Missy Elliott
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30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 5: Missy Elliott 'The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)'
Let’s go ahead and get a few facts out of the way about Missy Elliot’s song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly).” For one, the song is timeless—I believe if this song was released today, some 23 years after its original release, it would still be a hit. It’s so different and so unique, so special,…
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Missy Elliot's 'Cool Off' Visuals Provide the Perfect Cure For Your Quarantine Blues
While Missy Elliot’s latest body of work, 2019’s Iconology, failed to capture our attention, she’s been hitting us in the head with dope visual after dope visual since the EP’s August release. And if you thought a global pandemic would prohibit her from continuing to do so, you have much to learn about the 48-year-old’s…
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All We Want This Halloween Is to Age Like Missy Elliott
Yeah, yeah…we know there’s no such thing as Halloween wishes (or the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown), but if we could cash in all the fun-sized candy for one wish this spooky holiday, it’d be to age as effortlessly as Missy Elliott seems to be doing (or Gabrielle Union, but we digress). The legendary rapper and…
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Alexandra Butler Is Bringing Missy Elliott’s Iconic Looks To Life
For over 20 years, Melissa “Missy” Elliott has flipped it, dipped it and reversed it all over our hearts with her captivating lyrics and iconic looks. In my mind, Elliott was already in 2054 while the rest of us were in 1997. From day one, Missy gave us looks that left an indelible mark on…
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Monica Shares the Importance of Friendship at the VMAs
We all know at least one person who is able to be friends with everyone they come in contact with. If there’s a major life event, then this person is readily available to attend and, if they can’t make it, they’ll show their support in some other way. These people usually possess a magnetic personality…
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Black Women Owned the MTV Video Music Awards
Like Issa Rae, I watch award shows to root for everybody black. When a black person hit my screen during the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, I turned into a proud mother who was equipped with a sign and screams filled with the happiness that comes from knowing another one of our people is achieving…
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Beep Beep! Who Got the Keys to the Jeep in NYC? Because There’s a Museum of Missy Elliott
Hit ’em with the hee! Melissa Arnette “Missy” Elliott has a whole museum, y’all! On Wednesday morning, I was scrolling my Twitter timeline minding everyone else’s business when I saw the following tweet: I went through an array of emotions: 1. Fucking hell, I wish I was in NYC this weekend. I only express this…
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Missy Elliott Lasted Twenty Rounds and Finally Got Her Well-Deserved 2019 MTV Video Vanguard Award
Pass that dutch—it’s a celebration, bitches! Melissa Arnette Elliott—also known as Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott—has been honored with the 2019 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award! Yep, that’s what we thought, MTV. Y’all knew what was up. *places mob torches back into storage* As an elderly Rose Dewitt Bukater mused in the 1997 hit Titanic, “It’s been…
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'Hot Girl Summer,' Who? Drop Everything, Because Lizzo Just Dropped That 'Tempo'—With Missy Elliott
I been waitin’ for this one….Turn it up! Thought you were having a “Hot Girl Summer”? According to Lizzo, it’s “Thick Bitch Summer”—and we just got our summer anthem (actually, we’ll take both, please). They say never meet your heroes, but our favorite sangin’, rappin’, body-positive phenom Lizzo just teamed up with her sangin’, rappin’,…