lyricist loaded up and…

In the classic Salt-N-Pepa hit “Whatta Man,” Pepa opens the song by admitting her weakness is men. Right now, it looks like her one weakness may belong to another woman. A Houston woman named Jordyn Taylor put Pepa from Salt-N-Pepa on full furnace blast for allegedly having sexual relations with her husband, and while the…

It’s been nearly two decades since the divorce of Naughty By Nature’s Treach and Pepa of the original rap femcee trio Salt-N-Pepa. But it appears that it may just be sinking in for the hip hop veteran. In case you’re playing catch up, in 2008, Pepa, real name Sandra Denton, released an autobiography titled Let’s…

Egypt Criss (daughter of Pepa from Salt-N-Pepa) and Kristinia DeBarge (daughter of James DeBarge) stopped by the rolling out office. The ladies explain what they’ve learned from their famous parents and what they hope to gain from being on their new show, “Growing Up Hip Hop.”

The next generation of hip hop royalty is ready to take over. WE tv’s “Growing Up Hip Hop” premieres on Jan. 7, but the show’s Dec. 10 red carpet event gave the world a peek at who we can look forward to seeing on the show’s explosive first season. Romeo Miller (Master P’s son), Angela…

There’s no denying that the breakout character of Fox’s hit hip-hop drama, “Empire,” is Taraji P. Henson’s character, Cookie Lyon. Cookie’s street smarts, swagger, and slick tongue have made her an instant favorite among fans.. In a recent interview with Vogue, Henson says she draws inspiration for Cookie from some of her favorite female emcees. “Is she…

In cities across America, a quiet shift is taking place that could mean a lot for hip-hop fans and artists. The emergence of “classic rap” radio is becoming a very real phenomenon that many fans have been clamoring for since the late 1990s.

With the onset of technologies such as satellite radio and streaming music services, traditional broadcast radio has been on a constant search for something new to maintain its viability and make sure it’s able to compete with the ever changing ways people listen to music. According to a recent New York Times article, the new blood…

On the “A” w/Souleo … Is Deidra “DJ Spinderella” Roper the “N” in Salt-N-Pepa? It was a question the DJ Spinderella posed to her fellow legendary hip-hop group members Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton on their VH1 reality show in 2007. Nearly seven years later Salt finally has an answer: yes. At the…

Rolling Stone is arguably the world’s most iconic pop culture and music magazine. But the mag has a reputation for catering mostly to the tastes of white Baby Boomers–which is completely justified. But there have been numerous iconic artists to grace the cover of the famous mag–and not all of them are of the Woodstock demographic.

It was an amazing year for music in 1993. Kurt Cobain was beginning to crack under the pressure of worldwide adulation, and Janet Jackson was giving the world a good look at her new physique and image. 2Pac was on the road to becoming the most controversial rapper in hip-hop, but a guy named “Snoop”…

Here are 10 brilliant albums from the 1990s by hip-hop stars that we too often assume peaked in the 1980s

Dedicated Beyoncé and dance fans are very familiar with Frank Gaston Jr.’s work but, for a lot of people, he made a heck of an impression in Beyoncé’s highly publicized HBO documentary Life Is But a Dream