Editing Missy Elliott

{{Short description|American rapper (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Missy Elliott
| image             = Missy Elliot.jpg
| caption           = Elliott in 2015
| birth_name        = Melissa Arnette Elliott
| alias             = Misdemeanor
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1971|7|1}}
| birth_place       = [[Portsmouth, Virginia]], U.S.
| occupations       = {{flatlist|
* Rapper
* singer
* songwriter
* record producer
}}
| discography       = {{hlist|[[Missy Elliott discography|Recording]]|[[Missy Elliott production discography|production]]}}
| years_active      = 1988–present
| background        = solo_singer
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
* [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
* [[progressive rap]]<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Barlow|first=Eve|date=April 24, 2015|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/remembering-tlcs-lisa-left-eye-lopes-the-trail-blazing-rb-badass-who-should-never-be-forgotten-769198|title=Remembering TLC's Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes, The Trail-Blazing R&B Badass Who Should Never Be Forgotten|magazine=[[NME]]|access-date=August 3, 2021}}</ref>
*[[neo soul]]<ref name="chang">{{cite book |last=Chang |first=Jeff |author-link=Jeff Chang (journalist) |title=[[Can't Stop Won't Stop (book)|Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation]] |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |location=New York |year=2005 |pages=445–446 |isbn=0-312-30143-X}}</ref>
}}
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[The Goldmind Inc.]]
* [[East West Records|East West]]
* [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
* [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
}}
| past_member_of    = [[Swing Mob]] · Sista
| website           = {{URL|missy-elliott.com}}
}}
'''Melissa Arnette''' "'''Missy'''" '''Elliott''' (born July 1, 1971), also known as '''Misdemeanor''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/missy-misdemeanor-elliott/11451|title=Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott|date=November 23, 2020|website=GRAMMY.com}}</ref><ref name= dispatch>{{cite news |title= Missy Elliott The Goddess of Rap |work= Richmond Times-Dispatch |location= Richmond, Virginia |date= February 21, 2003 |first= Nicole |last= Johnson |page= C1 |url= https://www.collater.al/en/missy-elliott-the-goddess-of-rap/ }}</ref> is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She began her musical career as a member of the [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] girl group [[4 All the Sistas Around da World|Sista]] during the 1990s, who were part of the larger musical collective [[Swing Mob]]—led by [[DeVante Swing]] of [[Jodeci]]. The former group's commercially unsuccessful debut album, ''[[4 All the Sistas Around da World]]'' (1994), was released by [[Elektra Records]] and met with positive critical reception. She collaborated with album's producer and Swing Mob cohort [[Timbaland]] to work in [[Missy Elliott production discography|songwriting and production]] for other acts, yielding commercially successful releases for [[702 (group)|702]], [[Aaliyah]], [[SWV]], and [[Total (group)|Total]]. 

Elliott re-emerged as a solo act with numerous collaborations and guest appearances by 1996, and in July of the following year, she released her debut studio album, ''[[Supa Dupa Fly]]'' (1997). As her mainstream breakthrough, the album was met with critical and commercial success, peaking at number three on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and spawning the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]-top 20 single "[[Sock It 2 Me]]" (featuring [[Da Brat]]).<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/1997/07/28/missy-to-the-max-how-a-regular-homegirl-became-hip-hops-freshest-princess/ |title=Missy to the Max How a Regular Homegirl Became Hip Hop's Freshest Princess|last=Hunter|first=Karen|date=July 28, 1997|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=March 16, 2025}}</ref> Her second album, ''[[Da Real World]]'' (1999) produced the singles "[[She's a Bitch]]", "[[All n My Grill]]" (featuring [[Big Boi]] and [[Nicole Wray]]), and "[[Hot Boyz (song)|Hot Boyz]]" (remixed featuring [[Lil' Mo]], [[Nas]], [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]] and [[Q-Tip (musician)|Q-Tip]]). The latter song set a 19-year record for most weeks atop the [[Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs]] by January 2000 (until [[Lil Nas X]]'s 2019 single "[[Old Town Road]]"), and spent 18 weeks atop the [[Hot Rap Songs]] chart from December 1999 to March 2000. 

Elliott's third and fourth albums, ''[[Miss E... So Addictive]]'' (2001) and ''[[Under Construction (Missy Elliott album)|Under Construction]]'' (2002) made her the sole recipient of both [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance|Grammy Awards for Best Female Rap Solo Performance]] with their respective songs "Scream a.k.a. Itchin" (featuring Timbaland) and "[[Work It (Missy Elliott song)|Work It]]". Furthermore, the albums peaked at numbers two and three on the ''Billboard'' 200, respectively, while "Work It" peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. 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 (Missy Elliott song)|Lose Control]]" (featuring [[Ciara]] and [[Fatman Scoop]]).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/missy-misdemeanor-elliott |publisher=Grammy Awards |title=Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott |access-date=July 21, 2018 |archive-date=January 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116044825/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/missy-misdemeanor-elliott |url-status=live }}</ref> Following a long-term hiatus, her debut extended play, ''[[Iconology (EP)|Iconology]]'' (2019) marked her first release in 14 years.

Elliott has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Missy Elliott|numerous accolades]], including four [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/missy-misdemeanor-elliott |title=Missy Elliott |publisher=Grammy Awards |access-date=July 21, 2018 |archive-date=January 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116044825/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/missy-misdemeanor-elliott |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Khari|title=Missy Elliott Crushed The Superbowl & Now Everyone Is Ready for Her Comeback|url=http://thesource.com/2015/02/02/missy-elliott-crushed-the-superbowl-now-everyone-is-ready-for-her-comeback/|magazine=[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]|date=February 2, 2015|access-date=March 15, 2015|archive-date=February 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215181341/http://thesource.com/2015/02/02/missy-elliott-crushed-the-superbowl-now-everyone-is-ready-for-her-comeback/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ewart|first=Alan|title=Missy Elliott Teases Comeback Track After A Decade Away|url=http://www.inquisitr.com/2523217/missy-elliott-teases-comeback-track-after-a-decade-away/|publisher=[[Inquisitr]]|date=October 27, 2015|access-date=March 15, 2016|archive-date=March 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322090227/http://www.inquisitr.com/2523217/missy-elliott-teases-comeback-track-after-a-decade-away/|url-status=live}}</ref> Her [[Missy Elliott discography|overall discography]] has sold 40 million records worldwide,<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=February 1, 2023 |title=Missy Elliott Calls 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nomination 'An Incredible Honor' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/missy-elliott-reaction-2023-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-nomination-1235209537/ |access-date=February 9, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> making her the best-selling female rapper in [[Nielsen SoundScan|Nielsen Music]] history according to ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7896960/missy-elliott-signs-with-wme-exclusive |title=Missy Elliott Signs With WME: Exclusive |last=Sun |first=Rebecca |date=August 9, 2017 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 4, 2018 |archive-date=March 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329042727/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7896960/missy-elliott-signs-with-wme-exclusive |url-status=live }}</ref> She was the first female rapper to be inducted into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]], and received the MTV VMAs [[Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award]] for her impact on the music video landscape.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/missy-elliott-inducted-songwriters-hall-of-fame-8515962 |title=Missy Elliott Inducted Into Songwriters Hall of Fame |date=June 14, 2019 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 15, 2019 |archive-date=August 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815161610/https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/hip-hop/8515962/missy-elliott-inducted-songwriters-hall-of-fame |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/missy-elliott-video-vanguard-first-female-rapper-8527170 |title=Missy Elliott to Become First Woman Rapper to Receive MTV's Video Vanguard Award |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=August 12, 2019 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 15, 2019 |archive-date=August 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815144535/https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/news/awards/8527170/missy-elliott-video-vanguard-first-woman-rapper |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020, ''Billboard'' ranked her at No. 5 on their list of the 100 greatest music video artists of all time.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=August 27, 2020|title=The 100 Greatest Music Video Artists of All Time: Staff List|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9440075/100-best-music-video-artists|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827203952/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9440075/100-best-music-video-artists|archive-date=August 27, 2020|access-date=August 28, 2020|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> In 2021, she was honored with a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]. In 2023, she became the first female rapper to be nominated and inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhall.com/missy-elliott-0|title=2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee: Missy Elliot|publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]|date= May 3, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/670694-missy-elliott-dj-kool-herc-inducted-into-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/|title=Missy Elliott and DJ Kool Herc are among the artists included in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2023.|website=[[HotNewHipHop]]|date= May 3, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/missy-elliott-dj-kool-herc-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/|title=Missy Elliot and DJ Kool Herc Chosen to be Inducted Into 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|magazine=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]|date= May 3, 2023}}</ref> In 2024, Elliot was honored as the 2022 recipient of the [[National Medal of Arts]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2024-10-21 |title=Missy Elliott, Selena, Queen Latifah to Receive National Arts Prize |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/selena-queen-latifah-missy-elliot-national-medals-arts-1235139389/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Melissa Arnette Elliott<ref name= sunshine>{{cite news |title= Letting the Sunshine In: At Her Mellowest, Rapper Missy Elliott is Still a Ball of Fire |newspaper= New York Daily News |page= 2 |date= May 13, 2001 |first= Lola |last= Ogunnaike |url= http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=1142BAFD4C313358&p_docnum=1&p_queryname=9 }}</ref> was born on July 1, 1971,<ref name= birthdate>{{cite news |title= Today in History |publisher= Associated Press |date= July 1, 2011 |url= http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=138863DE84827EC8&p_docnum=1&p_queryname=2 }}</ref> at [[Naval Medical Center Portsmouth]] in [[Portsmouth, Virginia]],<ref name=":1"/><ref name= ambitions>Cutchins, Rebecca Myers (February 25, 1998). "Missy's Mom Pat Elliott of Portsmouth Talks About the Lifelong Ambitions of her Daughter, Grammy-nominated Rapper Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott". ''The Virginian-Pilot'' (Norfolk, Virginia). p. E1.</ref> the only child of power company dispatcher Patricia and former [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] Ronnie Elliott.<ref name= sunshine/><ref name= action>{{cite news|last=Kessler|first=Ted|date=August 5, 2001|title=Missy in action|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/aug/05/life1.lifemagazine7|access-date=October 28, 2008|archive-date=December 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220042711/http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/aug/05/life1.lifemagazine7|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name= universe>{{cite magazine|last=Lynch|first=Jason|date=January 20, 2003|title=Missy Universe|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20139061,00.html|access-date=November 27, 2008|archive-date=February 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204004613/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20139061,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 [[wikt:class clown|class clown]].<ref name= scary>{{cite news |last = Baker |first = Lindsay |date = November 1, 2003 |title = Scary? Me? |work = [[The Guardian]] |url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/nov/01/popandrock.missyelliott |access-date = October 28, 2008 |location = London |archive-date = November 10, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131110173157/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/nov/01/popandrock.missyelliott |url-status = live }}</ref> While her father was an active Marine, the family lived in a manufactured home community in [[Jacksonville, North Carolina]].<ref name= scary /><ref name= ambitions/> 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.<ref name= action />

Life in Virginia saw many hardships, and Elliott has talked about seeing her mother suffer [[domestic abuse]] at the hands of her father; she refused to attend sleepovers at her friends' homes out of fear that she would find her mother dead upon returning home.<ref name= herald>{{cite news |title= What Would Her Mother Say? |work= The Sunday Herald |location= Glasgow, Scotland |date= October 31, 2002 |url= http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=0F71A860C060311B&p_docnum=5&p_queryname=12 }}</ref> When she was eight, she was [[child sexual abuse|sexually abused]] by a cousin. In one violent incident, her father dislocated her mother's shoulders; during another, Elliott herself was threatened by her father with a gun.<ref name= herald/> When Elliott was 14, her mother decided to end the situation and fled with Elliott on the pretext of taking a joyride on a local bus. In reality, the pair had found refuge at a family member's home, where their possessions were stored in a loaded [[U-Haul]] truck.<ref name= action /> Elliott told her mother that she feared her father would kill them both for leaving.<ref name="scary"/> She later stated, "When we left, my mother realized how strong she was on her own, and it made me strong. It took her leaving her home to be able to realize that."<ref name= action /><ref name= scary /> She and her mother lived in the Hodges Ferry neighborhood of Portsmouth,<ref name= ambitions/> where Elliott graduated from [[Manor High School (Portsmouth, Virginia)|Manor High School]] in 1990.<ref name= sunshine/> She later said that she occasionally speaks to her father, but has not forgiven him for abusing her mother.<ref name= action /><ref name= scary />

==Career==

=== 1988–1995: Early work and Sista ===
[[File:Noelia, Timbaland and Jorge Reynoso.jpg|left|alt=Two persons seated and one standing over a mixing board; at the far right is Timabland|thumb|Elliott's childhood friend [[Timbaland]] (pictured in 2012, far right) helped define her sound and the two have continued working together for decades]]
In 1988, Elliott formed an all-women [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] group called Fayze (later renamed Sista)<ref name="Kellman">Kellman, Andy. "[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1687503|pure_url=yes}} Still Standing – Monica]". [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved on March 23, 2010.</ref> with friends La'Shawn Shellman, Chonita Coleman, and Radiah Scott.<ref>{{cite web|author=Andy Kellman|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/missy-elliott-mn0000502371|title=Missy Elliot|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=November 24, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018081606/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/missy-elliott-mn0000502371|url-status=live}}</ref> She was introduced to her neighborhood friend [[Timbaland|Timothy Mosley (Timbaland)]] by [[Magoo (rapper)|Melvin Barcliff (Magoo)]] who was trying  to recruit his Dj Timbaland to be the group's [[record producer|producer]] and began making demo tracks, among them included the 1991 promo "First Move".<ref name="ew1">{{cite magazine|last=Brown|first=Ethan|title=Everyone Wants Timbaland|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/03/23/timbaland-wants-be-his-own-star/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=March 23, 2007|access-date=January 16, 2010|archive-date=February 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228080503/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20015777,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Later in 1991, Fayze caught the attention of [[Jodeci]] member and producer [[DeVante Swing]]<ref name="sunshine" /> by performing Jodeci songs [[a cappella]] for him backstage after one of his group's concerts. In short order, Fayze moved to New York City and signed to [[Elektra Records]] through DeVante's [[Swing Mob]] imprint and also renaming the group Sista. Sista's debut song was titled "Brand New", which was released in 1993<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|title=Missy Elliott&nbsp;– Biography|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p212097/biography|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|year=2005|access-date=April 18, 2008}}</ref> Elliott took Mosley & Barclif whom DeVante re-christened the duo as [[Timbaland & Magoo]].

All 20-plus members of the Swing Mob—among them future stars such as [[Ginuwine]], [[Playa (band)|Playa]], and [[Tweet (singer)|Tweet]]<ref name="How They Made It">{{cite book|last=Kimpel|first=Dan|title=How They Made It|publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation]]|year=2006|page=[https://archive.org/details/howtheymadeittru0000kimp/page/38 38]|isbn=0634076426|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/howtheymadeittru0000kimp/page/38}}</ref>—lived in a single two-story house in New York and were often at work on material both for Jodeci and their own projects.<ref name= universe /> While Elliott wrote and rapped on [[Raven-Symoné]]'s 1993 debut single, "[[That's What Little Girls Are Made Of]]" which was her first big musical breakthrough, peaking at #68 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,<ref name= dispatch /> 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.<ref name= ew1 /> One of the group's tracks, "It's Alright" featuring [[Craig Mack]] did however make the cut on the [[Dangerous Minds (soundtrack)|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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Carlos|first1=Marjon|title=Missy Elliott tops iTunes charts after killing it at the Super Bowl|url=http://fusion.net/story/42515/missy-elliott-stays-winning/|website=fusion.net|publisher=Fusion Media Network|access-date=January 27, 2016|archive-date=February 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204061900/http://fusion.net/story/42515/missy-elliott-stays-winning/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Higgins|first1=Keenan|title=Timbaland Surprises Shaggfest With Missy Elliott & Magoo|url=http://www.vibe.com/2012/06/timbaland-surprises-shaggfest-missy-elliott-magoo/|website=Vibe.com|publisher=Spin Media|access-date=January 27, 2016|archive-date=February 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204203658/http://www.vibe.com/2012/06/timbaland-surprises-shaggfest-missy-elliott-magoo/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last1= Hobbs| first1= Linda| title= One In A Million| date= December 2008| work= Vibe| pages= 113| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qiYEAAAAMBAJ&q=super+friends+missy+elliott&pg=PA113| access-date= January 27, 2016| archive-date= March 29, 2021| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210329042741/https://books.google.com/books?id=qiYEAAAAMBAJ&q=super+friends+missy+elliott&pg=PA113| url-status= live}}</ref>

=== 1996–1998: ''Supa Dupa Fly'' ===
[[File:Aaliyah Dana Haughton 02.jpg|alt=Aaliyah smiling|thumb|Elliott began collaborating with other artists in the late 1990s, including Aaliyah (pictured in 2000).]]
After leaving Swing Mob, Elliott and Timbaland worked together as a songwriting/production team, crafting tracks for acts including [[SWV]], [[702 (group)|702]], and most notably [[Aaliyah]].<ref name="How They Made It"/> The pair wrote and produced nine tracks for Aaliyah's second album, ''[[One in a Million (Aaliyah album)|One in a Million]]'' (1996), among them the hit singles "[[If Your Girl Only Knew]]", "[[One in a Million (Aaliyah song)|One in a Million]]", "[[Hot Like Fire]]", and "[[4 Page Letter]]".<ref name= Allmusic /> Elliott contributed background vocals and/or guest raps to nearly all of the tracks on which she and Timbaland worked. ''One in a Million'' went [[double platinum]] and made stars out of the production duo. Elliott and Timbaland continued to work together for other artists, later creating hits for artists such as [[Total (group)|Total]] ("[[What About Us? (Total song)|What About Us?]]"; 1997), [[Nicole Wray]] ("[[Make It Hot (Nicole Wray song)|Make It Hot]]"; 1998), and [[Destiny's Child]] ("[[Get on the Bus (song)|Get on the Bus]]"; 1998), as well as one final hit for Aaliyah, "[[I Care 4 U (song)|I Care 4 U]]", before her death in 2001. Elliott also wrote the bulk of [[Total (group)|Total]]'s second and final album ''[[Kima, Keisha, and Pam]]'' and [[Nicole Wray]]'s debut ''[[Make It Hot]]'' (both released in 1998). Elliott began her career as a featured vocalist rapping on [[Sean Combs|Sean "Puffy" Combs]]'s Bad Boy remixes to [[Gina Thompson]]'s "[[The Things That You Do]]", (which had a video featuring cameo appearances by Notorious B.I.G and Puff Daddy), [[MC Lyte]]'s 1996 hit single "[[Cold Rock a Party]]" (backup vocals by Gina Thompson), and [[New Edition]]'s 1996 single "[[You Don't Have to Worry (New Edition song)|You Don't Have to Worry]]". In 1996, Elliott also appeared on the Men of Vizion's remix of "Do Thangz" which was produced by [[Rodney Jerkins]] (coincidentally the producer of the original version of "[[The Things That You Do]]").

Combs had hoped to sign Elliott to his [[Bad Boy Records|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 Records|Elektra Entertainment Group]], for which she would record as a solo artist.<ref name="How They Made It"/> 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 (band)|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 (Supa Dupa Fly)|The Rain]]" led the album to be certified platinum.<ref name= Allmusic /> 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".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/missy-elliott-most-iconic-fashion-moments/5-missy-elliott-im-better-ft-lamb/|title=Missy Elliott's Most Iconic Fashion Moments: From 'The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)' to 'Throw It Back'|magazine=Billboard|last=Saunders|first=Nicole}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/-28407/missy-elliott-the-rain-supa-dupa-fly-28493/|title=The 100 Greatest Music Videos|magazine=Rolling Stone|location=Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/missy-elliott-shares-incredible-fan-made-tribute-to-her-hit-the-rain-2741757|title=Missy Elliott shares incredible fan-made tribute to her hit 'The Rain'|work=NME|date=August 31, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4762705/met-gala-2017-solange-photo/|title=Solange Knowles Pays Homage to Missy Elliott's Iconic Trash Bag Ensemble With Her Met Gala Look|magazine=Time}}</ref>

The success was also a result of the music videos of her single releases, which were directed by [[Hype Williams|Harold "Hype" Williams]], who created many groundbreaking hip hop, Afro-futuristic videos at the time. The album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the [[1998 Grammy Awards]], but lost to [[Puff Daddy]]'s ''[[No Way Out (Puff Daddy album)|No Way Out]]''. The year also saw Elliott perform live at the [[MTV Video Music Awards]] show on a remix to [[Lil' Kim]]'s "[[Not Tonight (song)|Ladies Night]]" with fellow rappers [[Da Brat]], [[Angie Martinez]] and [[TLC (group)|TLC]]-rapper [[Lisa Lopes|Left Eye]]. Elliott continued her successful career in the background as a producer and writer on [[Total (group)|Total]]'s single "Trippin'", as well as working with several others in the hip-hop and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] communities. Elliott co-wrote and co-produced two tracks on [[Whitney Houston]]'s 1998 album ''[[My Love Is Your Love]]'', providing vocal cameos for "In My Business" and "Oh Yes". Elliott also produced and made a guest appearance on [[Spice Girls|Spice Girl]] [[Mel B|Melanie Brown]]'s debut solo single, "I Want You Back", which topped the [[UK Singles Chart]] in Brown's native United Kingdom and is Elliott's only chart-topping song in that country.

=== 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,<ref name=VH1-3>[http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/hip_hop_honors/_2007/honoree_detail.jhtml?id=missy&page=3 Missy Elliott – Me, I'm Supa Dupa Fly]{{dead link|date=November 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} ''VH1''. Accessed September 14, 2008.</ref> selling 1.5 million copies and 3 million copies worldwide. She remarked, "I can't even explain the pressure. The last album took me a week to record. This one took almost two months...I couldn't rush it the second time because people expect more."<ref name=VH1-3/> ''[[Da Real World]]'' (1999) included the singles "[[All n My Grill]]", a collaboration with [[Nicole Wray]] and [[Big Boi]] (from [[OutKast]]), a remix to "[[Hot Boyz (song)|Hot Boyz]]" and "[[She's a Bitch]]". Also in 1999, Elliott was featured, alongside Da Brat, on the official remix to a Mariah Carey single "[[Heartbreaker (Mariah Carey song)|Heartbreaker]]".<ref name="MTV News 2">{{cite web|title=Mariah Carey Casts "Rainbow" For Next LP; Taps Missy, Da Brat For Remix|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1426929/19990813/carey_mariah.jhtml|work=[[MTV News]]|publisher=[[MTV]]|date=August 13, 1999|access-date=May 7, 2009|archive-date=November 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107040128/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1426929/mariah-carey-casts-rainbow-next-lp-taps-missy-da-brat-remix.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> A music video was filmed for the remix, shot in black and white and featuring a cameo appearance by Dogg. The Desert Storm Remix is acclaimed by music critics and became a cult remix .<ref name="allmusic">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r239065}}</ref>

Missy Elliott next released ''[[Miss E... So Addictive]]'' on May 15, 2001. The album debuted at number two in the United States and sold 250,000 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://prod.warnermediagroup.com/newsroom/press-releases/2001/05/24/highlight-wmg-artists-score-three-top-ten-debuts-on-billboard|title=WMG Artists Score Three Top Ten Debuts on Billboard Album Chart This Week|work=[[WarnerMedia]]|date=May 24, 2001|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=June 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607151850/https://prod.warnermediagroup.com/newsroom/press-releases/2001/05/24/highlight-wmg-artists-score-three-top-ten-debuts-on-billboard|url-status=live}}</ref> It spawned the massive pop and urban hits "[[One Minute Man]]" (as to which MTV wrote: "Missy Elliott Plays [[Dr. Ruth]] On New Single"), featuring [[Ludacris]] and [[Trina]], and "[[Get Ur Freak On]]", as well as the international [[Club music|club]] hit "[[4 My People]]" and the less commercially successful single "[[Take Away (song)|Take Away]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1443130/missy-elliott-plays-dr-ruth-on-new-single/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117032626/http://www.mtv.com/news/1443130/missy-elliott-plays-dr-ruth-on-new-single/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 17, 2015|title=Missy Elliott Plays Dr. Ruth On New Single|website=MTV News}}</ref> The double music video for "Take Away/4 My People" was released in the fall of 2001, shortly after the sudden death of Elliott's close friend Aaliyah on August 25 and the [[9/11]] terrorist attacks. The "Take Away" video contained images of and words about Aaliyah, and the slow ballad acted as a tribute to her memory. The remainder of the video was the more upbeat "4 My People", contained scenes of people dancing happily in front of American flags and Elliott dressed in red, white and blue. Though "Take Away" was not a success on radio, "4 My People" went on to become an American and European [[nightclub|club]] hit due to a popular remix by [[house music]] duo [[Basement Jaxx]] in 2002.

[[Tweet (singer)|Tweet]]'s appearance on Elliott's "Take Away" as well as her cameo at Elliott's house on ''[[MTV Cribs]]'' helped to create a buzz about the new R&B singer. Tweet's own debut single, "Oops (Oh My)", was co-written by Elliott and released through Goldmind in February 2002. The single was a top ten hit, thanks partially to Elliott's songwriting and guest rap, and to Timbaland's unusual production on the track. Elliott co-produced the [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Lil' Kim]], [[Mya (singer)|Mýa]] and [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] cover of "[[Lady Marmalade#Moulin Rouge! version|Lady Marmalade]]" for the album ''[[Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title= Missy hitting the mark |work= The Straits Times |location= Singapore |date= January 30, 2003 |first= Tommy |last= Wee |url= http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=10015ADE0C3C38A3&p_docnum=6&p_queryname=15 }}</ref> which went to number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] in 2001.

=== 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 [[Run-DMC|Run–DMC]]'s "Peter Piper" and [[Frankie Smith]]'s "Double Dutch Bus". Elliott's fourth album, 2002's ''[[Under Construction (album)|Under Construction]]'' (see [[2002 in music]]) is known as the best selling women rap album with 2.1 million copies sold in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=July 8, 2008|title=Ask Billboard|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Nielsen Company|Nielsen Business Media]]|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044856/ask-billboard|access-date=August 1, 2008|archive-date=August 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801171830/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044856/ask-billboard|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2002, Elliott won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance for "Get Ur Freak On".<ref name= dispatch/> In 2003, ''Under Construction'' received Grammy nominations for [[Grammy Award for Best Rap Album|Best Rap Album]] and [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]].<ref>[http://www.hollywood.com/news/Grammy_Nominations_Announced/1735316 Grammy Nominations Announced] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326151555/http://www.hollywood.com/news/Grammy_Nominations_Announced/1735316 |date=March 26, 2011 }}. Hollywood.com. Retrieved on December 12, 2015.</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' designated ''Under Construction'' "this year's best hip-hop album".<ref>{{cite news| first= Kelefa| last= Sanneh| date= December 22, 2002| url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E3DA153DF931A15751C1A9649C8B63&scp=1&sq=%22those+who+rap%22&st=nyt| title= Hip-Hop Divides: Those Who Rap, Those Who Don't| work= The New York Times| access-date= September 14, 2008| archive-date= March 29, 2021| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210329042742/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/22/arts/hip-hop-divides-those-who-rap-those-who-don-t.html| url-status= live}}</ref> Elliott released two singles off of [[Under Construction (Missy Elliott album)|Under Construction]]. The lead single, "[[Work It (Missy Elliott song)|Work It]]" reached No. 2 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s Hot 100 chart and won the "Video of the Year" award at [[MTV]]'s Video Music Awards. The second single, "[[Gossip Folks]]" featuring [[Ludacris]], became a Top 10 hit on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Hot 100 chart, was one of the most-played music videos on [[MTV]], [[MTV2]], [[BET Jams|MTV Jams]], and [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]] in 2003 and was embraced by the dance community, as well as the mainstream, due to a [[Fatboy Slim]] remix.<ref name=VH1-5>{{cite web| url= http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/hip_hop_honors/_2007/honoree_detail.jhtml?id=missy&page=5 |title= Missy Elliott – She Puts Her Thing Down, Flips It, Reverses It| website= VH1.com| access-date= September 14, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> A third single was never released, though a video was shot for "[[Back in the Day (Missy Elliott song)|Back In The Day]]" featuring [[Jay-Z]]<ref>{{cite web| first= Corey| last= Moss| date= January 21, 2003| url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1459570/20030117/elliott_missy.jhtml| title= Missy Elliott, Jay-Z Go 'Back in the Day' For New Video| website= MTV.com| access-date= September 14, 2008| archive-date= January 14, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090114175927/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1459570/20030117/elliott_missy.jhtml| url-status= dead}}</ref> and Elliott was.

In between albums, Elliott produced the "American Dream Remix" (featuring Tweet's additional vocals) of [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s single "American Life", was featured rapper on Timbaland & Magoo's return single, "[[Cop That Shit]]", and produced "Fighting Temptation" (featuring herself, Beyoncé, [[Free (rapper)|Free]] and [[MC Lyte]]) for the soundtrack to the [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]] and [[Beyoncé|Beyoncé Knowles]] movie of the same name. The track reached No. 1 in Japan but failed to chart in the U.S. Hot 100. Elliott was also featured on [[Wyclef Jean]]'s "[[Party to Damascus]]" and [[Ghostface Killah]]'s "[[Tush (Ghostface Killah song)|Tush]]" singles, the latter of which became a minor 2004 dance hit, and had a pivotal role in the film ''[[Honey (2003 film)|Honey]]''. [[Gap Inc.|Gap]] approached Elliott later in the year to co-star in a commercial with Madonna, which received much media attention.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.ephinx.com/tvadverts/tvadvert.php?id=57| title= Gap Cord Jeans Missy Elliott and Madonna| website= Ephinx.com| access-date= December 12, 2015| archive-date= March 4, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084945/http://www.ephinx.com/tvadverts/tvadvert.php?id=57| url-status= live}}</ref> Elliott furthered her relationship with Madonna by performing the controversial 2003 [[MTV Video Music Awards]] show opening alongside Madonna, [[Britney Spears]] and [[Christina Aguilera]]. Also in September 2003, Elliott performed the theme song "The Opposite Sex" for the [[UPN]] sitcom ''[[Eve (American TV series)|Eve]]'' starring her good friend and fellow rapper [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]]. It lasted for three seasons.

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.<ref name= recipe>{{cite news |title= Missy's recipe for hits |work= Sunday Mail |location= Adelaide, Australia |date= July 10, 2005 |first= Nekesa Mumbi |last= Moody |page= I5 |url= http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=10B4513B5EB9D840&p_docnum=9&p_queryname=14 }}</ref> Elliott's singles, "[[Pass That Dutch]]" and "[[I'm Really Hot]]", from her fifth album, ''[[This Is Not a Test!]]'' (released November 2003), both rose the urban charts. However, both were not as successful at pop radio in comparison to many of her previous efforts. ''This Is Not A Test'' sold 690,000 copies in the United States<ref name= recipe/> and has been [[Platinum certification|certified Platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA). Elliott has since stated that "the album ''This Is Not A Test'' came out extremely too quickly for me. I didn't want it to come out when it did."<ref name=yahoo>{{cite news| first= Nekesa Mumbi| last= Moody| date= June 29, 2005| url= http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/21240488| title= Elliott Offers More Conventional Formula| website= Yahoo.com| access-date= September 14, 2008| archive-date= February 12, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080212031423/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/21240488| url-status= live}}</ref> In 2004, Elliott was featured on [[Ciara]]'s hit single "[[1, 2 Step]]", with her verse interpolating [[Teena Marie]]'s single, "Square Biz". Elliott premiered her own reality show on the [[UPN]] Network, ''[[The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott]]'' in 2005 even though it was not renewed for a second season. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, she sold more than 7.6 million copies in the United States, being a woman rapper with best-selling albums in the country, followed by [[Lauryn Hill]] (seven million), [[Lil' Kim]] (four million), and [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]] (four million) at the time.<ref name="ew sales"/>

=== 2005–2006: ''The Cookbook'' ===
[[File:Missy Elliott 2006.jpg|alt=Elliott in a track suit with a microphone|thumb|Elliott onstage in 2006]]
Elliott wanted to "give people the unexpected" by utilizing producers other than Timbaland and a "more to the center" sound not as [[Out of left field|far left]] as her other music.<ref name=yahoo/> Her sixth solo album, ''[[The Cookbook]]'' was released on July 4, 2005, debuted at number two on the U.S. charts and was later certified [[Music recording certification|platinum]] in 2022 by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for selling over 1,000,000 copies in the United States. Elliott's work during ''The Cookbook'' era was heavily recognized. Elliott received 5 [[Grammy]] nominations in 2005, including one for Best Rap Album for ''The Cookbook''. The album's first single, "Lose Control", won a Grammy for Best Short Form Video and was nominated for Best Rap Song. "Lose Control" also garnered Elliott six 2005 MTV VMA award nominations (winning Best Dance Video and Best Hip-Hop Video). Elliott won Best Female Hip Hop Artist at the 2005 [[American Music Award]]s, and was nominated for Best International Female Artist at the [[2006 BRIT Awards]].

"[[Lose Control (Missy Elliott song)|Lose Control]]" featuring [[Ciara]] and [[Fatman Scoop]], became a Top 5 hit in the midyear (peaking at number three on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]). The second single, Teary Eyed, did not chart, although the video charted on MTV's ''[[Total Request Live|TRL]]'' for a few weeks, and [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]]'s ''[[106 & Park]]'' for a few days. The third single, "[[We Run This]]", was released with heavy airplay on [[VH1]], [[MTV]], and BET. It served as the lead single for the soundtrack to the gymnastics-themed film ''[[Stick It]].'' The song was also nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Rap Solo Performance category in 2006. ''[[Respect M.E.]]'', Elliott's first greatest hits album, was released outside the United States and Canada on September 4, 2006, only in South Africa, Australia, Europe, Japan, and Brazil. The collection became her second top ten album in the UK and her highest-charting album to date, peaking at number seven there.

=== 2007–2014: Production focus ===
Elliott was an honoree of the 2007 VH1 Hip Hop Honors.<ref name= classics>{{cite news |title= Local Hip-hop Classics |work= The Virginian-Pilot |location= Norfolk, Virginia |date= October 8, 2007 |first= Malcolm |last= Venable |page= E1 |url= http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=11C33A4277F50708&p_docnum=11&p_queryname=16 }}</ref> In honor of her career, many artists performed some of her biggest hits. Timbaland and [[Tweet (singer)|Tweet]] performed "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)", [[Eve (entertainer)|Eve]] and [[Keyshia Cole]] performed "[[Hot Boyz (song)|Hot Boyz]]" and "Work It", [[Fatman Scoop]] and [[Ciara]] performed "Lose Control", and [[Nelly Furtado]] performed "Get Ur Freak On (The Remix)".<ref>[http://vh1blog.vh1.com/2007/07/vh1-presents-hi.html VH1 Presents Hip Hop Honors]{{dead link|date=November 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. Vh1blog.vh1.com. Retrieved on December 12, 2015.</ref> Since 2007, Elliott's seventh [[studio album]] has had several different forms with extensive delays. In 2007, she worked with Timbaland, [[Swizz Beatz]], [[Danja (record producer)|Danja]], [[T-Pain]] and [[DJ Toomp]] and planned to release an album at the beginning of 2008.<ref name= ewinterview>{{cite magazine|last=Watson|first=Margeaux|title=In the Studio With... Missy Elliott|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/09/28/studio-missy-elliott/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=September 28, 2007|access-date=January 5, 2013|archive-date=June 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625140354/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20059023,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2008, "[[Ching-a-Ling]]" was released as the lead single for the ''[[Step Up 2: The Streets]]'' soundtrack, which also featured "[[Shake Your Pom Pom]]" produced by Timbaland. Elliott released the song "[[Best, Best]]" in the same year<ref>{{cite web|title=Missy Elliott Titles New Album 'FANomenal'|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2008/05/27/missy-elliott-titles-new-album-fanomenal/|work=[[Rap-Up]]|date=May 27, 2008|access-date=January 5, 2013|archive-date=December 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213234516/http://www.rap-up.com/2008/05/27/missy-elliott-titles-new-album-fanomenal/|url-status=live}}</ref> and renamed the albums previous title ''FANomenal'' to its tentative title ''Block Party''.<ref name="back around">{{cite magazine| first= Mariel| last= Concepcion| date= June 10, 2008| url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045131/missy-elliott-goes-back-around-the-block| title= Missy Elliott Goes Back Around The 'Block'| magazine= Billboard| access-date= June 13, 2008| archive-date= September 13, 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140913033943/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045131/missy-elliott-goes-back-around-the-block| url-status= live}}</ref> She later decided against ''Block Party'' and four years later, in 2012, Elliott released two Timbaland-produced singles ("[[9th Inning]]" and "[[Triple Threat (Missy Elliott song)|Triple Threat]]") exclusively to iTunes.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ro |url=http://www.missy-elliott.com/blog/download-triple-threat-and-9th-inning-itunes-now-12171 |title=Download "Triple Threat" and "9th Inning" on iTunes NOW! – Missy Elliott Latest News |website=Missy-elliott.com |access-date=February 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925111208/http://www.missy-elliott.com/blog/download-triple-threat-and-9th-inning-itunes-now-12171 |archive-date=September 25, 2012}}</ref> Though the songs managed to chart on [[Hot Digital Songs|''Billboard'' Hot Digital Songs]],<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Missy Elliott – Chart history|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=missy elliott|chart=Rap Songs B}}|magazine= Billboard |access-date=December 15, 2013}}</ref> in an interview with Yahoo's The Yo Show, Missy talked about her hiatus from making records: "Your brain needs time to refresh! Things happen in your life where you can then write something else instead of the same three topics. Like, how many times we gonna talk about the club? I gotta feel like what I'm giving the fans is 100 percent and that it's game-changing. I don't just throw out microwave records."<ref name="Fuse TV">{{cite web| first= Nicole| last= James| date= February 6, 2014| url= http://www.fuse.tv/2014/02/missy-elliott-hiatus-new-album-interview| title= Missy Elliott On Her Hiatus: 'My Brain Needs Time to Refresh'| website= Fuse.tv| access-date= February 6, 2014| archive-date= February 22, 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140222010228/http://www.fuse.tv/2014/02/missy-elliott-hiatus-new-album-interview| url-status= live}}</ref>

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 [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] with [[Keyshia Cole]]'s "Let It Go" (2007), [[Jazmine Sullivan]]'s "Need U Bad" (2008), and [[Monica (entertainer)|Monica]]'s "Everything to Me" (2010). Since 2008, songs written and/or produced by Elliott for [[Fantasia Barrino|Fantasia]] ("Free Yourself"), [[Jennifer Hudson]] ("I'm His Only Woman"), [[Monica (singer)|Monica]] ("Everything to Me"), [[Keyshia Cole]] ("Let It Go"), and [[Jazmine Sullivan]] ("Need U Bad" and "Holding You Down (Goin' in Circles)") have all received [[Grammy]] nominations. Both Fantasia's "Free Yourself" (2005) and Sullivan's "Holding You Down (Goin' In Circles)" reached No. 3 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]. In mid-2010, Elliott embarked on a two-part tour with stops in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia,<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.bandsintown.com/MissyElliott/past_events | title= Missy Elliott Tour History | website= Bandsintown.com | access-date= December 30, 2016 | archive-date= December 31, 2016 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161231075227/http://www.bandsintown.com/MissyElliott/past_events | url-status= dead }}</ref> while she also performed at VH1's "Hip Hop Honors: The Dirty South" in a tribute to Timbaland, performing "[[Get Ur Freak On]]" and [[Work It (Missy Elliott song)|"Work It"]]. In 2008 she made an appearance in "[[Whatcha Think About That]]" by [[The Pussycat Dolls]], and performed live in different places with them. In 2011 and 2012, Elliott made guest appearances on "All Night Long" by [[Demi Lovato]], "[[Nobody's Perfect (J. Cole song)|Nobody's Perfect]]" by [[J. Cole]], the remix of "[[Why Stop Now (Busta Rhymes song)|Why Stop Now]]" by [[Busta Rhymes]] with [[Chris Brown (American entertainer)|Chris Brown]] and [[Lil Wayne]], and a remix of [[Katy Perry]]'s "[[Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)]]" that helped catapult "T.G.I.F". to No. 1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. She also produced [[Monica (entertainer)|Monica]]'s singles "Anything (To Find You)" and "Until It's Gone".

Throughout 2013, Missy Elliott was featured on [[Eve (entertainer)|Eve]]'s album cut "Wanna Be",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/04/05/tracklisting-eve-lip-lock/ |title=Tracklisting: Eve – 'Lip Lock' |work=Rap-Up |date=April 5, 2013 |access-date=April 7, 2013 |archive-date=May 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501144055/http://www.rap-up.com/2013/04/05/tracklisting-eve-lip-lock/ |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as international artists singles, [[Little Mix]]'s "[[How Ya Doin'?]]" and "[[Niliria|NiLiria]]" with K-pop musician [[G-Dragon]], which was named by [[Complex (magazine)|''Complex'' magazine]] as one of the "50 Best Songs of 2013".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/g-dragon-missy-elliott-song-picked-as-one-of-2013s-best/ |title=G-Dragon-Missy Elliott song picked as one of 2013's best |website=mb.com.ph |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007002203/http://www.mb.com.ph/g-dragon-missy-elliott-song-picked-as-one-of-2013s-best/ |archive-date=October 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |first=Jonathan M. |last=Hicap |date=December 4, 2013 |access-date=December 13, 2013}}</ref> Elliott also contributed to her protégée [[Sharaya J]]'s two releases, "Banji" and "Smash Up The Place/Snatch Yo Wigs". In December 2013, Elliott received a [[Grammy]] nomination with [[Fantasia Barrino|Fantasia]] and [[Kelly Rowland]] for their song "[[Without Me (Fantasia Barrino song)|Without Me]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Bronson|first=Fred|title='American Idol' Alums Nab Six Grammy Nominations|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/idol-worship/american-idol-alums-nab-six-664018|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=December 8, 2013|access-date=December 15, 2013|archive-date=December 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210050555/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/idol-worship/american-idol-alums-nab-six-664018|url-status=live}}</ref> As early as July 2013, Missy Elliott and Timbaland held recording sessions for [[Kat Dahlia]]'s debut, ''[[My Garden (Kat Dahlia album)|My Garden]]'' (2015).<ref>{{cite web|title=Kat Dahlia works with Missy Elliott for debut album 'My Garden'|work=Hamada Mania Music Blog |url=http://hamadamania.com/2013/07/19/kat-dahlia-works-with-missy-elliot-for-debut-album-my-garden/|publisher=hamadamania.com|date=July 19, 2013|access-date=March 13, 2014|archive-date=March 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314060435/http://hamadamania.com/2013/07/19/kat-dahlia-works-with-missy-elliot-for-debut-album-my-garden/|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2013, R&B singer [[Faith Evans]] revealed that Missy Elliott would be featured on her sixth studio album, tentatively titled ''Incomparable''.<ref name= incomparable>{{cite web| title= Faith Evans Talks NEW Music, Whitney Houston and R&B Divas LA – Studio Q Exclusive| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT78Jt158wE&t=304| website= [[YouTube]].com| date= August 6, 2013| access-date= August 6, 2013| archive-date= March 29, 2021| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210329042827/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT78Jt158wE&t=304| url-status= live}}</ref> In March 2014, Evans revealed one of the tracks was named "[[I Deserve It]]", featuring Missy and her protégée [[Sharaya J]], in which Evans cited it as a "banger" and "feel good" record.<ref name= ratedrnb>{{cite web|last=Folk|first=Antwane|title=EXCLUSIVE: Faith Evans Calls New Missy Elliott Collaboration 'A Banger', Plays 'First & Last' Game|url=http://ratedrnb.com/2014/03/14/exclusive-faith-evans-calls-new-missy-elliott-collaboration-banger-plays-first-last-game/|work=Rated R&B|publisher=ratedrnb.com|date=March 14, 2014|access-date=March 15, 2014|archive-date=March 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315014447/http://ratedrnb.com/2014/03/14/exclusive-faith-evans-calls-new-missy-elliott-collaboration-banger-plays-first-last-game/|url-status=live}}</ref> Evans also revealed that in total Elliott contributed three tracks to her album.<ref name= ratedrnb /> On July 7, 2014, fellow R&B singer [[Monica (entertainer)|Monica]] confirmed that Elliott would be a feature on her upcoming eighth studio album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Monica Confirms Missy Elliott Collaboration For New Album|url=http://www.rttnews.com/2346140/monica-confirms-missy-elliott-collaboration-for-new-album.aspx|publisher=RTTnews.com|date=July 7, 2014|access-date=August 3, 2014|archive-date=August 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811000702/http://www.rttnews.com/2346140/monica-confirms-missy-elliott-collaboration-for-new-album.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 29, 2014, a snippet of a Missy Elliott–produced song, nickname "I Love Him", premiered on Monica's official [[Instagram]] account.<ref>{{cite web|last=Barnett|first=Vanessa|title=Monica and Missy Elliott Reunite in the Studio|url=http://hiphollywood.com/2014/07/monica-and-missy-elliott-reunite-in-the-studio/|work=HipHollywood|publisher=HipHollywood.com|date=July 29, 2014|access-date=August 3, 2014|archive-date=August 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809235126/http://hiphollywood.com/2014/07/monica-and-missy-elliott-reunite-in-the-studio/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2015–2018: Super Bowl XLIX halftime show and singles ===
In 2015, Elliott performed at the [[Super Bowl XLIX halftime show]] with [[Katy Perry]]. Elliott performed a medley of "Get Ur Freak On", "Work It", and "Lose Control".<ref>{{cite web|last=Reed|first=Ryan|title=Missy Elliott and Katy Perry Will Team Up for Super Bowl Halftime Show|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/missy-elliott-will-join-katy-perry-super-bowl-halftime-performance-20150130|work=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]|date=January 30, 2015|access-date=January 31, 2015|archive-date=January 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130220119/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/missy-elliott-will-join-katy-perry-super-bowl-halftime-performance-20150130|url-status=live}}</ref> The performance was well-received,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|title=Missy Elliott Works It During Three-Song Super Bowl Halftime Medley|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/super-bowl-2015/6458207/missy-elliott-super-bowl-halftime-show|magazine=Billboard|date=February 2, 2015|access-date=February 3, 2015|archive-date=February 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205031132/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/super-bowl-2015/6458207/missy-elliott-super-bowl-halftime-show|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Frannie|title='We Need Her': At The Super Bowl, Missy Elliott's Incredible Return|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/02/02/383303328/we-need-her-at-the-super-bowl-missy-elliots-incredible-return|work=NPR.org|date=February 2, 2015|access-date=February 3, 2015|archive-date=February 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203213702/http://www.npr.org/2015/02/02/383303328/we-need-her-at-the-super-bowl-missy-elliots-incredible-return|url-status=live}}</ref> and boosted digital sales of Elliott's work that week, with a twenty-five-fold increase in album sales (to 2,000 units) and a ten-fold increase in sales of the three songs she performed (to 71,000 units) compared to the week before. It also became the most watched Super Bowl halftime show in NFL history, receiving 118.5 million viewers in the United States.<ref>{{cite news| first= Hugh| last= McIntyre| url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2015/02/06/missy-elliott-saw-a-2500-sales-increase-after-the-the-super-bowl/| title= Missy Elliott Saw A 2,500% Sales Bump After The Super Bowl| work= [[Forbes]]| date= February 6, 2015| access-date= February 13, 2015| archive-date= February 13, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150213113120/http://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2015/02/06/missy-elliott-saw-a-2500-sales-increase-after-the-the-super-bowl/| url-status= live}}</ref> On February 3, 2015, it was confirmed that Elliott would be a feature on the upcoming remix to [[Diplo]] and [[Skrillex]]'s "[[Take Ü There]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Missy Elliott Goes Top 10 After Super Bowl Performance|work=Rap-Up|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2015/02/03/missy-elliott-goes-top-10-after-super-bowl-performance/|date=February 3, 2015|access-date=February 3, 2015|archive-date=February 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204075425/http://www.rap-up.com/2015/02/03/missy-elliott-goes-top-10-after-super-bowl-performance/|url-status=live}}</ref> On February 11, Elliott stated that she was still in the process of recording her seventh studio album, ''Block Party'', with Timbaland.<ref>{{cite magazine| url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6465928/missy-elliott-timbaland-studio| title= Missy Elliott & Timbaland Are Working on New Music| date= February 11, 2015| first= Erika| last= Ramirez| magazine= Billboard| access-date= February 3, 2015| archive-date= February 13, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150213131952/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6465928/missy-elliott-timbaland-studio| url-status= live}}</ref> On April 2, 2015, [[Pharrell Williams]] confirmed that he was working on Elliott's album during an episode of ''[[The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZNGOoUg_bk| title= Pharrell Williams Is Working on Missy Elliott's Album| work= YouTube| date= April 2, 2015| access-date= December 12, 2015| archive-date= December 12, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151212113906/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZNGOoUg_bk| url-status= live}}</ref> On November 12, 2015, "[[WTF (Where They From)]]" and its music video were simultaneously released to digital outlets.<ref>{{cite web| last= Jones| first= Jaleesa M.| title= Missy Elliott drops new video, shocks world| url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2015/11/12/missy-elliott-new-video-wtf-where-they-from/75641270/| work= [[USA Today]]| date= November 13, 2015| access-date= November 13, 2015| archive-date= November 12, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151112231731/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2015/11/12/missy-elliott-new-video-wtf-where-they-from/75641270/| url-status= live}}</ref> By November 19, the song and its video had been streamed 6.1 million times in the US alone, with an additional count of 16 million views per YouTube viewing.<ref>{{cite magazine | url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6777014/missy-elliott-wtf-top-10-hot-rb-hip-hop-songs | title= Missy Elliott's 'WTF' Hits Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | magazine= Billboard | date= November 24, 2015 | access-date= December 12, 2015 | archive-date= November 27, 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151127014216/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6777014/missy-elliott-wtf-top-10-hot-rb-hip-hop-songs | url-status= live }}</ref>

On February 7, 2016, the day of the [[Super Bowl 50|fiftieth]] [[Super Bowl]], Elliott released a promotional single, "Pep Rally".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Peters|first1=Mitchell|title=Missy Elliott Shares New Song 'Pep Rally' in Time for Super Bowl 50: Listen|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/6867223/missy-elliott-new-song-pep-rally-super-bowl-50-amazon|website=Billboard.com|access-date=February 8, 2016|archive-date=February 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208070430/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/6867223/missy-elliott-new-song-pep-rally-super-bowl-50-amazon|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that month, Elliott reunited with former protégée [[Tweet (singer)|Tweet]] and frequent collaborator Timbaland on the cut "Somebody Else Will" taken from the former's third studio album, ''[[Charlene (Tweet album)|Charlene]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kellman|first=Andy|title=Charlene – Tweet > Overview|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/charlene-mw0002898481|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|access-date=February 27, 2016|archive-date=February 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229233734/http://www.allmusic.com/album/charlene-mw0002898481|url-status=live}}</ref> By March 15, 2016, First Lady [[Michelle Obama]] proclaimed that she had assembled a collaborative track featuring vocals from Missy Elliott, [[Kelly Clarkson]], [[Janelle Monáe]] and [[Zendaya]] alongside production credit from pop songwriter [[Diane Warren]] and Elliott titled "This Is for My Girls".<ref name= mygirls>{{cite web| last= Lindner| first= Emilee| title= Michelle Obama Teams with Missy Elliott, Janelle Monae, Zendaya & More for New Song| url= http://www.fuse.tv/2016/03/michelle-obama-missy-elliott-janelle-monae-zendaya-song-sxsw-this-is-for-my-girls| publisher= [[Fuse (TV channel)|Fuse]]| date= March 15, 2016| access-date= March 15, 2016| archive-date= March 18, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160318212732/http://www.fuse.tv/2016/03/michelle-obama-missy-elliott-janelle-monae-zendaya-song-sxsw-this-is-for-my-girls| url-status= live}}</ref> The [[iTunes]]-exclusive record will be used to both coincide with Ms. Obama's [[SXSW]] speech and to promote her third-world educational initiative [[Let Girls Learn]].<ref name= mygirls />

Following a surprise appearance with [[TLC (group)|TLC]] on the 2016 televised special ''[[Taraji P. Henson|Taraji]]'s White Hot Holidays'',<ref>{{cite magazine|title=TLC & Missy Elliott Get Into the Christmas Spirit for 'Taraji's White Hot Holidays'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7616343/tlc-missy-elliott-christmas-spirit-tarajis-white-hot-holidays|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=January 27, 2017|access-date=January 27, 2017|archive-date=January 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123114202/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7616343/tlc-missy-elliott-christmas-spirit-tarajis-white-hot-holidays|url-status=live}}</ref> Elliott announced plans to release a documentary chronicling her impact on the production scene in both audio and video.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Feeney|first=Nolan|title=Missy Elliott Drops New Song and Music Video, Announces Documentary|url=https://ew.com/music/2017/01/26/missy-elliott-new-song-announces-documentary/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=January 26, 2017|access-date=January 27, 2017|archive-date=January 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127065046/http://ew.com/music/2017/01/26/missy-elliott-new-song-announces-documentary/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 [[Cainon Lamb|Lamb]] and shared directing credit by Elliott and longtime colleague [[Dave Meyers (director)|Dave Meyers]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Bundy|first=Will|title=Missy Elliott Debuts New Single and Video, 'I'm Better'|url=http://www.thefader.com/2017/01/27/missy-elliott-im-better-lamb-single-video|work=[[The Fader|The FADER]]|date=January 27, 2017|access-date=January 27, 2017|archive-date=January 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128021636/http://www.thefader.com/2017/01/27/missy-elliott-im-better-lamb-single-video|url-status=live}}</ref>

In July 2018, Missy Elliott teased fans by appearing on a snippet nicknamed "ID" by [[Skrillex]],<ref name=":3">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Karlie|title=Skrillex Drops New ID That Sounds Like a Missy Elliott Collab|url=https://www.youredm.com/2018/05/24/skrillex-id-sounds-like-missy-elliott/|work=Your EDM|date=May 24, 2018|access-date=July 5, 2018|archive-date=July 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705175914/https://www.youredm.com/2018/05/24/skrillex-id-sounds-like-missy-elliott/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 (album)|Sweetener]]'' (2018). In October 2018, Elliott announced that she is working on her new album, which would be released in 2019.<ref name="thesource">{{cite web|url=http://thesource.com/2018/10/11/missy-elliott-new-album/|title=Missy Elliott Is Working On A New Album|date=October 11, 2018|access-date=March 22, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322041523/http://thesource.com/2018/10/11/missy-elliott-new-album/|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 20, 2019, [[Lizzo]] released a collaboration with Elliott titled "Tempo".

=== 2019–present: Extended play and current work===
On June 13, 2019, Elliott was inducted to the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]], becoming the first female rapper to receive this honor.<ref name= shof>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8515962/missy-elliott-inducted-songwriters-hall-of-fame|title=Missy Elliott Inducted Into Songwriters Hall of Fame|date=June 14, 2019|access-date=June 14, 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-date=June 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614184533/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8515962/missy-elliott-inducted-songwriters-hall-of-fame|url-status=live}}</ref> Elliott received an [[honorary degree|honorary]] [[Doctor of Music]] degree from [[Berklee College of Music]],<ref name="CNN">{{cite news |title=Missy Elliot, Alex Lacamoire and Justin Timberlake can now call themselves doctors |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/11/entertainment/berklee-college-missy-elliot-justin-timberlake-alex-lacamoire-trnd/index.html |access-date=May 12, 2019 |work=CNN |archive-date=May 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512015317/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/11/entertainment/berklee-college-missy-elliot-justin-timberlake-alex-lacamoire-trnd/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award]].<ref name="usatoday.com">"[https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/08/12/mtv-vmas-missy-elliott-finally-receive-video-vanguard-award/1988658001/ Missy Elliott to be honored at 2019 MTV VMAs with Video Vanguard Award, set to perform] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828011637/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/08/12/mtv-vmas-missy-elliott-finally-receive-video-vanguard-award/1988658001/ |date=August 28, 2019 }}". ''Associated Press''. USA Today. August 12, 2019.</ref> She was also the first female rapper to receive the award.<ref name="dazeddigital.com">Walsh, Neil (August 14, 2019). "[https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/45618/1/missy-elliott-to-receive-mtv-video-vanguard-award-vmas Missy Elliot is the first female rapper to receive MTV Video Vanguard Award] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916054309/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/45618/1/missy-elliott-to-receive-mtv-video-vanguard-award-vmas |date=September 16, 2019 }}". ''Dazed Digital''. Dazed Media.</ref> 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.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.womenseday.org/community/wed-annual-pioneer-awards/wedo-annual-pioneer-awards-2019-2/|title=WEDO ANNUAL PIONEER AWARDS 2019|website=Women's Entrepreneurship Day|language=en-US|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206205415/https://www.womenseday.org/community/wed-annual-pioneer-awards/wedo-annual-pioneer-awards-2019-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Elliott released her first [[extended play]] on August 23, 2019, titled ''[[Iconology (EP)|Iconology]]''. The five-track EP features a variety of musical genres that cover the breadth of her career as an artist and has received favorable reviews from critics. Upon release of the album, she also released the lead single, "[[Throw It Back (Missy Elliott song)|Throw It Back]]", with a music video featuring [[Teyana Taylor]]. Musically, ''Iconology'' is a [[Pop music|pop]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] EP reminiscent of Elliott's previous work. The opening track, "[[Throw It Back (Missy Elliott song)|Throw It Back]]" contains "[[Trap music|trap]] snares and a serpentine bassline", which along with the second track, "Cool Off", were described as "woozy, futuristic romps" containing "distorted bass lines and frenetic production". Lyrically, "Throw It Back" contains references to Elliott's history, as well as previous collaborators [[Tweet (singer)|Tweet]] and [[Heavy D]]. Maura Johnson of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' described "Cool Off" as calling "back to hip-hop's two-turntables-and-a-mic early days". "DripDemeanor" has been described as a slow jam that explores Elliott's "sensuous side". Musically, it contains "plush synths [that] skip-step underneath" the song's beat. "Why I Still Love You" is a [[doo-wop]] song with [[Gospel music|gospel]] influences and jazz influence that lyrically chronicles the singer's "conflicted emotions about holding on to a cheating lover". The EP closes with an [[a cappella]] version of "Why I Still Love You".

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 (Toni Braxton song)|Do It]]".
Elliott co-produced the track alongside Hannon Lane.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/do-it-single/1519291115|title=Do It (Remix) featuring Missy Elliott|work=[[iTunes]]|date=June 26, 2020|access-date=June 28, 2020|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729221736/https://music.apple.com/gb/album/do-it-single/1519291115|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 13, 2020, Elliott appeared on the remix single "[[Levitating (The Blessed Madonna remix)|Levitating]]" by [[Dua Lipa]] which also featured [[Madonna]]. The remix was produced by [[the Blessed Madonna]]. Unlike Madonna, Elliott appeared in the video. The music video was directed by Will Hooper.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/dua-lipa-missy-elliott-levitating-video-retro-runway|title=Dua Lipa and Missy Elliott Serve Up Runway Looks In 'Levitating'|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|date=August 14, 2020|first=Janelle|last=Okwodu|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815204358/https://www.vogue.com/article/dua-lipa-missy-elliott-levitating-video-retro-runway|url-status=live}}</ref>

On January 11, 2021, Elliott appeared on the single "ATM" by [[Bree Runway]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Maicki|first=Salvatore|date=January 11, 2021|title=Watch Bree Runway and Missy Elliot's glamorous "ATM" video|url=https://www.thefader.com/2021/01/11/bree-runway-missy-elliott-atm-video|access-date=July 7, 2021|website=[[The Fader]]}}</ref> She directed the music video for "[[Twerkulator]]" by the [[City Girls]] in July 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|date=July 7, 2021|title=Missy Elliott Directs City Girls' New "Twerkulator" Video|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/missy-elliott-directs-city-girls-new-twerkulator-video-watch/|access-date=July 7, 2021|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref>
[[File:Missy Elliot on stage in Chicago during Out of This World The Missy Elliott Experience Tour.png|alt=Missy Elliot on stage in Chicago during "Out of This World: The Missy Elliott Experience Tour"|thumb|Missy Elliot on stage in Chicago during "Out of This World: The Missy Elliott Experience Tour"]]
On February 17, 2023, Elliott appeared on the track "RATATA" produced by [[Skrillex]] and [[Mr. Oizo]], the second track on Skrillex's LP "Quest For Fire".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=February 17, 2023 |title=Listen to Skrillex, Missy Elliott, and Mr. Oizo's New Song "Ratata" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/listen-to-skrillex-missy-elliott-mr-oizo-new-song-ratata/ |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> This release confirmed rumors from 2018 regarding this collaboration,<ref name=":3" /> rumors that resurfaced in the months before the track's release as both Skrillex and Elliot teased the track on social media.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heffler |first=Jason |date=January 13, 2023 |title="DJ, PLEASE PICK UP YOUR PHONE": SKRILLEX TEASES MASSIVE COLLABORATION WITH MISSY ELLIOTT |url=https://edm.com/news/skrillex-missy-elliott-collaboration-2023 |website=edm.com}}</ref> On 23 March 2023, British group [[Flo (group)|Flo]] released the single "Fly Girl", featuring Elliott; the song interpolates Elliott's "[[Work It (Missy Elliott song)|Work It]]", plus new rap section.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/flo-and-missy-elliott-share-video-for-new-song-fly-girl-watch/|title=Flo and Missy Elliott Share Video for New Song "Fly Girl": Watch|website=Pitchfork|last=Ruiz|first=Matthew Ismael|date=23 March 2023|access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/flo-share-missy-elliott-sampling-new-single-fly-girl-radar-3419090|title=FLO team up with Missy Elliott on new single 'Fly Girl'|website=NME|last=Williams|first=Sophie|date=23 March 2023|access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref>

On April 8, 2024, Elliott announced “Out of This World: The Missy Elliott Experience Tour,” the rapper's first headlining tour of her career. The tour began on July 4 in [[Vancouver]], Canada and featured [[Timbaland]], [[Busta Rhymes]] and [[Ciara]] as its opening acts.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=April 8, 2024|url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/missy-elliott-tour-arenas-busta-rhymes-ciara-timbaland-1235963800/|title=Missy Elliott to Embark on First Headlining Tour Ever, With Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Timbaland as Support|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=April 8, 2024}}</ref>

== 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>

== Legacy and impact ==
[[File:MissyElliotWalkofFameStar.jpg|thumb|Missy Elliot's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
Elliott has been referred to as the "[[Honorific nicknames in popular music#E|Queen of Rap]]",<ref name="guardian">{{Citation|last=Baker|first=Lindsay|title=Scary? Missy Elliott?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/nov/01/popandrock.missyelliott|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=October 31, 2003|access-date=February 22, 2013 |location=London|quote=She's the unrivalled queen of rap and the first black music mogul, so it's no surprise that Missy Elliott has a reputation as the diva you cross at your peril.}}</ref><ref>"Queen of Rap":
* {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.it/news/dua-lipa-remix-in-arrivo-con-madonna-e-missy-elliott/2020/07/2837929/|title=Dua Lipa: remix in arrivo con Madonna e Missy Elliott|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|location=Italy|language=Italian|quote=Che cos'hanno in comune la regina del pop e la regina del rap? Entrambe hanno influenzato Dua Lipa.|date=July 28, 2020}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/10/best-music-videos-of-2015|title=2015's best music videos: clever, creative and surprisingly cheap|website=[[The Guardian]]|quote=Missy Elliott for WTF, the queen of rap whose videos have always..|first=Gibsone|last=Harriet|date=December 20, 2015}}
* {{cite magazine|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.fr/,missy-elliott-est-de-retour-avec-un-clip-de-folie,1931653.asp|title=Missy Elliott est de retour avec un clip de folie!|first=Jula|last=Avellaneda|website=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]|location=France|language=French|quote=Missy Elliott pendant son duo avec Katy Perry au Superbowl en février dernier, sans se douter qu'elle était la reine du rap|year=2015}}
* {{cite magazine|url=https://www.elle.fr/Loisirs/Musique/News/Pourquoi-cette-photo-de-Missy-Elliott-est-en-passe-de-devenir-culte-3512996|title=Pourquoi cette photo de Missy Elliott est en passe de devenir culte|website=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|location=France|language=French|quote= La reine du rap|year=2017}}
* {{cite magazine|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/bree-runway-interview-2021|title=Bree Runway on the first thing she'd do as prime minister|magazine=[[GQ (magazine)|GQ]]|location=UK|last=Johnston|first=Kathleen|quote=she used a Missy instrumental and was thrilled to see that the queen of rap herself had liked the tweet.|date=January 29, 2021}}
* {{citation| last = Shaw| first = Andrea Elizabeth| title = The Embodiment of Disobedience: Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies | publisher = Lexington Books | year = 2006 | page = 100 | isbn = 0-7391-1487-5|quote=Missy Elliott, reigning queen of rap, releases five albums in only six years, earns two Grammys, the 2003 American Music Award, and MTV's 2003 Video of the Year.}} 
* {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/westmidlands/series3/breakdancing.shtml|title=Breakdancing is Back|website=[[BBC News]]|quote=From Run DMC vs Jason Nivens' classic New York battle, to the queen of rap - Missy Elliot.}} 
* {{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Madonna-to-adopt-The-Douglases-skimpy-court-2549709.php|quote=Queen of rap Missy Elliott...|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|title=Madonna to adopt?; The Douglases' skimpy court award; Missy Elliott scraps with photographer|date=November 7, 2003 }} 
* {{citation| last1 = Mitchell | first1 = Claudia | last2 = Reid-Valsh | first2 = Jacqueline | title = Girl Culture: Studying girl culture: a reader's guide | publisher = [[Greenwood Publishing Group]] | year = 2008 | page = 276 | isbn = 978-0-313-33908-0|quote=Widely regarded as the queen of rap music, Missy Elliott is an icon of girl culture because of her innovative style and ability to succeed in the music industry without objectifying herself.}} 
* {{Cite web|last=Dazed|date=2021-11-09|title=From Chanel to KAWS: Here's what makes Bree Runway tick|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/54735/1/from-chanel-to-kaws-here-s-what-makes-bree-runway-tick|access-date=2021-11-10|quote=and to the queen of rap herself, Missy Elliott|website=[[Dazed]]|language=en}} 
* {{cite web|url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/i-m-better-le-nouveau-titre-de-missy-elliott-9514373|title='I'm Better', le nouveau titre de Missy Elliott|website=[[RTBF]]|location=Belgium|language=French|quote=La reine du rap|year=2017}}
* {{cite magazine|url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2017/02/08/missy-elliott-im-better-feat-lamb/|title=Missy Elliott - "I'm Better (Feat. Lamb)"|website=[[Wonderland (magazine)|Wonderland]]|location=UK|quote=queen of rap is back|date=February 8, 2017}}
* {{cite magazine|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/can-we-talk-about-pharrells-verse-on-wtf/|title=Can We Talk About Pharrell's Verse on Missy Elliott's "WTF (Where They From)"?|first=Sam|last=Diss|website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|quote= the unimpeachable queen of rap|date=November 13, 2015}}
*{{cite web|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2003-11-07-queen-of-rap-missy-elliot/|title=Queen of rap: Missy Elliot|website=[[Mail & Guardian]]|first=Lindsay|last=Baker|date=November 7, 2003 }}</ref> the "Queen of Hip Hop",<ref>"Queen of Hip Hop"
*{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/missy-elliott-cooking-up-a-storm-295848.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/missy-elliott-cooking-up-a-storm-295848.html |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Missy Elliott: Cooking up a storm|website=[[The Independent]]|date=June 30, 2005 |quote=Her new album confirms her position as the queen of hip-hop.}}
* {{citation | last = Hess | first = Mikey | title = Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture | publisher = [[Greenwood Publishing Group]] | year = 2007 | page = [https://archive.org/details/iconsofhiphopenc0000unse/page/503 503] | isbn = 978-0-313-33904-2 | quote = Beyond being the best-selling female hip hop artist to date, and often referred to as the queen of hip hop, what separates Missy Elliott is her ability to allow her aesthetic to speak for itself. She uses her artistry to transcend cultural norms in hip hop and in the music industry. | url = https://archive.org/details/iconsofhiphopenc0000unse/page/503 }} 
* {{cite web|url=https://theface.com/archive/missy-elliot-the-face-archive-1999-da-real-world-rap-interview|title=How Missy Elliot changed the face of hip-hop|website=[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]|first=Sylvia|last=Patterson|year=2020}} 
* {{cite magazine|url=https://www.elle.fr/Loisirs/Musique/News/Pourquoi-cette-photo-de-Missy-Elliott-est-en-passe-de-devenir-culte-3512996|title=Pourquoi cette photo de Missy Elliott est en passe de devenir culte|website=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|first=Nerisha|last=Penrose|quote= the queen of hip-hop is likely the reason you bought...|date=August 12, 2019}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.gqitalia.it/show/article/missy-elliott-queen-hip-hop-50-anni-compleanno|title=Missy Elliott, "The Queen of Hip Hop" compie 50 anni |language=Italian|website=[[GQ (magazine)|GQ]]|date=July 1, 2021|first=Cecilia|last=Uzzo|quote=Missy Elliott – the long-reigning queen of hip hop}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/28395/1/all-the-best-looks-in-missy-elliott-s-new-wtf-video|title=All the best looks in Missy Elliott's new 'WTF' video |website=[[Dazed]]|date=November 12, 2015|first=Ted|last=Stansfield}}
* {{cite magazine|url=https://www.elle.fr/Minceur/Dossiers-minceur/Dansez-le-Nu-Soul-!-768509|title=Dansez le Nu Soul!|website=Elle|location=France|language=French|quote=shows de la reine du hip-hop: Missy Elliott|year=2008|first=Claire|last=Byache}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Missy-Elliott/9331/|title=Missy Elliott|website=Sputnikmusic|quote=often called the Queen of Hip-Hop}}</ref> and the "First Lady of Hip Hop"<ref>"First Lady of Hip Hop"
*{{Citation|last=Daley|first=Dan|title=Recording The Neptunes – Greetings From Virginia Beach|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul05/articles/andrewcoleman.htm|work=[[Sound on Sound]]|date=July 2005|access-date=June 3, 2013|quote=Missy Elliott, the first lady of hip-hop, grew up in Virginia Beach and has recorded and produced there periodically since her star rose.}} 
* {{citation| last = Stubbs | first = David | title = Eminem: The Stories Behind Every Song |publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press | year = 2006 | page = 230 | isbn = 1-56025-946-9|quote=Significantly, he also duetted with Missy Elliott on the brilliant, [[Timbaland]]-produced, 'Busa Rhyme' on her ''[[Da Real World]]'' album. [[Eminem]] makes no attempt to tone down the misogynistic elements of Slim Shady in the face of the 'First Lady Of Hip Hop.'}}</ref> by several media outlets. Elliott's experimental concepts in her music videos changed the landscape of what a hip-hop video had as themes at the time.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.factmag.com/2015/09/08/missy-elliott-legacy-best-videos/ |title=Missy Elliott is a phenomenal rapper, producer, writer and more – so why is she overlooked? |last=Sinclair |first=Leah |date=September 8, 2015 |work=Fact |access-date=August 2, 2018 |archive-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803074119/http://www.factmag.com/2015/09/08/missy-elliott-legacy-best-videos/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  Her catalogue of songs have included themes of [[feminism]], [[gender equality]], [[body positivity]] and [[sex positivity]] since the beginning of her career, being one of the first to center on these topics among hip-hop and R&B performers.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/29353/1/why-missy-elliott-s-feminist-legacy-is-criminally-underrated |title=Why Missy Elliott's feminist legacy is criminally underrated |last=George |first=Kat |date=January 22, 2016 |work=[[Dazed]] |access-date=August 2, 2018 |archive-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803044415/http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/29353/1/why-missy-elliott-s-feminist-legacy-is-criminally-underrated |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[The Observer]]'' considered her America's first Black female music mogul, as she gained in 2001 total control over her image and music, and the opportunity to sign artists.<ref name="guardian"/><ref name= action/> ''The Observer''{{'}}s Ted Kessler stated that, with her studio albums, she has "revolutionized the sound of R&B and hip-hop" and reintroduced the notion "of fun and fantasy" to [[Urban music|urban]] [[Black music]]—a style that matched the "futuristic, much-copied new sound" of her 1997 debut album, ''[[Supa Dupa Fly]]''.<ref name= action/> [[Destiny's Child]], [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]] and [[Macy Gray]] have credited her for "clearing a path" in the American music industry towards "their own pop pre-eminence" as Black female R&B/hip-hop performers.<ref name= action/> [[The Recording Academy]] and ''[[Evening Standard]]'' have called her a "hip hop icon".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/queen-latifah-inducts-missy-elliott-songwriters-hall-fame-lizzo-performs|title=Queen Latifah Inducts Missy Elliott Into The Songwriters Hall Of Fame, Lizzo Performs|website=[[The Recording Academy]]|quote=The GRAMMY-winning hip-hop icon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/bree-runway-missy-elliot-collaboration-b60365.html|title=Bree Runway on her new collaboration with Missy Elliott: 'It's clear that she sees something in me'|website=[[Evening Standard]]|date=November 13, 2020 }}</ref> ''[[The Economist]]'' considered that Elliott "is to rap what [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] was to [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]" due to their "impact upon the genre" and her ability to "weave in styles and strands from outside it".<ref name="economist">{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/prospero/2019/03/06/why-missy-elliott-deserves-to-be-considered-a-true-hip-hop-great|title=Why Missy Elliott deserves to be considered a true hip-hop great|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|location=UK}}</ref>

''[[The New Yorker]]'' stated that Elliott became the first Black female rapper to reach the mainstream in [[Middle America (United States)|Middle America]].<ref name="the new yorker">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/10/20/the-new-negro|title=Missy Elliott's Hip-Hop|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|year=1997}}</ref> An article from ''[[Vibe (magazine)|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.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.vibe.com/2017/07/missy-elliott-supa-dupa-fly-anniversary/ |title=20 Years Of 'Supa Dupa Fly': How Missy Elliott Singlehandedly Changed The Rap Game For Women |last=McDuffie |first=Candance |date=July 15, 2017 |work=Vibe |access-date=August 2, 2018 |archive-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803044455/https://www.vibe.com/2017/07/missy-elliott-supa-dupa-fly-anniversary/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[The Bulletin (Bend)|The Bulletin]]'' have called her the "Queen of the Beats".<ref>{{cite news|last=Reynolds|first=Simon|title=MUSIC: Partners in Engine Room of Rap|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/01/arts/music-partners-in-the-engine-room-of-rap.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 1, 1999|access-date=June 19, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{citation|author1=Lorraine Ali|author2=Jennifer Ordoñez|title=The Marketing of Missy|newspaper=[[The Bulletin (Bend)|The Bulletin]]|date=December 9, 2003|volume=121|issue=6402|page=67|issn=1440-7485}}</ref> Jem Aswad of ''[[Variety (magazine)|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."<ref name="variety walk of fame"/> 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".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/touchstones/an-appreciation-of-missy-elliotts-1997-album-supa-dupa-fly|title=Touchstones - Missy Elliott's "Supa Dupa Fly"|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref> For ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' writer Gerrick D. Kennedy, Elliott "ushered in a new era of creatively ambitious music videos".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-hip-hop-honors-review-20160712-snap-story.html|title=Review: VH1's 'Hip Hop Honors' returned with a tribute befitting the rap queens who pioneered the genre|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 12, 2016 }}</ref> The aesthetic for the music video for "[[The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)]]" inspired several others released afterward.<ref name="the new yorker"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/fashion/a45334/the-untold-story-of-missy-elliotts-iconic-supa-dupa-fly-video/|title=How Missy Elliott's Iconic 'Hip Hop Michelin Woman' Look Came To Be|work=Elle|date=May 17, 2017 }}</ref> Commercially, Missy Elliott led female hip hop album sales during the late 1990s and early 2000s.<ref name="ew sales">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2006/09/15/are-female-rappers-getting-sold-short/ |title=Are female rappers getting sold short? |last=Watson |first=Margeaux |date=September 15, 2006 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=August 2, 2018 |archive-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803074052/http://www.ew.com/article/2006/09/15/are-female-rappers-getting-sold-short/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thesource.com/2021/08/20/today-in-hip-hop-history-the-clipse-release-their-debut-lp-lord-willin-19-years-ago/ | title=Today In Hip-Hop History: The Clipse Release Their Debut LP 'Lord Willin' 19 Years Ago | date=Aug 20, 2021 }}</ref> As of 2015, she has remained the best selling female rap album artist in the US.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6770280/ask-billboard-missy-elliotts-career-album-sales|title=Ask Billboard: Missy Elliott's Career Album Sales|website=Billboard.com|access-date=August 30, 2019|archive-date=August 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830230216/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6770280/ask-billboard-missy-elliotts-career-album-sales|url-status=live}}</ref>  [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|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".<ref name="abc"/>

Elliott has influenced various musicians, both visually and vocally.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a28250119/missy-elliott-new-album-2019/|title=Missy Elliott: The Legend Returns|work=Marie Claire|date=July 15, 2019 }}</ref> Her work has been cited as an inspiration by acts such as [[Cardi B]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/missy-elliott-puts-her-thing-down-flips-it-and-reverses-it-for-2019-vmas-vanguard-award-performance|title=Missy Elliott Puts Her Thing Down, Flips It and Reverses It for 2019 VMAs Vanguard Award Performance|work=ET|date=August 26, 2019 |access-date=April 2, 2020|archive-date=September 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911040700/https://www.etonline.com/missy-elliott-puts-her-thing-down-flips-it-and-reverses-it-for-2019-vmas-vanguard-award-performance|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Lil Wayne]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://atlantablackstar.com/2020/10/19/lil-wayne-calls-missy-elliot-his-favorite-rapper-and-reveals-how-she-influenced-his-career-early-on-missy-responds/|title=Lil Wayne Calls Missy Elliot His Favorite Rapper and Reveals How She Influenced His Career Early On, Missy Responds|website=[[Atlanta Black Star]]|date=October 19, 2020|first=Janesha|last=Jones}}</ref> [[Lizzo]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/a/lizzo-explains-how-missy-elliott-inspired-her-career|title=Lizzo Explains How Missy Elliott Inspired Her Career|work=Genius|access-date=April 2, 2020|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805025253/https://genius.com/a/lizzo-explains-how-missy-elliott-inspired-her-career|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tyler, the Creator]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/tyler-the-creator-accepts-cultural-influence-award-at-bet-hip-hop-awards-watch/|title=Tyler, the Creator Accepts Cultural Influence Award at 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards: Watch|website=Pitchfork|date=October 5, 2021|first=Evan|last=Minsker}}</ref> [[Solange Knowles]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/87728-solange-knowles-inspired-by-missy-elliott-to-produce-lp/|title=Solange Knowles inspired by Missy Elliott to produce LP|website=[[The List (magazine)|The List]]|date=January 11, 2017 |location=UK}}</ref> [[Chloe Bailey]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Barlow|first=Eve|date=September 9, 2016|title=Meet the Lemonade graduates taking R&B by storm|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/32688/1/chloe-x-halle-beyonce-sisters|access-date=August 6, 2020|website=[[Dazed]]|language=en|issn=0961-9704}}</ref> [[M.I.A. (rapper)|M.I.A.]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/magazine/30mia-t.html|title=M.I.A.'s Agitprop Pop|website=The New York Times|last=Hirschberg|first=Lynn|date=May 25, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Simmons, Will|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1941|title=M.I.A|work=[[Stylus Magazine]]|access-date=22 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060329170246/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1941|archive-date=29 March 2006}}</ref> [[Janelle Monáe]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGjD9iMD6Co|title=Janelle Monáe Talk New Record, Impeaching Donald Trump, Working with Prince, Missy Elliott & More|website=YouTube|author=Radio Hip Hop Nation|date=May 10, 2018 }}</ref> [[Anderson .Paak]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gq.com/story/anderson-paak-something-in-the-water-interview|title=Anderson .Paak Lets His Heart Guide the Way|website=GQ|date=May 2019 }}</ref> [[Rapsody]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/rapsody-reveals-influential-black-women-behind-her-new-album-eve-essence-fest|title=Rapsody Reveals The Influential Black Women Behind Her New Album 'Eve' At ESSENCE Fest|website=[[The Recording Academy]]}}</ref> [[Ciara]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1696959/ciara-missy-elliott.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109231726/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1696959/ciara-missy-elliott.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 9, 2012|title=Ciara Looks To 'Friend' Missy Elliott For Album Advice|first=Nadeska|last=Alexis|date=November 7, 2012|work=MTV News|access-date=July 23, 2013}}</ref> [[Bree Runway]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aubrey|first=Elizabeth|date=17 March 2020|title=Bree Runway: Meet the Missy Elliott-approved rising star whose fearless pop is challenging colourism|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/bree-runway-interview-missy-elliott-approved-star-whose-fearless-pop-is-challenging-colourism-2626680|access-date=31 October 2020|website=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Doja Cat]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Droke|first=Carolyn|date=August 24, 2021|title=Missy Elliott Gives Doja Cat Advice On Staying 'Far-Left' In Music|url=https://uproxx.com/music/doja-cat-missy-elliott-interview/|access-date=September 9, 2021|website=[[Uproxx]]}}</ref> [[Ivy Queen]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eldiariony.com/2017/08/17/ivy-queen-sigue-defendiendo-a-las-mujeres/|title=Ivy Queen sigue defendiendo a las mujeres|work=El Diario NY|publisher=impreMedia|date=August 17, 2017|author=Rodgriuez, Francis|access-date=October 4, 2021|language=Spanish}}</ref> [[Ari Lennox]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ari-lennox-bmo-video-watch-868324/|title=Watch Ari Lennox's Missy Elliott, Total-Inspired 'BMO' Video|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> [[Tayla Parx]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssense.com/en-us/editorial/music/tayla-parx-is-on-the-wrong-side-of-a-love-song|title=Tayla Parx Is On the Wrong Side of a Love Song|website=Ssense|date=May 6, 2019 }}</ref> [[Sean Bankhead (choreographer)|Sean Bankhead]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/style/sean-bankhead-lilnasx-cardib-normani.html|title=Signature Moves With Sean Bankhead|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 4, 2021 |last1=Louis |first1=Pierre-Antoine }}</ref> [[ASAP Ferg]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/asap-ferg-says-missy-elliott-one-of-his-biggest-influences/|title=A$AP Ferg Says Missy Elliott is One of His Biggest Influences |website=xxl|date=March 19, 2015 }}</ref> [[Leikeli47]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/rapsody-leikeli47-missy-elliott-558884/|title=Rapsody, Leikeli47 Performing At Essence's Missy Elliott Tribute|website=Vibe|date=January 12, 2018|first=J'na|last=Jefferson}}</ref> [[Tierra Whack]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/tierra-whack-interview-the-break/|title=The Break Presents: Tierra Whack|website=xxl|date=December 16, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |user=tierrawhack |number=598150877816455168 |title=@MissyElliott is my biggest influence!!}}</ref> [[Noname (rapper)|Noname]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://georgetownvoice.com/2016/09/08/artist-spotlight-noname/|title=Artist Spotlight: Noname|website=The Georgetown Voice|date=September 8, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title = 10 New Artists You Need to Know: September 2016|url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/10-new-artists-you-need-to-know-september-2016-w438688/noname-w439222|magazine = Rolling Stone|date = 2016-09-14|access-date = 2017-10-14|df = mdy-all}}</ref> [[Okenyo]],<ref name="abc">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/missy-elliott-j-files-sally-coleman-okenyo-kaylah-truth/12295964|title=The enduring influence of Missy Elliott|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=May 28, 2020 }}</ref> [[Little Simz]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/little-simz-i-don-t-have-to-be-harder-i-just-have-to-be-myself-10430125.html|title=Little Simz: I don't have to be harder, I just have to be myself |website=Evening Standard|date=July 31, 2015 }}</ref> [[Coda Conduct]],<ref name="abc"/> [[Dawn Richard]],<ref name="vh1">{{cite web|url=https://www.vh1.com/news/m5n72l/artists-influenced-by-missy-elliott|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523090345/https://www.vh1.com/news/m5n72l/artists-influenced-by-missy-elliott|url-status=live|archive-date=May 23, 2022|title=Missy Elliott Inspired These 9 Artists to Become Game Changers|website=[[VH1]]}}</ref> [[Banks (singer)|Banks]],<ref name="vh1"/> [[Rich the Kid]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/rich-the-kid-video-interview-splashin-8498619/|title=Rich the Kid Says His 'Splashin' Music Video Was Inspired by Missy Elliott: Watch|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> [[Crystal Caines]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2013/08/crystal-caines-trap-lord-producer|title=Meet Crystal Caines, the Female Producer Who Worked on A$AP Ferg's "Trap Lord" Album|website=Complex}}</ref> [[Coi Leray]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/coi-leray-interview-fashion-week-christian-cowan|title=Getting Ready With Coi Leray for Christian Cowan's NYFW Show|website=w magazine|date=February 14, 2022 }}</ref> [[Lady Leshurr]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2016/02/lady-leshurr-interview|title=All Hail Lady Leshurr, The New British Queen Of Rap|website=Complex}}</ref> [[Stefflon Don]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/99574-stefflon-don-wants-to-rap-for-all-women/amp/|title=Stefflon Don wants to rap for all women|website=[[The List (magazine)|The List]]|date=March 9, 2018 }}</ref> [[Flo Milli]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/flo-milli/|title=Flo Milli - XXL Freshman Class |website=xxl|date=June 16, 2021 }}</ref> [[Krept and Konan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/31/british-mcs-stormzy-jammz-little-simz-krept-konan-novelist|title=How British MCs found a voice of their own|website=The Guardian|date=May 31, 2015 }}</ref> [[Rye Rye]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/redeye-5-things-to-know-about-rye-rye-20120515-story.html|title=Get to know M.I.A.'s protege, Rye Rye|website=Chicago Tribune|date=May 15, 2012 }}</ref> [[Le1f]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i-d.co/article/le1f-announces-debut-album-inspired-by-riot-grrrl-mia-and-missy-elliott/|title=le1f announces debut album inspired by riot grrrl, m.i.a. and missy elliott |website=i-d}}</ref> [[Qveen Herby]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/qveen-herby-live-at-home-performance-9363691/|title=Qveen Herby Teases Missy Elliott & Timbaland-Inspired 'EP 8' on Billboard Live At-Home Concert |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> and [[Erica Banks]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/erica-banks-buss-it-challenge|title=Texan Rapper Erica Banks On Her Song "Buss It" Going Viral|website=nylon|date=January 13, 2021 }}</ref>

== Achievements ==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Missy Elliott}}
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]].<ref name="economist"/><ref name=shof/><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2019-06-14|title=Missy Elliott Inducted Into Songwriters Hall of Fame|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/missy-elliott-inducted-songwriters-hall-of-fame-8515962/|access-date=2022-01-10|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> Also in 2019, Elliott received an [[honorary degree|honorary]] [[Doctor of Music]] degree from [[Berklee College of Music]],<ref name="CNN"/> and became the first female rapper to receive the [[Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award]] by [[MTV]].<ref name="usatoday.com"/><ref name="dazeddigital.com"/>

In 2018, Elliott received [[Essence (magazine)|''Essence'' magazine]]'s Black Women In Music honor,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5064051/missy-elliot-essence-black-women-in-music-honoree/|title=Missy Elliott Will Receive Essence Magazine's Black Women In Music Honor For 2018|magazine=Time}}</ref> and in 2019, she was presented with the [[Women's Entrepreneurship Day]] Music Pioneer Award at the United Nations.<ref name="auto"/> In 2020, [[Urban One]] presented her with the Music Innovation Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://madamenoire.com/1125587/missy-elliotts-emotional-acceptance-speech-at-urban-one-honors-will-inspire-you/|title=Missy Elliott Gives Emotional Acceptance Speech At Urban One Honors: 'Black People, We Are Special'|website=[[Madame Noire]]|date=January 21, 2020 }}</ref>

In May 2021, Elliott was among the inaugural inductees for the [[Black Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame|Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 6, 2021|title=Beyoncé, Usher, Missy Elliot, Stevie Wonder, & More To Be Honored At The Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame|url=https://www.celebsecrets.com/beyonce-usher-missy-elliot-stevie-wonder-more-to-be-honored-at-the-black-music-entertainment-walk-of-fame/|access-date=May 6, 2021|website=Celeb Secrets|language=en-US}}</ref> In November 2021, Elliott was honored with a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref name="variety walk of fame">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/missy-elliott-godmothers-of-hip-hop-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-1235107987/|title=Missy Elliott Pays Tribute to 'Godmothers of Hip-Hop' at Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony|work=Variety|date=November 9, 2021 }}</ref> 

In December 2022, Elliott received a second honorary doctorate, this time from [[Norfolk State University]], who also helped rename a Portsmouth street after her.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norfolk State University honors Missy Elliott with honorary doctorate degree |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/norfolk-state-university-honors-missy-170351709.html |last=Velasquez |first=Angelina |date=2022-12-11 |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=[[Yahoo Entertainment]]}}</ref> She was also presented with a key to the city of Portsmouth.<ref>{{Cite web |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 |last=Sottile |first=Zoe |date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

In 2023, she became the first female hip-hop artist to receive a nomination for the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], when she was nominated in her first year of eligibility.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 1, 2023 |title=Missy Elliott 'Grateful' After Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nod |url=https://www.thewrap.com/missy-elliott-first-female-hip-hop-star-hall-of-fame/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-03 |title=Kate Bush, Missy Elliott, and Rage Against the Machine Inducted Into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2023 |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/kate-bush-missy-elliott-rage-against-the-machine-inducted-into-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-class-of-2023/ |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> In November 2023, Elliot became the first female rapper in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Christopher |date=2023-11-07 |title=Missy Elliott, first female rapper in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |url=https://www.wecb.fm/missy-elliott-first-female-rapper-in-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/ |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=WECB |language=en-US}}</ref>

== 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>

== Discography ==
{{Main|Missy Elliott discography|Missy Elliott production discography}}
* ''[[Supa Dupa Fly]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Da Real World]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Miss E... So Addictive]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Under Construction (album)|Under Construction]]'' (2002)
* ''[[This Is Not a Test!]]'' (2003)
* ''[[The Cookbook]]'' (2005)

== Filmography ==

=== Film ===
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Pootie Tang]]''
| Diva
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| ''Ultrasound: Hip Hop Dollars''
| rowspan="3" | Herself
| Documentary
|-
| ''[[Honey (2003 film)|Honey]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| ''[[Fade to Black (2004 film)|Fade to Black]]''
| Documentary
|-
| ''[[Shark Tale]]''
| Missy
| Voice role
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Just for Kicks (2005 film)|Just for Kicks]]''
| rowspan="2" | Herself
| Documentary
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Piece by Piece (2024 film)|Piece by Piece]]''
| Voice role
|-
| {{N/A}}
| ''[[Golden (unfinished film)|Golden]]''
| {{N/A}}
| Unreleased
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| ''[[All That]]''
| rowspan="8" | Herself
| Episodes: "702", "MC Lyte"
|-
| ''[[Family Matters]]''
| Episode: "Original Gangster Dawg"
|-
| 1998
| ''[[The Wayans Bros.]]''
| Episode: "The Kiss"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003
|''[[Eve (2003 TV series)|Eve]]''
| Episode: "Private Dancer"
|-
|''[[Punk'd]]''
| Episode: "Missy Elliott"
|-
| 2005
| ''[[The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott]]''
| Reality series
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2008
|''[[Ego Trip's Miss Rap Supreme]]''
| Reality series
|-
|''[[My Super Sweet 16]]''
| Episode: "Demetrius"
|-
| ''[[America's Best Dance Crew]]''
| Judge assistant
| [[America's Best Dance Crew (season 2)|Season 2]]
|-
| 2009
|''[[Party Monsters Cabo]]''
| rowspan="2" | Herself
| Episode: "Missy Elliott"
|-
| 2010 
|''[[What Chilli Wants]]''
| Episode: "What Chilli Wants"
|-
| 2015
| ''[[The Voice (U.S. season 9)|The Voice]]''
| Mentor assistant
| [[The Voice (U.S. season 9)|Season 9]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| ''[[American Dad!]]''
| YoYo
| Voice role; episode: "Stan-Dan Deliver"
|-
| ''[[Taraji P. Henson]]'s White Hot Holidays''
| Herself
| [[Fox (channel)|FOX]] television special
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Star (TV series)|Star]]''
| Pumpkin
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Craig of the Creek]]''
| Carla Frazier
| Voice role; episode: "The Jump Off"
|}

==Tours==
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'''Headlining'''
* Out of This World: The Missy Elliott Experience Tour (with [[Ciara]] and [[Busta Rhymes]]) (2024) <ref>{{cite magazine|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=April 8, 2024|url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/missy-elliott-tour-arenas-busta-rhymes-ciara-timbaland-1235963800/|title=Missy Elliott to Embark on First Headlining Tour Ever, With Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Timbaland as Support|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=April 8, 2024}}</ref>

'''Co-headlining'''
* [[Lilith Fair#1998|Lilith Fair Tour]] (with various artists) (1998)
* [[The Verizon Ladies First Tour]] (with [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]], [[Tamia]] and [[Alicia Keys]]) (2004)
* Hip Hop: Don't Stop Tour (with [[Kelis]] and [[Talib Kweli]]) (2004)

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'''Special guest'''
* [[All for You Tour]] ([[Janet Jackson]]) (2002)
* [[Anger Management Tour]] ([[Eminem]] and [[50 Cent]]) (2003)
* [[Return of the Queen Tour]] ([[Lil' Kim]]) (2012)

'''Opening act'''
* [[Rainbow World Tour]] ([[Mariah Carey]]) (2000)
* [[Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special]] ([[Michael Jackson]]) (2001)
* Rock the Mic Tour ([[Jay-Z]] and [[50 Cent]]) (2003)
* [[Re-Invention World Tour]] ([[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]) (2004)
* [[Unbreakable World Tour (Janet Jackson tour)|Unbreakable World Tour]] ([[Janet Jackson]]) (2015)
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== See also ==
* [[Honorific nicknames in popular music]]
* [[The Goldmind Inc.]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last=Rappe|first=Michael|title= Under Construction|publisher=[[Dohr]]|year=2010|isbn=978-3-936655-67-4}}

== External links ==
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* {{Official website}}
* {{Amazon Music artist|B000QJPOFQ}}

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