They were even the first female rap group to win a Grammy (viaBillboard).
Of course, few success stories come without hardship, and the members ofSalt-N-Pepacertainly experienced their share.
And then there was the band drama.
With their successes and struggles, it was only a matter of time until Salt-N-Pepa got the biopic treatment.
And thanks toLifetime, that time has come.
It traces Salt and Pepa’s meteoric rise from Queens and Brooklyn girls to hip hop superstars.
In an interview with theNew York Post, Pepa said “nothing was off-limits” in the film.
“It was important for us to be vulnerable and honest while making this movie,” she said.
The two serve as executive producers for the project, as does another female rap luminary, Queen Latifah.
He was so nice to me, but I really wasn’t feeling him.
I guess I couldn’t appreciate a nice guy like Will Smith.
He wasn’t thug enough.
I was attracted to thugs and hoodlums.
Will was too nice to me" (viaBlavity).
What sort of love story might have unfolded between Smith and Pepa?
Well, that could be the subject of anotherLifetimemovie entirely.
