The trailblazing rap group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2025.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The women behind Salt-N-Pepa, the history-making female hip-hop group, claim that Universal Music Group has removed some of their ...

Salt-N-Pepa say fans can no longer stream some of their biggest hits due to a legal dispute with Universal Music Group (UMG). In a recent interview with Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts, ...

Considered the First Ladies of Rap, Salt-N-Pepa gained such a title thanks to hit songs like “Push It”, “Shoop”, and “I’ll Take Your Man.” While the duo hasn’t released any new albums since 1997 with ...

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 ...

Hip hop icons Salt-N-Pepa are reflecting on four decades of trailblazing success as they prepare for their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction. In an interview on ABC’s Good Morning America with Robin ...

Salt-N-Pepa wants the rights to their music’s masters. On Monday, the rap duo — Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton — sued Universal Music ...

Legendary group Salt-N-Pepa blazed the way for female rappers at a time when they were among the only prominent women on the hip-hop landscape. Later this year, they'll be inducted into the Rock & ...

Salt-N-Pepa are battling UMG for their master recordings, but the label claims the rap duo never actually held the copyrights. Salt-N-Pepa launched a lawsuit in federal court to reclaim the rights to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Salt-N-Pepa’s Sandra “Pepa” Denton and Cheryl “Salt” James, November 2025 (Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images) Last year, ...

Salt-N-Pepa’s fight to regain ownership of their master recordings has come to an unsuccessful end. According to People, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote dismissed the rap group’s lawsuit against ...

A federal judge has dismissed Salt-N-Pepa's lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG), ruling that the hip-hop duo did not plausibly establish ownership of the copyrights and master recordings at ...