Spinderella Says She Was ‘Wrongfully Excluded’ From Lifetime’s Salt-N-Pepa

Deidra “Spinderella” Roper, the illustrious DJ from the iconic hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa, is making sure she won’t be silenced and erased.

On Friday morning leading up to the Sunday night premiere of Lifetime’s biopic titled Salt-N-Pepa, Spinderella decided to speak up about the film chronicling the lives and career of Cheryl “Salt” James (GG Townson) and Sandra “Pepa” Denton (Laila Odom).

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“Sorry but I gotta speak on this Lifetime special…,” Spinderella began in what would become a Twitter thread on the issue. “Too often, Black women who have made meaningful contributions in their industry are left out of historical narratives.”

“Words cannot fully express my disappointment when I learned a decision was made to move forward with a Lifetime biopic that wrongfully excluded me from every aspect of development and production all the while using my image throughout, given that I played an integral role in the group’s story and success,” she wrote.

In a recent press conference for the film, Salt and Pepa pointed out that the film was about spotlighting women who thrived in the male-dominated hip-hop industry.

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