![]() ![]() She co-starred in the 1993 film "Who's the Man?" as one of her first acting projects. They toured with this album and James also ventured into acting. It also featured "Let's Talk About Sex," "You Showed Me," and "I Don't Know." Three years later, in 1993, the group released their fourth album, "Very Necessary." This album featured a number of singles that would go on to be major hits, including "Shoop" and "Whatta Man." The album eventually sold seven million copies worldwide and went five times platinum in the United States. The album produced a number of hits including "Expression," which was produced by James. In 1990, the group released their third album and James took on some producing assignments. The album was certified gold and sold over 800,000 copies around the world. In 1988, they released their second album, "A Salt with a Deadly Pepa." The album featured a couple of singles that did moderately well on the charts, as well as "Twist and Shout" which became a major hit in the United Kingdom. It also received a Grammy Award nominations. The group also rebranded themselves as Salt-N-Pepa after a lyric in "The Show Stoppa." Their album was growing steadily more popular, with one of its B-sides's, "Push It" becoming a platinum single in the United States. In 1987, Hanson left the group and was replaced by Deidra Roper, a.k.a. In December of 1986, they released their debut album, "Hot, Cool & Vicious." ![]() They were signed to Next Plateau Entertainment and adopted the stage name Salt-N-Pepa, with James taking on the persona of Salt. They released the single "The Show Stoppa," which was born out of the original class project they did with Azor, in 1985, which became a modest R&B hit. They added Latoya Hanson to the group, who acted as the group's DJ. Recognizing their potential as artists, the two then decided to form the group Super Nature with Azor as their manager. James' then boyfriend, Hurby Azor, suggested that the two record a rap to help him with a project in his record production program. While in college, James became good friends with Sandra Denton in 1985. While attended school, she also worked part-time at Sears. She then enrolled at Queensborough Community College with the intent to study nursing. She attended Grover Cleveland High School and graduated in 1983. She grew up in Brooklyn as the middle child of three total children. Her father worked as a transit worker while her mother worked as a bank manager. ![]() James was born on Main New York City, New York. ![]()
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