Cheryl 'Salt' James
March 28, 1966 (58 years old) in New York, New York, U.S.A.
Cheryl Renee James (born March 28, 1966), better known by her stage name Salt, is an American rapper and songwriter. She is best known as a member of the American Grammy–award winning female rap trio Salt-N-Pepa, which also includes Pepa (Sandra Denton) and Spinderella (Deidra "Dee Dee" Roper). James starred in The Salt-N-Pepa Show, a reality TV series focusing on reforming the group; which aired on the VH1 network in 2008. Salt also co-starred in the 1993 motion picture Who's the Man? and Coming 2 America (2021).
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop as Self
- 2021 · The Real Queens of Hip Hop: The Women Who Changed the Game as Self
- 2021 · Coming 2 America as Salt
- 2018 · United Skates as Herself
- 2018 · And I Danced as
- 2017 · Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special as Salt-N-Pepa
- 2017 · Sandy Wexler as Testimonial
- 2015 · Taraji's White Hot Holidays as Self
- 2015 · Lip Sync Battle as Self
- 2013 · Only Daughter as Dancer #1
- 2012 · Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop as Self
- 2009 · Good Hair as Self
- 2007 · The Salt-N-Pepa Show as
- 2005 · The Tyra Banks Show as
- 1999 · Raw Nerve as Detective Valerie Sanchez
- 1998 · Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
- 1997 · Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special as Three Little Kittens (voice)
- 1997 · Rhyme & Reason as
- 1997 · The Chris Rock Show as
- 1995 · Sinatra: 80 Years My Way as Self - Perfomer (Salt-N-Pepa)
- 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Three Little Kittens (voice)
- 1995 · The History of Rock 'n' Roll as Self
- 1993 · The John Larroquette Show as Ronnette
- 1993 · Who's the Man? as Teesha Braxton
- 1993 · For Our Children as Self
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Salt
- 1992 · Stay Tuned as Band Member in "Start Me Up" Music Video
- 1990 · Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1 as Self
- 1988 · Yo! MTV Raps as Self
- 1988 · Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute as Self [Salt-N-Pepa]
- 1984 · MTV Video Music Awards as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest