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Word: spinderella (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1991-1991
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...female rappers are creating buoyant messages that transcend the inert boasting so common in male rap. Salt-N-Pepa may have found the most satisfying and successful musical formula yet. Salt (Cheryl James), Pepa (Sandy Denton) and Spinderella (Dee Dee Roper), who met while working in a Sears department store in 1985, punctuate soul-tinged R.-and-B. melodies with teasing, street-savvy raps about maturity, independence from men and sexual responsibility. In 1988 Salt-N-Pepa, one of the first rap groups to cross over into pop radio, released a single, Push It, that sold more than 1 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not For Men Only | 5/27/1991 | See Source »

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