Actress GG Townson talks playing Salt in 'Salt-N-Pepa' biopic on Lifetime
Actress GG Townson plays Sheryl "Salt" James in Lifetime's new "Salt-N-Pepa" biopic about the iconic hip-hop group. Townson told PIX11's Ojinika Obiekwe what the hardest music number was to film. Plus, what she hopes her late grandfather and 1960s music star, Ronald Townson, would think of her today.
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Actress GG Townson talks playing Salt in 'Salt-N-Pepa' biopic on Lifetime
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