DJ Spinderella
(born Deidra Muriel Roper
, August 3 1971) is a DJ for Salt-N-Pepa, a popular hip-hop group in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Career
Her stage name is derived from the classic
fairy tale of
Cinderella.
Roper met
Sandra 'Pepa' Denton and
Cheryl 'Salt' James when she was fifteen. The group's original DJ, LaToya Hanson left the group after internal conflicts, and so Roper was recruited to take her place by the group's producer
Herbie "LuvBug" Azor [1]. She has likened herself to
Jam Master Jay from the famed rap group
Run DMC and considers herself to be an integral part of the group's overall success . However, during her time with the group, she admitted to often feeling like a third wheel. Salt has stated that Spinderella thought she was part of the group, but Salt and Pepa felt she was hired.
Spinderella is a
radio personality on
KKBT 100.3 in
Los Angeles,
California, cohosting "The BackSpin", a nationally syndicated weekly radio show featuring old school hip-hop. She has also appeared on several episodes of the
VH1 reality series The Salt N Pepa Show
.
She appeared briefly on
VH1's first annual
Hip Hop Honors
in
November 2004 but the group did not perform. All three members did perform on the second
Hip Hop Honors
on
September 22,
2005. This was their first performance since
1999. On
October 23,
2008 Salt-N-Pepa performed "Shoop",
"Push It", and
"Whatta Man" at the 2008
BET Hip Hop Awards.
Personal
She opened her own
beauty salon in 1997, the same year that Salt-N-Pepa released their final
album. During this period she would sometimes
[when?] state that she was working on a solo album titled
Spinderella's Ball
, though it never materialized. She has a daughter, Christense (1992), with former
NBA basketball player
Kenny Anderson.
[ Her daughter Christy appeared in an episode of My Super Sweet 16 throwing herself a party which included figure skaters, and dancers.
]
Spinderella has also appeared in several films, such as Stay Tuned
(1992) and Kazaam
(1996).
She has been a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey. [2]
References
- Source Magazine. The Tables Turn, written by Khary Kimani Turner. December 2007, Page 28
- Staff. "SHAKER HEIGHTS: THEY'RE RAP'S TOP WOMEN, BUT ARE SALT 'N' PEPA TOO SEXY FOR THEIR OWN GOOD?", ''Entertainment Weekly'', March 18, 1994. Accessed June 6, 2009. "The group's self-described little sister, Roper lives in Teaneck, N.J., with Christenese, 1, the child she had with ex-boyfriend Kenny Anderson of the New Jersey Nets."