Salt-N-Pepa threw on their old tricolour leather jackets and brought the crowd to its feet with a romping rendition of their 1987 smash hit Push It at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles.

"This is for every woman who picked up a mic when they told her she couldn't," Cheryl 'Salt' James said on Saturday night local time while accepting the musical influence award that made her, Sandra 'Pepa' Denton and DJ Spinderella members of the hall.

In a rousing speech at LA's Peacock Theatre, Salt brought up their fight to reclaim their master recordings from Universal Music Group.

"The industry still doesn't want to play fair. Salt-N-Pepa have never been afraid of a fight," she said.

Spinderella became the first female DJ to enter the hall.

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