IT has been more than 30 years since their hit song Push It stormed the charts and Salt n Pepa’s Spinderella has hardly aged a day. The US DJ and rapper whose real name is Deidra Roper, shared a photo of herself and her daughter on social media and fans rushed to compliment the 53-year-old on her flawless looks. One said: “Wow you look like twins.
” Meanwhile, another said: “Which ones the mum and which ones the daughter, cos spin you look like 20 years old.” And another said: “Beautiful ladies looking more like sisters.” Salt-N-Pepa met as students at Queensborough Community College in Bayside, Queens, in New York, where they created a diss track that became a local hit.
Soon after DJ Spinderella joined the duo as their official DJ. Raised in Brooklyn, New York and only 16 at the time, Spinderella is considered the most celebrated female DJ in hip-hop. The group consists of Cheryl “Salt” James, Sandra “Pepa” Denton and Deidra “DJ Spinderella” Roper.
Their debut album Hot Cook and Vicious sold more than 1 million copies in the US back in 1986, making history as the first female rap act to achieve gold and platinum status. Then, in 1991, came “Let’s Talk About Sex” (“Let’s talk about sex, babe/ Let’s talk about you and me”), which sold more than 1 million copies. Known as the First Ladies of Hip-Hop, Salt-N-Pepa are credited as pioneers, bringing fun, fashion, and femininity to a male-dominated genre.
They enjoyed major success in the 199.