Salt-N-Pepa’s Cheryl James Says She Was Asked To Get An Abortion While Carrying Her First Child

During a recent sit-down interview with Tamron Hall on her self-titled talk show, James and fellow Salt-N-Pepa member, Sandra “Pepa” Denton, discussed the evolution of their incredible career, which spans multiple decades, while touching on the topic of motherhood. The iconic hip-hop duo says they were discouraged from having children as they rose to fame in the mid-80s and early ’90s. Despite facing pushback from their label and managers, Denton says they insisted they were capable of balancing being superstars and mothers, which naturally involved “taking the good with the bad.”
James then proceeded to share a piece of information she’s never said before in public. “I was actually asked to have an abortion. I won’t say by who, but to your point, yeah, you just have to know that it’s something that you’re capable of handling if you want a kid and you want to have a career, and it’s definitely harder,” she explained to Hall. “Having my daughter, besides finding Jesus, is the best thing that I’ve ever experienced… Like I needed that little baby in my life. She kept me company on the road.”