out of other people s faith. as we see this decline in the number of christians and the diminishing of their influence, i think we re running out of faith and we re reaping the consequences as a nation. that s fascinating. that s a good quote. so i mean, how does it manifest in how we treat each other, who we idolize, what we choose to put on television and watch. i hate to sound like i m about 200, but half naked girls, seriously, it s really in your face everywhere you turn you try to raise a kid in a g-rated world and you can t, because the world seems to be r-rated everywhere. that s right. it s friday night, let s talk about sex and how this impacts christianity and society. look for thousands of years, christianity and judaism have taught that sex should be between a man and a woman and a marriage relationship. and any deviation from that not just gay marriage but adultery premarital sex, unbiblical divorce is wrong and has
femininity and fashion to hip-hop. and i just followed this one. shaved the head on the side, i shaved my head on the side. i m going to post tomorrow my salt-n-pepa picture with my bamboo picture and earring at temple university living my life. with that said we ve got so many girls in trouble. yes, you did get me in trouble. when i tried to wear the spandex pants a whole other level. it s interesting i look at the music world and there are so many groups and individual artists that are manufactured. if you came out today do you think you would have had that freedom and ability to do a song like let s talk about sex, and just, you know shut down the game? yeah, i think there is kind of a difference between then and now. especially when women are concerned. back then we had latifah and salt-n-pepa and lauren hill and emcee light and even now we re like where s the girls? where are the girls? i feel like that s missing in hip-hop now. but back then, it was more
culture. with grammy-winning songs like let s talk about sex, they did not shy away from taking on important social issues including aids awareness at the time when it may not have been accepted. now nearly 30 years after their first album, salt-n-pepa and deejay cinderella are back and continuing continuing to use their music to push boundaries. joining us now good to see you ladies. good to see you. i m impressed. we re still smiling at our clip. right. right. my producer, margaret, put that together. and she s just been living for this, as all of us on this show. that s a good one. when you look at the videos, when you look at the pictures and when you hear the impact you had on music how does it feel at this point? it feels great, though. to be first of all to be so blessed, so relevant still after all these years and do when i look at pictures, i say, i want to look like that again. you look better now. come on. are you kidding me?
your roots, but do you agree about the decision? it s our news nation gut check. and this let s talk about sex there you go that s the iconic salt-n-pepa and the hit let s talk about sex, one of their songs that did not shy away from important social issues like aids at the time, but it may not have been accepted. they say the controversy, did it with style and they are going to join us up next. the trail blazing women of salt-n-pepa will join us. and some of you sent your questions and we ve picked out some doozies. we ll be right back. building aircraft, the likes of which the world has never seen. this is what we do.
controversy is not. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. so what does your gut tell you? do you agree with the decision to leave affleck s ancestors who owned slaves? they say they didn t delete it, they just had so much great information go. to newsnation.msnbc.com to cast that vote. okay. the moment has come. they are considered one of the most successful hip-hop groups of all time. and trailblazers for all women in music, now, music fans, that means you, celebrating the resurgence of salt n pepa. let s talk about sex baby let s talk about you and me let s talk about all the good things and bad things that may be sloop a shoop a the legendary anthems of female empowerment propelled them to iconic status in pop