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Salt n' Pepa: Shoop sticker
Salt n' Pepa: Shoop
Salt n' Pepa: Shoop sticker

Salt n' Pepa: Shoop

Visual image Salt-N-Pepa
Date1993
Mediumpaper (fiber product)
DimensionsOverall (HW): 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (12.065 × 12.065 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1998.827.41
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"Shoop" is a single from Salt-N-Pepa's fourth studio album, Very Necessary.  Released in 1993, the single was produced by Sandra 'Pepa' Denton, Mark Sparks and Salt.

Super Nature was the original name of rap trio Salt-N-Pepa. The trio included Salt (Cheryl James, b. 1966), Pepa (Sandra Denton, b. 1969), and DJ Spinderella (Deidra Roper, b. 1970). While studying nursing at Queensborough Community College. Salt and Pepa became close friends and co–workers at Sears. Their co-worker Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor was studying record production at the Center of Media Arts and the two to record for him as a class project. This resulted in the single "The Show Stoppa", a response record to Doug E. Fresh's hit single "The Show". After the success of "The Show Stoppa," the group's name was changed to Salt-N-Pepa because called themselves the “Salt and Pepa MCs”.  After numerous success, the trio won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for their song "None of Your Business", making them one of the first female rap acts to win a Grammy Award. Salt-N-Pepa have sold over 15 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling rap acts of all time. Known as the First Ladies of Hip Hop, Salt-N-Pepa have pushed the boundaries over the years by being fashion icons, taking on feminist themes in their songs and personas to help to define and refine how women should be treated and respected. 

Colored image of three women posing on the side walk. Artist name is printed in red on top and song title printed in white on left side.
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Salt and Pepa on a Staircase with Hurby Luv Bug
Salt-N-Pepa
Date: c. 1985
Medium: paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.5
Rapper's Spectacular with Super Nature and Mix Master Mike at Ralphola Taylor Center., Bridgeport, CT, Saturday, February 1
Salt-N-Pepa
Date: 1985-1990
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.106
None of Your Business
Salt-N-Pepa
Date: 1996
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 1998.971.1.A,.B
Let's Talk About Sex
Salt-N-Pepa
Date: 1991
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 1998.971.2.A,.B
Next Plateau Records Promotional Portrait of Salt-N-Pepa
Next Plateau Records Inc.
Date: c.1989
Medium: paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1998.827.425
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Kid 'n Play
Date: October 1992
Medium: paper (fiber product)
Object number: 2022.4
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Kid 'n Play
Date: Febuary 1992
Medium: paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2022.48.1
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Kid 'n Play
Date: March 1992
Medium: paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2022.48.2
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Kid 'n Play
Date: April 1992
Medium: paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2022.48.3
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Kid 'n Play
Date: May 1992
Medium: paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2022.48.4
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Kid 'n Play
Date: June 1992
Medium: paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2022.48.5