Missy Elliott
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Birth name | Melissa Arnette Elliott |
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Born | Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. | July 1, 1971
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Discography | |
Years active | 1991–present |
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Formerly of | Swing Mob |
Website | missy-elliott |
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott (born July 1, 1971), also known as Misdemeanor,
As her mainstream breakthrough, the album was met with critical and commercial success, peaking at number three on the
Her fifth album, This Is Not a Test! (2003) was followed by The Cookbook (2005), her sixth album which matched Under Construction as her highest charting release while spawning the Hot 100 top three single, "Lose Control" (featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop).[6] Following a long-term hiatus, her debut extended play, Iconology (2019) marked her first release in 14 years.
Elliott has received
Early life
Melissa Arnette Elliott[18] was born at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in Portsmouth, Virginia,[19][20] on July 1, 1971,[21] the only child of power company dispatcher Patricia and former Marine Ronnie Elliott.[18][22][23] She grew up in an active church choir family, where singing was a normal part of her youth. At the age of four, she wanted to be a performer, with biographer Veronica A. Davis later writing that she "would sing and perform for her family". In later years, she feared no one would take her seriously because she was always the class clown.[24] While her father was an active Marine, the family lived in a manufactured home community in Jacksonville, North Carolina.[24][20] She blossomed during this part of her life, enjoying school for the friendships that she formed even though she had little interest in schoolwork. When her father returned from the Marines, the family moved back to Virginia, where they lived in extreme poverty.[22]
Life in Virginia saw many hardships, and Elliott has talked about seeing her mother suffer
Career
1988–1995: Sista and career beginnings
In 1988, Elliott formed an all-women
All 20-plus members of the Swing Mob—among them future stars such as Ginuwine, Playa, and Tweet[30]—lived in a single two-story house in New York and were often at work on material both for Jodeci and their own projects.[23] While Elliott wrote and rapped on Raven-Symoné's 1993 debut single, "That's What Little Girls Are Made Of",[4] she also contributed, credited and uncredited, to the Jodeci albums Diary of a Mad Band (1993) and The Show, the After Party, the Hotel (1995). Timbaland and DeVante jointly produced a Sista album, entitled 4 All the Sistas Around da World (1994). Though videos were released for the original and remix versions of the single "Brand New", the album was shelved and never released.[28] One of the group's tracks, "It's Alright" featuring Craig Mack did however make the cut on the soundtrack of the 1995 motion picture Dangerous Minds but by the end of 1995, Swing Mob had folded and many of its members dispersed. Elliott, Timbaland, Magoo, Ginuwine, and Playa remained together and collaborated on each other's records for the rest of the decade as the musical collective The Superfriends.[31][32][33]
1996–1998: Supa Dupa Fly
After leaving Swing Mob, Elliott and Timbaland worked together as a songwriting/production team, crafting tracks for acts including
Combs had hoped to sign Elliott to his Bad Boy record label. Instead, she signed a deal in 1996 to create her own imprint, The Goldmind Inc., with East West Records, which at that time was a division of Elektra Entertainment Group, for which she would record as a solo artist.[30] Timbaland was again recruited as her production partner, a role he would hold on most of Elliott's solo releases. Missy continued to work with other artists and appeared on LSG's song "All the Time" with Gerald Levert, Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill, Faith Evans, and Coko in 1997 on Levert Sweat Gill classic album. The same year, she rapped in "Keys To My House" with old friends group LeVert. In the center of a busy period of making guest appearances and writing for other artists, Elliott's debut album, Supa Dupa Fly, was released in mid-1997; the success of its lead single "The Rain" led the album to be certified platinum.[29] Elliott wore an oversized trash-bag looking jumpsuit in the music video, and at Lilith Fair, an outfit media articles have considered one of her most recognizable "fashion moments".[34][35][36][37]
The success was also a result of the music videos of her single releases, which were directed by
1999–2001: Da Real World and Miss E… So Addictive
Although a much darker album than her debut, Elliott's second album was just as successful as the first,
Missy Elliott next released
2002–2004: Under Construction and This Is Not a Test!
For her next outing, Elliott and Timbaland focused on an old school sound, utilizing many old school rap and funk samples, such as
In between albums, Elliott produced the "American Dream Remix" (featuring Tweet's additional vocals) of
A year after Elliott's most successful album to date was released, Elliott felt pressured by her label to release another album hoping to capitalize on her recent success.
2005–2006: The Cookbook and Respect M.E.
Elliott wanted to "give people the unexpected" by utilizing producers other than Timbaland and a "more to the center" sound not as
"
2007–2014: Production work
Elliott was an honoree of the 2007 VH1 Hip Hop Honors.
In between the recording of her seventh album, Missy Elliott found success behind the scenes. Elliott's writing and production helped her reach No. 1 on Billboard's
Throughout 2013, Missy Elliott was featured on
2015–2018: Super Bowl XLIX halftime show and new music
In 2015, Elliott performed at the
On February 7, 2016, the day of the
Following a surprise appearance with TLC on the 2016 televised special Taraji's White Hot Holidays,[82] Elliott announced plans to release a documentary chronicling her impact on the production scene in both audio and video.[83] The midnight of January 27, 2017, saw the full-length release to a new Elliott single titled "I'm Better", featuring production and vocal assistance from recurring sideman Lamb and shared directing credit by Elliott and longtime colleague Dave Meyers.[84]
In July 2018, Missy Elliott teased fans by appearing on a snippet nicknamed "ID" by Skrillex,[85] released in 2023 as RATATA. One month later, Elliott appeared on the Ariana Grande number "Borderline", taken from the singer's fourth studio album Sweetener (2018). In October 2018, Elliott announced that she is working on her new album, which would be released in 2019.[86] On March 20, 2019, Lizzo released a collaboration with Elliott titled "Tempo".
2019–present: Recognition and Iconology
On June 13, 2019, Elliott was inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, becoming the first female rapper to receive this honor.[87] Elliott received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music,[88] and the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.[89] She was also the first female rapper to receive the award.[90] Elliott received the Women's Entrepreneurship Day Music Pioneer Award at the United Nations in 2019 in recognition for her achievements in music and being a leader. This award was placed in the Congressional Record.[91]
Elliott released her first
Elliott was motivated to write uplifting music to counter mainstream trends and encourage more dance music to feel good. "DripDemeanor" was released as the album's second single on October 22. "Why I Still Love You" was released as the third single on January 17, 2020. "Cool Off" was released as the fourth and final single from the EP on April 21, 2020. On June 26, 2020, Elliott appeared on the official remix to Toni Braxton's single "Do It".
Elliott co-produced the track alongside Hannon Lane.
On January 11, 2021, Elliott appeared on the single "ATM" by Bree Runway.[94] She directed the music video for "Twerkulator" by the City Girls in July 2021.[95]
On February 17, 2023, Elliot appeared on the track "RATATA" produced by
Personal life
Elliott said in 2008 that she wanted to start a family but was afraid of giving birth, stating, "I don't know if I can take that kind of pain. Maybe in the year 2020 you could just pop a baby out and it'd be fine. But right now I'd rather just adopt."[100]
In June 2011, Elliott told People magazine that her absence from the music industry was due to having Graves' disease, with which she was diagnosed after she nearly crashed her car from having severe leg spasms while driving.[101] She experienced severe symptoms from the condition and could not even hold a pen to write songs. After treatment, her symptoms stabilized.[102]
Legacy
Elliott has been referred to as the "
The New Yorker stated that Elliott became the first Black female rapper to reach the mainstream in Middle America.[112] An article from Vibe credits Elliott's debut album Supa Dupa Fly for "changing the rap game for women", noting the rapper's "refusal to be pigeonholed" with her image, and instead, embraced "the complexities inherent with Black womanhood", with the author commenting that female rappers tend to be placed into one of two categories: androgyny or hyper-sexualization.[113] The New York Times and The Bulletin have called her the "Queen of the Beats".[114][115] Jem Aswad of Variety commented that Elliott and longtime collaborator Timbaland "reshaped the sound of hip-hop", as they made songs "out of pings and bips and bloops (both vocal and electronic) that quickly became part of the foundation of virtually all that followed."[116] Similarly, Doreen St. Félix of The New Yorker wrote that her debut album "expanded the definition of rap" and "defined a new hip-hop aesthetic", with Elliott and Timbaland developing a grammar by "collecting extra-musical noises", "crafting" a new R&B sound, and incorporating a "singsong technique" in her flow. The author noted that, a generation later, the majority of rappers "are also vocalists".[117] For Los Angeles Times writer Gerrick D. Kennedy, Elliott "ushered in a new era of creatively ambitious music videos."[118] The aesthetic for the music video for "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" inspired several others released afterward.[112][119] Commercially, Missy Elliott led female hip hop album sales during the late 1990s and early 2000s.[52] Missy Elliott in addition to Timbaland, Pharrell Williams and The Clipse are considered to have an intricate part of establishing Virginia as one of the East Coast's strongholds in hip hop.[120] As of 2015, she has remained the best selling female rap album artist in the US.[121] ABC website editor Gab Burke expressed that Elliott "railed against the male-dominated mainstream rap scene throughout her career, constantly pushed the boundaries, and cemented a place for women in hip hop."[122]
Elliott has influenced various musicians, both visually and vocally.
Awards and nominations
Elliott has won four Grammy Awards, eight MTV Video Music Awards, two American Music Awards, six BET Awards, and a Billboard Women in Music award for Innovator. On June 13, 2019, Elliott was inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, becoming the first female rapper to receive this honor, and the third overall, following Jay-Z and Jermaine Dupri.[111][87][161] Also in 2019, Elliott received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music,[88] and became the first female rapper to receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award by MTV.[89][90]
In 2018, Elliott received Essence magazine's Black Women In Music honor,[162] and in 2019, she was presented with the Women's Entrepreneurship Day Music Pioneer Award at the United Nations.[91] In 2020, Urban One presented her with the Music Innovation Award.[163]
In May 2021, Elliott was among the inaugural inductees for the
In December 2022, Elliott received a second honorary doctorate, this time from Norfolk State University, who also helped rename a Portsmouth street after her.[167]
In November 2023, Elliot became the first female rapper in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[168]
Other ventures
In 2005, there were plans to make a biographical film about the life story of Elliott.[169] It was to be co-produced by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, and written by Diane Houston.[170] In mid-June 2007, Elliott said she was still working on the script with Houston in order "to come up with the right stuff 'cause I don't want it to be watered down. I want it to be raw and uncut the way my life was."[170] Initially, it seemed Timbaland would not be a part of the movie. When Missy asked him, he refused, believing this dramatized his character; "the movie is about her life, her story, that goes deeper than putting me into the movie".[171]
Philanthropy
In 2002, Elliott wrote a letter on behalf of
In 2004, she joined forces with
In 2007, Elliott appeared on an ABC's Extreme Makeover and awarded four scholarships for a weight loss program to four underprivileged teens.
In August 2017, a 27-year-old Virginia man named Nathan Coflin began a Change.org petition that gained over 30,000 signatures in support of a statue to honor Elliott's philanthropic endeavors to be erected in her hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia.[173] On the petition's proposed site for this statue a Confederate Monument previously stood. This led to widespread media coverage in several national publications including The Washington Post,[174] HuffPost,[175] Newsweek[176] and Time Magazine.[177]
In October 2022, a portion of McLean Street in Portsmouth, Virginia was renamed "Missy Elliott Boulevard".[178]
Discography
- Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
- Da Real World (1999)
- Miss E... So Addictive (2001)
- Under Construction(2002)
- This Is Not a Test! (2003)
- The Cookbook (2005)
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Pootie Tang | Diva | |
2003 | Ultrasound: Hip Hop Dollars | Herself | Documentary |
2003 | Honey | Herself | |
2004 | Fade to Black | Herself | |
2004 | Shark Tale | Missy | Voice |
2005 | Just for Kicks | Herself |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | All That | Herself | "702" (Season 3, Episode 8) "MC Lyte" (Season 3, Episode 20) |
1997 | Family Matters | Herself | "Original Gangster Dawg" (Season 9, Episode 10) |
1998 | The Wayans Bros. | Herself | "The Kiss" (Season 5, Episode 7) |
2003 | Eve
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Herself | "Private Dancer" (Season 1, Episode 9) |
2003 | Punk'd | Herself | "Missy Elliott" (Season 2, Episode 1) |
2005 | The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott | Herself | Reality television |
2008 | Ego Trip's Miss Rap Supreme | Herself | Reality television |
2008 | My Super Sweet 16 | Herself | "Demetrius" (Season 8, Episode 1) |
2008 | America's Best Dance Crew | Judge assistant | Season 2
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2009 | Party Monsters Cabo | Herself | "Missy Elliott" (Season 1, Episode 7) |
2010 | What Chilli Wants | Herself | "What Chilli Wants" (Season 1, Episode 3) |
2015 | The Voice
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Mentor assistant | Season 9
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2016 | American Dad! | YoYo | "Stan-Dan Deliver" (voice) |
2016 | Taraji P. Henson's White Hot Holidays | Herself, Guest appearance | FOX television special
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2017 | Star | Pumpkin | 2 episodes |
Concert tours
Headlining
Co-headlining
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Special guest
Opening act
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See also
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Further reading
- Rappe, Michael (2010). Under Construction. ISBN 978-3-936655-67-4.
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