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Tonight Watch Salt-N-Pepa on Lifetime at 8PM

Tonight Watch Salt-N-Pepa on Lifetime at 8PM

Original film Salt-N-Pepa will premiere tonight at 8PM on Lifetime. Salt-N-Pepa details the journey of Queensborough Community College students Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton as they enter the world of rap and hip hop, after recording a song for their friend Hurby Azor. Salt-N-Pepa made a huge impact as one of the first all-female rap groups, changing the look of hip hop and being unafraid to talk about sex and share their thoughts on men. The movie follows the group as they become the first female rap act to go platinum and experience ground-breaking success with multiple awards, including a Grammy award – paving the way for all female rappers to follow.

The film will feature performances of Salt-N-Pepa’s greatest hits, “Let’s Talk About Sex”, “What a Man”, “Shoop” and “Push It”. The movie stars GG Townson as Cheryl “Salt” James, Laila Odom as Sandra “Pepa” Denton, Cleveland Berto as music producer “Hurby Azor,” Jermel Howard as rapper “Treach” and Monique Paul as “DJ Spinderella.” Salt-N-Pepa is produced by Sony Pictures Television and directed by Mario Van Peebles.

The biopic is executive produced by Cheryl James, Sandra Denton, Shakim Compere, Queen Latifah and Robert Teitel from State Street Pictures.and is co-executive produced by Hurby Azor. Sebastian Dungan serves as the Lifetime executive in charge of production.

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