During a recent episode of Drink Champs, DJ Spinderella disclosed that Salt-N-Pepa were once warned that they would be arrested if they performed their Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hit, “Push It.” The rap group’s former DJ said the threat of arrest was due to what venue executives and event organizers perceived were sexually explicit lyrics in the song.

“It was not a sexual song,” Spinderella shared. “We were literally talking about dancing on the dance floor. And people took that and took it the other way, and it actually worked for us. Being on stage and being told that, ‘If you play that song here, you can get arrested.’ So, there were times where that was almost the case. And somehow, we got to a point where we just had to convince everybody that this is not about what you think it’s about. And that is the truth.” Sandra “Pepa” Denton echoed Spinderella’s sentiments about the controversy surrounding “Push It” to Page Six back in 2021. “We were saying ‘push it,’ they thought we were saying, ‘Pu**y, real good.’ So the police were waiting for us,” Pepa told the tabloid. (Billboard)