Missy Elliott
MISSY ELLIOTT
Born: July 1, 1971 (age 41), Portsmouth VirginiaFull name: Melissa Arnette Elliott |
Missy Elliot is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actress. Five-time Grammy award winner, and record sales of over 30 million in the United States. Elliott is the only female rapper to have six albums certified platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), including double platinum for her 2002 album Under Construction. Elliott is known for a series of hits and diverse music videos, including "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)”, “Hot Boyz”, “Get Ur Freak On”, “One Minute Man”, “4 My People”, “Work it”, “Pass That Dutch” and “Lose Control”. In addition, she has worked extensively as a songwriter and producer for other artists, both alone and with her fellow producer and childhood friend Timbaland with whom she received her first production credit on R&B singer Ginuwine’s199 6's album Ginuwine The Bachelor.
Elliott is an only child who experienced intense personal conflict as a child. Elliott was the victim of sexual abuse by an older cousin when she was eight years old, and she frequently witnessed her father physically abusing her mother. She recalled to Entertainment Weekly 's Rob Brunner: "I never wanted to go stay at my friends' houses because I always thought my father would beat my mother up or kill her or something." In spite of such traumatic events, Elliott has recalled lighter moments as a music-obsessed youngster. She remembers shutting herself in her room and pretending to be a superstar singer. She told Kevin Chappell of Ebony: "When I was four, I used to sing to my doll babies.
They had rotating arms, I used to lift them up and pretend that they were clapping for me." She had little interest in schoolwork, preferring instead to listen to music, imitate her musical heroes—like Michael Jackson—in the mirror, and write songs.
This song, refers to Missy Elliot’s Life, and how it says, “ I can’t
Born: July 1, 1971 (age 41), Portsmouth VirginiaFull name: Melissa Arnette Elliott |
Missy Elliot is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actress. Five-time Grammy award winner, and record sales of over 30 million in the United States. Elliott is the only female rapper to have six albums certified platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), including double platinum for her 2002 album Under Construction. Elliott is known for a series of hits and diverse music videos, including "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)”, “Hot Boyz”, “Get Ur Freak On”, “One Minute Man”, “4 My People”, “Work it”, “Pass That Dutch” and “Lose Control”. In addition, she has worked extensively as a songwriter and producer for other artists, both alone and with her fellow producer and childhood friend Timbaland with whom she received her first production credit on R&B singer Ginuwine’s199 6's album Ginuwine The Bachelor.
Elliott is an only child who experienced intense personal conflict as a child. Elliott was the victim of sexual abuse by an older cousin when she was eight years old, and she frequently witnessed her father physically abusing her mother. She recalled to Entertainment Weekly 's Rob Brunner: "I never wanted to go stay at my friends' houses because I always thought my father would beat my mother up or kill her or something." In spite of such traumatic events, Elliott has recalled lighter moments as a music-obsessed youngster. She remembers shutting herself in her room and pretending to be a superstar singer. She told Kevin Chappell of Ebony: "When I was four, I used to sing to my doll babies.
They had rotating arms, I used to lift them up and pretend that they were clapping for me." She had little interest in schoolwork, preferring instead to listen to music, imitate her musical heroes—like Michael Jackson—in the mirror, and write songs.
This song, refers to Missy Elliot’s Life, and how it says, “ I can’t