GRAMMY Award WINNING RAP GROUP SALT-N-PEPA CELEBRATES THE 25th Anniversary OF THEIR First Album RELEASE& KICKS OFF SALT-N-PEPA`S 20-CITY LEGENDS OF HIP-HOP TOUR Also Features Kurtis Blow, Doug E. Fresh, Whodini, Kool Moe Dee, Slick Rick,MC Lyte, Rob Base, Naughty By Nature and Biz Markie.
New York, NY - Legends, icons, trailblazers, pioneers, innovators and trendsetters are merely a few words frequently used to report this group.
From Grammys to MTV Video Awards, they have won them all. Whether it`s the top of the charts or on stages at sold out coliseums across the country, they get through it all. They are Grammy Award winning group, Salt-N-Pepa, which consists of Cheryl James and Sandy Denton ("Salt" and "Pepa", respectively), and Deidre "Dee Dee" Roper (DJ Spinderella).
As the maiden ever female rap crew, Salt-N-Pepa, broke barriers and open doors wide open that were formerly closed to women in hip-hop. They gave women a part in a male dominated industry and transformed the way the music world saw women forever. With the hit songs "Push It,""Tramp,""Shake Your Thang," "Shoop" and "Whatta Man," Salt-N-Pepa would defy everyone`s expectations and catapult hip-hop to new levels
As the New Year approaches, Salt-N-Pepa have commissioned some of their nearest friends and about of hip-hop`s greatest artists to union forces with them for the 2011 installment of Salt-N-Pepa`s "Legends of Hip-Hop Tour." The VH1 reality show, "The Salt-N-Pepa Show," officially reunited the ladies and made them realize thatpeople really wanted to see them together again. After that, they decided to determine their differences and establish this turn and various new ventures happen. Salt-N-Pepa`s "Legends of Hip-Hop Tour" is the beginning of many for them.
Artists who will be coming together with Salt-N-Pepa on stages across the commonwealth include Kurtis Blow, Doug E. Fresh, Whodini, Kool Moe Dee, Slick Rick, MC Lyte, Rob Base, Naughty By Nature and Biz Markie. The tour kicks off February 4th in Cleveland, OH at the Wolstein Center. Each city on the circuit will get different artist line-ups. Select cities on the turn are on sale now. For more info on tickets and artists log onto, http://www.ticketmaster.com/, http://www.snplegendsofhiphop.com/ or http://www.saltnpepa.net/.
From all of Salt-N-Pepa`s greatest hits to "Freaks Come Out At Night," by Whodini, "The Breaks," from Kurtis Blow, "The Present" from Doug E. Fresh, "Children`s Story" from Slick Rick," "How Ya Like Me Now" from Kool Moe Dee, "Cha, Cha, Cha" from MC Lyte, "It Takes Two" from Rob Base, "O.P.P." fromNaughty By Nature,and "Merely a Friend" from Biz Markie, audiences will be capable to rhyme with their favorite rappers and relive it all up tight and in person for one night. According to Salt-N-Pepa, The "Legends of Hip -Hop Tour" will be a night of non-stop music and nostalgia.
"We receive so many people who said they yearn to try and see us again in concert," said Salt. "People really miss seeing us out there. They get up to us and note that our music touched them, brings back so many great memories for them andhelped them only see life differently."
Salt-N-Pepa will headline and represent the "Legends of Hip -Hop Tour." Last year a smaller variant of the tour saw unprecedented success. This time around, more dates have been added to the trek across the land and no expenses have been spared on the output rate of the enlistment in an attempt to establish their fans more of what they escape from the "Live" music and rap scene.
"Last year, the reaction was incredible. From Atlanta to DC, we sold out each date," said Pepa. "People truly need to see us and we really wanted to realize this chance for our fans. Also, the timing was only good and it precisely all came together perfectly."
Now, on the 25th anniversary of Salt-N-Pepa`s first album release, 1986′s Hot, Cool, & Vicious, which featured the hit song, "Push It,"this circuit has an additional special added value. Salt-N-Pepa are inactive at it a fourth of a century later introducing themselves to a new generation of fans and yet making those that grew up listening to their music continue to feel the excitement and vitality that only SNP can provide.
"We recognize that the tour happens to be occurring during a milepost in our musical career, but more importantlyit gives us an opportunity to reconnect with our fans and our friends in the business," said Salt. "When you own a prospect to see people again that you`ve met on the way and discover their stories again, there`s nothing like it in the world."
Outside of the land of being legends of the hip hop game, Grammy Award winning group, Salt-N-Pepa can likewise be called "revolutionaries of rap"and "groundbreakers of the game.". Not only using their mic as a way to build big beats and heads bob, but they also used it as way to get out messages of importance and relevance. From safe sex to independency and respecting yourself as a woman, Salt-N-Pepa saw the urging and importance of empowering the female race and using their voices through the mic to influence millions with their music.
No matter what you promise them, Salt-N-Pepa, along with the early artists on the tour revolutionized a people, changed a refinement and completely revamped the way the man saw music forever. You can`t list or refer the top rap songs of all time without their hit songs showing up.And you can`t talk about music history without mentioning their names. Their contributions to a culture and to the existence of hip hop has influenced the landscape and feeling of medicine as we recognise it today.
"Recently, we had the chance to see Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera at events where we were performing. One of the start things they said to us was `we are such big fans, we absolutely love you and your music,` " said Pepa. It just blows our head when we see the affect that we`ve had throughout the days on such huge, well respected mega stars like them. It`s both humbling and an honor all at the same time. It only goes to prove us that superstars appreciate our music and we have genuinely impacted and moved their lives and cover to meet the lives of millions of our fans."
Salt-N-Pepa`s Legends of Hip-Hop Tour dates are as follows: February 4thClevelandWolstein Center February 5thBuffalo, TXShea`s PAC February 11thMiami, FLJames L. Knight Center February 12thNew OrleansLakefront Arena February 13thKansas CityMunicipal Auditorium February 18thPhiladelphiaLiacouras Center February 19thBaltimore1stMariner Arena February 20thNewarkPAC February 25thJacksonville, FLColiseum February 26thWashington, DCConstitution Hall March 4thColumbia, SCTownship Auditorium March 5thBaton Rouge, LARiverside Centroplex March 11thNorfolk, VAConstant Conv. Ctr March 12thSt. LouisChaifetz Arena March 13thMemphisDeSoto Civic Center March 18thNashvilleMunicipal Auditorium March 19thChicagoArie Crown Theater March 25thRichmond, VAColiseum March 26thDallas, TXDallas Convention Center April 2ndAtlantaCivic Center
*Cities and Dates are open to alter without notice.
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