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Sandra Denton
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- This article is about Sandra "Pepa" Denton. See Salt-N-Pepa for information on the group.
Sandra "Pepa" Denton (born 9 November 1964, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican American rap/hip-hop artist, and a member of the female rap trio known as Salt-N-Pepa.
Her family moved to Queens, New York when she was a child. In 1985, while studying nursing at Queensborough Community College, she met Cheryl "Salt" James. They began rapping together under the name 'Salt-N-Pepa'. The duo made their debut that year with an album called Hot, Cool, & Vicious. In 1986, Deidra "Spinderella" Roper joined Salt-N-Pepa, as their DJ. Denton, James and Roper released their second album, A Salt with a Deadly Pepa in 1988. a In 1990, Denton had her first child, Tyran. She made a guest appearance on Ricki Lake in 1993, teaching teenage girls the responsibilities of being a mother. In 1999, she married longtime beau Anthony ("Treach") Criss of the rap group Naughty by Nature, with whom she has a daughter,Egypt. They were divorced in 2001.
Salt-N-Pepa disbanded in 2002 because Salt had bulimia and was vomiting 5-6 times a day. They discussed this and made apologies on their new TV series the Salt & Pepa Show. Salt later became a born-again Christian. However, the group reunited on September 22, 2005 and performed for the first time in six years as part of VH1's Hip Hop Honors program.
In 2005, Denton was a cast member of VH1's The Surreal Life (season 5). Her acting credits also include the motion picture Joe's Apartment, and a stint as Officer Andrea Phelan on the HBO drama, Oz. [1] Also, Denton starred on The Surreal Life: Fame Games.
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She recently teamed up Salt for VH1's The Salt N Pepa Show.
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| Cast | Alexis Arquette · Traci Bingham · Caprice Bourret · Trishelle Cannatella · José Canseco · Gabrielle Carteris · Charo · Dave Coulier · Adrianne Curry · Da Brat · Sandy "Pepa" Denton · C. C. DeVille · Janice Dickinson · Erik Estrada · Tammy Faye Messner · Corey Feldman · Flavor Flav · Carey Hart · Steve Harwell · Sherman Hemsley · Maven Huffman · Ron Jeremy · Tawny Kitaen · Christopher Knight · Jordan Knight · Joanie Laurer · Emmanuel Lewis · Andrea Lowell · Jerri Manthey · Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth · MC Hammer · Vince Neil · Brigitte Nielsen · Bronson Pinchot · Brande Roderick · Marcus Schenkenberg · Ryan Starr · Verne Troyer · Vanilla Ice · Jane Wiedlin |
| Spinoffs | The Surreal Life: Fame Games · Strange Love · My Fair Brady · Flavor of Love · I Love New York · Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School |