GG Townson Convinced She Lost 'Salt-N-Pepa' Role After Epic Rap Fail During Audition
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The 'Everybody Hates Chris' actress stars opposite Laila Odom in the Mario Van Peebles-directed biopic that chronicles Cheryl James and Sandra Denton's rise in the hip-hop industry in the late 1980s.
Jan 26, 2021
GG Townson was sure she had botched her chances at starring in the
Salt-N-Pepa biopic after messing up the words to the rap icons' "Shoop" hit during her audition.
The "
Salt' James, opposite "
Pepa' Denton in the TV film, which was a dream project for her manager.
"When I first got the call, my manager, he had emailed me and was like, 'Listen, they're doing a Salt-N-Pepa project, and I need you to book this for me, because I love them,' " Townson recalled to the New York Post's Page Six.