Salt-N-Pepa paved the way for female rappers to emerge in the once-predominantly male hip-hop community. With their infectious beats, crafty rhymes, and an in-your-face girl-power attitude, the trio forced music lovers all over the world to take notice. Salt-N-Pepa's story is one of friendship and girls-to-women maturation as much as it is of artists who asserted their collective voice to achieve critical and commercial success.