Salt -n- Pepa
Hip-hop pioneers Salt-N-Pepa have filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG), seeking to reclaim rights to their early recordings under the Copyright Act of 1976. Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton argue their early work, including hits like “Push It” and their 1986 debut Hot, Cool & Vicious, is now eligible for reversion. […]
Trailblazing Southern rap duo OutKast is heading to The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2025 class. When much of hip-hop’s attention in the mid-1990s was focused on the west coast vs. east coast rivalry, OutKast turned heads in a completely new direction: towards the South. The groundbreaking duo made up of […]
Last night, the Grammy Awards dedicated an extended, centerpiece performance to the forthcoming 50th anniversary of hip-hop, going from Grandmaster Flash to Lil Uzi Vert in about 15 minutes. Opening with Grandmaster Flash performing his traditional record-scratching and drum-machine techniques, the first of three segments breezed through the late 1970s and 1980s with appearances by […]
Did you have a chance to watch the Salt-N-Pepa Biopic on Lifetime? I have not watched it yet but would like to hear your thoughts on the movie? The movie Salt-N-Pepa aired on Lifetime Saturday and is about their friendship and how they became one of the first most successful all-female rap groups. But one […]
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