Hop,” a federal judge has dismissed Salt-N-Pepa’s legal attempt to reclaim their legendary master recordings from ... Read ...

Salt-N-Pepa’s fight to regain ownership of their master recordings has come to an unsuccessful end.

Salt-N-Pepa at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony (Photo credit: Nagashia Jackson) Salt-N-Pepa, a name that symbolizes their spicy and bold approach to music, emerged from Queens, New York, in 1986 ...

Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton, the founding members of Salt-N-Pepa, filed a copyright lawsuit against Universal Music Group on Monday (May 19) per the Associated Press, claiming their ...

Salt-N-Pepa are telling their record label not to push it as they fight for the rights to their music. The groundbreaking duo behind hip-hop classics, including 1993’s “Shoop” and 1987’s “Push It” ...

A New York federal judge threw out the rap pioneers' case, finding they couldn't reclaim master recordings because the ...

The rap group accused Universal Music Group of ignoring federal copyright law by not giving up the original copies of its earliest work. By Emmanuel Morgan Salt-N-Pepa, the first female hip-hop group ...

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote sided with the recording giant, stating the group never owned the copyrights to their sound ...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was alive with energy in Los Angeles as two groundbreaking hip-hop acts — Outkast and Salt-N-Pepa — were officially welcomed into music history. The 2025 induction ...

Salt-N-Pepa has never dodged frankness. Even at their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, the hip-hop pioneers took a moment from celebrating to put the music industry on blast. But along with ...

“A lot of people are saying ‘long overdue,” Cheryl “Salt” James says of Salt-N-Pepa’s upcoming induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “I say it’s right on time.” Eligible since 2010, the ...

Hip-hop legends Salt-N-Pepa added one more monumental honor to their mantle with their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as the recipients of this year’s Musical Influence Award. Both Cheryl ...