Editing Missy Elliott (section)

== Personal life ==
Elliott said in 2008 that she wanted to start a family but was [[tokophobia|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."<ref name="people">{{cite news |last1=Herndon |first1=Jessica |last2=Park |first2=Michael Y. |date=July 31, 2008 |title=It's All Dance and No Play for Missy Elliott |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20216233,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912000402/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20216233,00.html |archive-date=September 12, 2008 |access-date=September 14, 2008 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref>

In June 2011, Elliott told [[People (magazine)|''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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jaslow |first=Ryan |date=June 24, 2011 |title=Graves' disease diagnosis for Missy Elliot came after rapper almost wrecked car |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/graves-disease-diagnosis-for-missy-elliot-came-after-rapper-almost-wrecked-car/ |access-date=May 20, 2021 |website=[[CBS News]]}}</ref> She experienced severe symptoms from the condition and could not even hold a pen to write songs. After treatment, her symptoms stabilized.<ref>{{cite web |last=McKenzie |first=Joi-Marie |date=January 26, 2018 |title=Missy Elliott gives inspiring speech on overcoming Graves' disease, talks friendship with Janet Jackson |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/missy-elliott-inspiring-speech-overcame-graves-disease-52630301 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |website=[[Good Morning, America]]}}</ref>