DJ Spinderella
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Deidra Muriel Roper |
| Also known as | Dee Dee Roper, DJ Spin |
| Born | August 3, 1971 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Hip-hop |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, producer |
| Instrument(s) | Turntables, rapping |
| Years active | 1986-Present |
| Label(s) | Next Plateau, Red Ant |
| Associated acts | Salt-N-Pepa |
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.
[edit] Career
Roper met Sandra 'Pepa' Denton and Cheryl 'Salt' James when she was fifteen, and when their original DJ, LaToya Hanson, left the group after internal conflicts, 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.[citation needed] However, during her time with the group, she admitted to often feeling like a third wheel.[citation needed] Salt has stated that Spinderella thought she was part of the group, but Salt and Pepa felt she was hired.[citation needed]
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 state that she was working on a solo album titled Spinderella's Ball, though it never materialized. She has a daughter, Kristy with former NBA basketball player Kenny Anderson. Spinderella has also appeared in several films, such as Stay Tuned (1992) and Kazaam (1996).
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.
Her stage name is derived from the classic fairy tale of Cinderella, suggesting that, like Cinderella she came out of poverty into something better.
[edit] References
- ^ Source Magazine. The Tables Turn, written by Khary Kimani Turner. December 2007, Page 28
