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Salt-N-Pepa are getting their own Lifetime miniseries all about their popularity in the 90s


Salt-N-Pepa is coming back to life.

The hip hop act, comprised of Cheryl ‘Salt’ James, 53, Sandra ‘Pepa’ Denton, 52, and DJ Spinderella, 47, will be the subject of a new biographical series on Lifetime, it was announced on Thursday.

The miniseries will focus on their lives and careers at the height of their popularity in the Nineties after their song Push It became a massive hit.

A look back: Salt-N-Pepa, comprised of Cheryl 'Salt' James, 53, Sandra 'Pepa' Denton, 52, and DJ Spinderella, 47, will be the subject of a new biographical series on Lifetime, which was announced on Thursday

A look back: Salt-N-Pepa, comprised of Cheryl ‘Salt’ James, 53, Sandra ‘Pepa’ Denton, 52, and DJ Spinderella, 47, will be the subject of a new biographical series on Lifetime, which was announced on Thursday

Their rise stardom from nursing school students to Grammy Award winners will be documented in the series.

The ladies won the highest achievement a musician can earn for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Grammy in 1995 and they were the first all-female rap group to go platinum.

Also at the center of the series will be an in depth look at the duo’s top hits including Let’s Talk About Sex, What A Man and Shoop.

So salty: The leading ladies wore bright costumes on stage at their sold out concert at the KAABOO Cayman Festival in the Cayman Islands in 2019

So salty: The leading ladies wore bright costumes on stage at their sold out concert at the KAABOO Cayman Festival in the Cayman Islands in 2019

Salt-N-Pepa were one of the first all-female rap groups when they formed in 1985. 

Despite a brief split between 2002 and 2007 they continue to perform to this day.

Queen Latifah via her Flavor Unit production company, alongside James and Denton, are listed as executive producers on the project.

Currently, the biography, which is penned by Abdul Williams, has no exact air date.

Show stoppers: Salt-N-Pepa performed onstage during the 2018 Essence Festival in Louisiana

Show stoppers: Salt-N-Pepa performed onstage during the 2018 Essence Festival in Louisiana

Although the Push It hit makers are taking a look back at their career, they previously admitted they aren’t planning on quitting the music business any time soon and insist their songs are ‘here to stay.’

Pepa said: ‘A lot of our fans, they always say Salt-N-Pepa and Spinderella was the soundtrack to their lives … We’re just not going anywhere. Our songs are here to stay.’

DJ Spinderella considers the 90s to be an ‘incredible era’ for music and when Salt-N-Pepa were ‘in our prime.’

She said: ‘When you say ‘the 90s,’ it’s just nostalgia. The 90s was an incredible era for music, hip hop, pop culture – just everything. People want to go back. And Salt-N-Pepa, we were literally in our prime.’

Lately, Cheryl has been lending her writing talents to soundtracks for films such as Captain Marvel and Deadpool.

Sandra, on the other hand, is currently appearing on the fourth season of WE tv’s Growing Up Hip Hop.

As for Spinderella, she continues to DJ with the group as well as for many of her own sets.  

Iconic: Sandra and Cheryl attended the 2019 A+E Netwroks Upfront at Jazz in New York together

Iconic: Sandra and Cheryl attended the 2019 A+E Netwroks Upfront at Jazz in New York together

Lifetime also announced a TV movie called The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel which will be produced by Queen Latifah as well.

Joining Latifah in producing the project are Mary J. Blige and Missy Elliott, who will tell the story of a family of sisters that brought gospel music to the mainstream.

The biopic traces the group’s story, from their humble beginnings in Detroit to becoming the highest-selling female gospel group in history.

Starring in the film are Christina Bell, Kierra Sheard, Raven Goodwin, Shelea Frazier and Angela Birchett – who will portray the singing sisters.  

Both of the projects are slated for release in 2020. 

Boss: Lifetime announced a TV movie called The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel which will also be produced by Queen Latifah. Here she is pictured at the 91st Academy Awards in Los Angeles

Boss: Lifetime announced a TV movie called The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel which will also be produced by Queen Latifah. Here she is pictured at the 91st Academy Awards in Los Angeles

 



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