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Ooh babe baby, Salt-N-Pepa conscionable got their prima connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The hep hop group—comprised of Cheryl "Salt" James, Sandra "Pepa" Denton and Deidra "DJ Spinderella" Roper—reunited on Nov. 4 to unveil their plaque astatine the historical sidewalk landmark successful Los Angeles.
While receiving her prima connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Spinderella touched connected the "ups and downs" the trio person experienced unneurotic since forming Salt-N-Pepa successful the '80s.
"I person to convey you for those lessons due to the fact that it wasn't conscionable the euphony to me," she said, "it was our narration and that means everything to me."
Likewise, some Salt and Pepa were grateful for the grant arsenic they reflected connected their decades-long careers. "Keep the faith," Salt told the crowd. "Your setback is simply a setup for your comeback."
Meanwhile, Pepa said she'd "never thought" should would person a prima connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "It was dedication. It was hard work," she said. "I was successful the workplace hours, days, nights, weeks."
Noting however hep hop "has lasted for the women," Pepa besides encouraged artists to "keep empowering each other."
"I fought for this," she added. "I said I'm going to get my sanction connected this crushed and I did it."
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The reunion marked the trio's first nationalist quality together since Spinderella's 2019 exit from the group and consequent suit against her erstwhile bandmates.
In the lawsuit, obtained by E! News, Spinderella sued Salt and Pepa for unpaid royalties, aggregate breaches of declaration and fraud aft she was allegedly fired from the radical successful an email. The lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice—meaning that Spinderella cannot refile her claims—in December 2019, according to tribunal documents.
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