Hip-Hop Legends Salt N Pepa To Headline South West Four Festival
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Written by Nigel Sachdev
After their show-stealing performance at this year's Bloc Weekender, hip-hop legends Salt 'N' Pepa have been confirmed to perform live at this summer's South West Four festival in London.
The girl group will be joining the Kiss Main Stage line up on Sunday 29th August, and will be Salt N Pepa's UK Festival debut and their first London performance in over fifteen years!
Grammy award-winning group Salt 'N' Pepa are the biggest selling female rap-group of all time and without a doubt one of the most influential hip hop groups ever!
Consisting of Cheryl Williams ('Salt') Sandra Denton ('Pepa') and Deidra 'Dee Dee' Roper (DJ 'Spinderalla') the trio originally from Queens, (New York) hit the UK charts in 1986 with the massive unforgettable single "Push It". Peaking at No.2 in the UK singles chart the single put the act firmly on the map as one of the hottest rap groups in the world.
Following the success of this came further singles "Shake Your Thang", "Twist and Shout", "Let's Talk About Sex", "Shoop" and "Whatta Man" alongside five artist albums all of which have totalled sales in excess of fifteen million records worldwide.
As Grammy Award winners Salt 'N' Pepa have gone onto inspire female artists across the globe, whilst paving the way for underground acts to break into the mainstream.
South West Four returns to Clapham Common for the seventh consecutive summer. The iconic urban & dance festival takes place on the summer bank holiday weekend of August 28th and 29th. This year's headliners are Armin Van Buuren and Fatboy Slim.
Tickets are selling out very fast as we count down the weeks until this hugely anticipated August Bank Holiday rave up.
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