Missy Elliott

Birth Name:

Melissa Arnette Elliott

Birth Place:

Portsmouth, Virginia, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actress, Director

In 2016, she teamed up with Michelle Obama and Dianne Warren to make the song "This Is For My Girls" to help raise money for the Peace Corps Let Girls Learn Fund
Is the first female rape artist to have six albums certified platinum by RIAA
As a child, she would sing to her dolls and imagine them clapping for her performance
Formed her own record label, The Goldmind, Inc․, and released her first album, "Supa Dupa Fly," in 1997
Formed the music group Sista, which signed with Swing Mob Records in 1991
Quote: "I want kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there’s some kind of unity in Hip Hop․ We all found something that’s really important to us, and music is all we’ve really got․”"
Best known for teaming up with friendTimbaland to produce songs for singer Aaliyah
Has worked with a wide variety of artists, including Christina Aguilera, Mick Jagger, Eminem, and Whitney Houston
Well known for creative and outlandish music videos
Is the person who introduced rapper Biggie Smalls to singer Faith Evans
Recorded her debut album "Supa Dupa Fly" in just one week
Was voted "Class Clown" by her classmates during high school

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