<p>Salt-N-Peppa hitmaker Cheryl &#8216;Salt&#8217; James has revealed that early in her career she was pressured to get an abortion and said that her decision to have her daughter was the &#8220;best thing&#8221; she ever experienced next to finding Jesus.</p>
<p>The 57-year-old singer and her singing partner Sandra &#8216;Pepa&#8217; Denton — from the famed female rap duo of the 80s and 90s — appeared on &#8220;The Tamron Hall Show&#8221; and shot down claims that women can&#8217;t be moms and balance that with a successful career, something they had both managed to do, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/salt-n-pepa-cheryl-james-abortion-career-tamron-hall-show-exclusive-1235324600/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billboard</a> magazine reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;And that was why we are true to who we are,&#8221; Denton said. &#8220;They could recognize &#8217;cause we wanted to be moms and we was moms.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">“I don’t think I’ve ever said this out loud,” Cheryl James says on the <a href="https://twitter.com/TamronHallShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TamronHallShow</a> in a clip shared first with Billboard. <a href="https://t.co/qzdwQHcfHw">https://t.co/qzdwQHcfHw</a></p>
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<p>&#8220;We said, &#8216;We can do it&#8217; and whatever came my way, I handled it, which was taking the good with the bad … &#8217;cause someone has to do it!&#8221; she added. &#8220;When they think it can&#8217;t, they panic, the labels and people. &#8216;Oh my god, how are you gonna? The sales! Sales, sales!&#8217; But you know, we did it.&#8221;</p>
<p>James admitted &#8220;they [the record label people] do get scared I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever said this out loud, oooh Tamron! I was actually asked to have an abortion — I won&#8217;t say by who.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;But to your point, yeah, you just have to know that it&#8217;s something that you&#8217;re capable of handling if you want a kid and you want to have a career,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And it&#8217;s definitely harder.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Having my daughter, besides finding Jesus, is the best thing that I&#8217;ve ever experienced, my kids,&#8221; Cheryl continued. &#8220;Like, I needed that lil&#8217; baby in my life, you know? She kept me company on the road.&#8221;</p>
<p>James shares two kids with ex-husband Gavin Wray. Denton has a daughter with ex-husband Anthony Criss. She also has a son from a previous relationship.</p>
<p>Other celebrities with successful careers like pop singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pink-was-told-having-kids-would-ruin-her-career-explains-why-she-had-them-anyway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pink</a> recently revealed she was told having kids would ruin her chances of reaching fame.</p>
<p>&#8220;Everyone told me, &#8216;If you have children right now, your career&#8217;s over,'&#8221; Pink recalled.</p>
<p>&#8220;Obviously, we&#8217;re all much more complex than any of that, but when I had a child, I think it softened me to the world, the part that didn&#8217;t understand me,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And I think that&#8217;s when my career began, really.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I mean, I did a lot of stuff before that, but really, truly, I think it&#8217;s when I started to really understand myself and understand the world and my place in it,&#8221; the singer continued.</p>
<p>Pink is married to husband Carey Hart and they share two kids together.</p>

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