Karol G, Missy Elliot, Madison Beer, and Twice all graced the stage with performances at the 2025 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Therecently revived eventtook place on Wednesday night, Oct. 15, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and the whole show is still available to watch in full on YouTube. All four …
Read More »Missy Elliott on Making the 21st Century's Greatest Song (So Far)
Missy Elliott is “super-excited and thankful” that Rolling Stone just named 2001’s “Get Ur Freak On” the greatest song of the 21st century so far — and as the legendary artist reveals on our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, she’s also looking toward the future. For the first time since …
Read More »Missy Elliott, Selena, Queen Latifah to Receive National Arts Prize
Entertainment greats Missy Elliott, Queen Latifah, Steven Spielberg, and the late Selena Quintanilla will be honored by the White House this year. On Monday, Joe Biden‘s administration announced the cohort of stars set to receive the 2022 and 2023 National Medals of Arts and Humanities. Elliott, Latifah, and Spielberg are …
Read More »Missy Elliott, Ciara, Questlove, More Remember Fatman Scoop
Missy Elliott, Ciara, Questlove, and Ludacris are among the artists paying tribute to New York rapper Fatman Scoop (given name Isaac Freeman III), who died on Saturday after suffering a medical emergency while onstage during an August 30 concert in Hamden, Connecticut.He was 56. Elliott, who tapped the “Be Faithful” …
Read More »Missy Elliott to Face Trial Over Alleged Co-Writer's Copyright Claims — But Not Over Aaliyah Song
A federal judge ordered Missy Elliott to face trial, after a man filed a copyright lawsuit against her. Terry Williams alleges he co-wrote several of Elliott’s Nineties songs but was never credited. In a ruling obtained by Rolling Stone, which was filed on Monday, Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro refused …
Read More »Missy Elliott Joins Pharrell and Michel Gondry's Coming-of-Age Musical
Missy Elliot has joined the cast of Pharrell Williams and Michel Gondry’s upcoming film project, Variety reports. The rapper is an apt addition to the project, which has been described as a coming-of-age musical set during the summer of 1977 in Virginia Beach in a neighborhood like the one where …
Read More »Missy Elliott Says She and Timbaland Were 'Unafraid and Unapologetic' During 'Get Ur Freak On' Era
In the Nineties, Missy Elliott and Timbaland were just a pair of kids from Virginia — but they ended up changing the sound of hip-hop and pop forever. The two geniuses would collaborate on production for their friends and eventually on Missy Elliott‘s own successful string of albums and major …
Read More »Missy Elliott Makes History as First Female Rapper Inducted Into Rock Hall of Fame
While introducing Missy Elliott at Friday night’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Queen Latifah made sure the audience knew one important thing: They were about to witness history. Elliott became the first female rapper inducted into the Hall of Fame and celebrated with a dynamic performance that …
Read More »Missy Elliott, Rage Against the Machine Storm the Rock Hall at Wild Brooklyn Ceremony
It was a few minutes past midnight when Missy Elliott stepped up to the podium at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and cemented her place in history as the first female hip-hop artist to enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She’d spent the past four hours witnessing speeches and performances …
Read More »Lil Wayne Drops Fast-Talking Single 'Kat Food' Ahead of VMAs Performance
Lil Wayne has released a new single, “Kat Food,” via Young Money Records/Republic Records. The thumping song, produced by Charlie Handsome, FNZ, and Rogét Chahayed, samples Missy Elliott‘s “Work It.” The track sees the rapper intoning about his success as he references Purina cat food: “Money need a home and …
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