Hip-hop legends Salt N Pepa will get the overdue props they most definitely deserve Wednesday night when the American Society of Compers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) highlights their achievement during its seventh annual Women Behind the Music series in New York City. The trailblazing duo of Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra“Pepa” Denton will also be marking 30 years in the music business this year, and can now look back on a career devoted to funky music and the empowerment of women across all strata of the industry. “[W]e pioneered and did this damn thing for women and music. Period. It can be done,” Denton told Billboard in a new interview. “Even in such a male-dominated world, when the odds are still against you, it can be done.” [Leggi di più].