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Pepa and Treach's Daughter Is All Grown Up and Starring in 'Growing Up Hip Hop'

Now 17, Egypt Jahnari Criss is a budding musician like her rapper parents. 
Pepa and Treach's Daughter Is All Grown Up and Starring in 'Growing Up Hip Hop'
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By Lauren Porter · Updated October 27, 2020
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Hip-hop hit makers Pepa (Sandra Denton) and Treach (Anthony Criss) dominated the music scene during the 90s in their respective groups, Salt-N-Pepa and Naughty by Nature.

The two married in 1998, and while their relationship ended in 2001, their union birthed a daughter, Egypt Jahnari Criss.

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Now 17 and a budding musician like her parents, Egypt is currently starring in the WE tv series, Growing Up Hip Hop. In an upcoming episode, Egypt reaches out to her father for advice. As she records her first demo and copes with her overbearing mother, Egypt relies on Treach to help her next big step. Growing Up Hip Hop airs Thursday at 10 p.m. on WE tv.