Editing Missy Elliott (section)

== Other ventures ==

=== Film ===
In 2005, there were plans to make a biographical film about the life story of Elliott.<ref>{{cite web |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=November 29, 2005 |title=Missy Elliott Says She'll Expose Rape In Autobiographical Film |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1515205/20051129/elliott_missy.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114235952/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1515205/20051129/elliott_missy.jhtml |archive-date=January 14, 2009 |access-date=November 23, 2008 |work=[[MTV News]]}}</ref> It was to be co-produced by [[Robert De Niro]] and [[Jane Rosenthal]], and written by Diane Houston.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Shepherd |first=Julianne |date=June 25, 2007 |title=The Making of Keyshia Cole's 'Let it Go' |url=http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2007/06/keyshia_let_go_vid |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306202429/http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2007/06/keyshia_let_go_vid |archive-date=March 6, 2009 |access-date=December 30, 2016 |work=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe.com]]}}</ref> 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."<ref name=":0" /> 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".<ref>{{cite web |date=July 18, 2006 |title=Timbaland Shuns Missy Elliott Biopic |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/timbaland%20shuns%20missy%20elliott%20biopic_1002751 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522110932/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/timbaland%20shuns%20missy%20elliott%20biopic_1002751 |archive-date=May 22, 2009 |access-date=December 12, 2015 |website=Contactmusic.com}}</ref>

=== Philanthropy ===
In 2002, Elliott wrote a letter on behalf of [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]] to the mayor of her hometown Portsmouth, Virginia, asking that all shelter animals be [[neutering|neutered/spayed]] before being adopted.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 12, 2002 |title=Missy Spearheads Campaign To Have Adopted Pets Neutered |url=https://www.nme.com/news/missy-elliott/13224 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304225025/http://www.nme.com/news/missy-elliott/13224 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=December 30, 2016 |website=NME.com}}</ref> For the [[reality TV]] show ''The Road to Stardom'', there was a contest for viewers to create a public service ad for the Break the Cycle fund.

In 2004, she joined forces with [[MAC Cosmetics]] to promote their "Viva Glam" campaign. In addition to the ad campaign, Elliott promoted the MAC Viva Glam V lipstick from which 100% of the sale goes to the MAC [[AIDS]] Fund.

In 2007, Elliott appeared on an [[American Broadcasting Company|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]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ollison |first=Rashod |title=30,000 sign petition for Missy Elliott statue to replace Portsmouth Confederate monument |url=https://pilotonline.com/news/local/sign-petition-for-missy-elliott-statue-to-replace-portsmouth-confederate/article_59a9c13f-5461-5ac9-9922-fd1451b77ae2.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826073232/https://pilotonline.com/news/local/sign-petition-for-missy-elliott-statue-to-replace-portsmouth-confederate/article_59a9c13f-5461-5ac9-9922-fd1451b77ae2.html |archive-date=August 26, 2017 |access-date=August 26, 2017 |work=Virginian-Pilot}}</ref> On the petition's proposed site for this statue a [[Confederate Monument (Portsmouth, Virginia)|Confederate Monument]] previously stood. This led to widespread media coverage in several national publications including [[The Washington Post]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=This petition wants to replace a Confederate monument with hometown hero Missy Elliott |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2017/08/20/this-petition-wants-to-replace-a-confederate-monument-with-hometown-hero-missy-elliott/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826074508/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2017/08/20/this-petition-wants-to-replace-a-confederate-monument-with-hometown-hero-missy-elliott/ |archive-date=August 26, 2017 |access-date=August 26, 2017 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref> [[HuffPost]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sieczkowski |first=Cavan |date=August 21, 2017 |title=Petition Wants A Statue Of Missy Elliott To Replace A Confederate Monument |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/missy-elliott-confederate-statue-petition_us_599af996e4b0e8cc855f071c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826074909/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/missy-elliott-confederate-statue-petition_us_599af996e4b0e8cc855f071c |archive-date=August 26, 2017 |access-date=August 26, 2017 |work=Huffington Post}}</ref> [[Newsweek]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 21, 2017 |title=Could Missy Elliott replace a Confederate statue in Virginia? |url=http://www.newsweek.com/petitioners-want-replace-confederate-statue-one-missy-elliott-652635 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826053803/http://www.newsweek.com/petitioners-want-replace-confederate-statue-one-missy-elliott-652635 |archive-date=August 26, 2017 |access-date=August 26, 2017 |website=Newsweek.com}}</ref> and ''[[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lang |first=Cady |date=August 22, 2017 |title=Thousands Petition to Replace Statue With Missy Elliot |url=https://time.com/4910939/missy-elliott-confederate-statue/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825143023/http://time.com/4910939/missy-elliott-confederate-statue/ |archive-date=August 25, 2017 |access-date=August 26, 2017 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>

In October 2022, a portion of McLean Street in Portsmouth, Virginia was renamed "Missy Elliott Boulevard".<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 15, 2022 |title=A Virginia street will be named after Missy Elliott |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/15/entertainment/portsmouth-virginia-missy-elliott-boulevard-trnd/index.html |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>