It’s been nearly 25 years since Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue scored a Top 10 hit with their 1993 duet “Whatta Man,” and on Sunday, the two supergroups reunited at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas to perform the crowd-pleasing hit.
Salt-N-Pepa’s Cheryl “Salt” James, 52, Sandra Denton, 51, and DJ Spinderella, 46, were joined by current En Vogue members Cindy Herron-Braggs, 56, Terry Ellis, 54, and Rhona Bennett, 41, for the throwback performance that capped off a funky hit-filled medley mashing up “Push It,” “Shoop,” and “Let’s Talk About Sex.”
Just before the song wrapped, host Kelly Clarkson came out to take a climactic line on the chorus.
Their duet was in honor of another major anniversary: the 30th anniversary of Salt-N-Pepa becoming the first female rap artists to hit the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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That milestone was made in 1988, when Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It” was released.
Originally just a B-side to “Tramp” — the second single off the group’s first album, Hot, Cool & Vicious — “Push It” nearly went entirely under the radar. But San Francisco DJ and producer Cameron Paul created a remix of the track and its…
