She was placed at number 83 on VH1‘s list of the ‘100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll’.Salt-N-Pepa had created the records for being the first female rap group to record ‘Gold’, ‘Platinum’, and ‘Multi-Platinum’ albums, as well as the first female group to win a Grammy award.

They had become close friends soon, and before the formation of the music group Salt-N-Pepa (initially known as Super Nature), had even worked together as telephone solicitors at a Sears store. She had met her future Salt-N-Pepa bandmate, Sandra Denton, in 1985 while they were both studying nursing at the Queensborough Community College.Born NameĬheryl James in an Instagram selfie from December 2020 (Cheryl James / Instagram) Sun Signīrooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ResidenceĪtlanta, Georgia, United States NationalityĬheryl James in an Instagram selfie from January 2021 (Cheryl James / Instagram) Cheryl James Facts She has also been a central character in the reality TV show The Salt-N-Pepa Show (2008) which had focused on the reformation of the group after it had disbanded in 2002. The group was a commercially successful entity, highlighted by the fact that all of those albums were certified either ‘Platinum’ or ‘Gold’ by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Cheryl James is an American rapper and songwriter who is most well recognized for being an integral member of the female rap trio Salt-N-Pepa with whom she had released the studio albums Hot, Cool & Vicious (1986), A Salt with a Deadly Pepa (1988), Blacks’ Magic (1990), Very Necessary (1993), and Brand New (1997).

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