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Salt-N-Pepa, Outkast inductions highlight hip-hop culture

Salt-N-Pepa at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony (Photo credit: Nagashia Jackson) The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony was a celebration of diversity, honoring a class of artists ...
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Salt-N-Pepa rewrote hip-hop history one ‘First’ at a time

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 ...
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Salt-N-Pepa Fight for Their Masters During Rock Hall 2025 Induction

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 ...
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The Many Battles of Salt-N-Pepa

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.