Quite simply, she is a force to be reckoned with.
That’s wherethe stunning transformationof Missy Elliott began.
In fact, she didn’t she have much of anything handed to her.
And the whole class would bust out laughing," she recalled in an interview withElle.
“But every Friday I would say the same thing.
And I would watch them change to different things.”
The laughter of her classmates didn’t deter her, and she never wavered in her ambitions.
“But I was like, ‘I’m going to be a superstar,'” she continued.
And create it she did.
And although he only hit Elliott once, he was also abusive to her in other horrifying ways.
“He was crazy like that.
I lived in constant fear.”
“I remember seeing my mother crouched in the corner with her arm out of its socket.
There isn’t a day goes by that I don’t think about it all.”
Eventually, both Elliott and her mother were able to find safety.
“Tim was very quiet.
Pharrell was way on planet Mars.
And, you know, I was just whatever,” she revealed in an interview withElle.
“I was kind of crazy.
But for whatever reason, we all understood each other.”
He invited the group to cut a record in New York, an offer they were glad to accept.
“They’d broken my heart,” she confessed in an interview withThe Guardian.
“They said I could sing, I could write, but that I looked wrong.
That was the lowest thing you could say.
I didn’t forget.”
“The outfit was a symbol of power.
I loved the idea of feeling like a hip-hop Michelin woman,” she proclaimed in an interview withElle.
“I knew I could have on a blow-up suit and still have people talking.
It was bold and different.”
Supa Dupa Flywas a critical and commercialsuccess.
But for Elliott, it was also just the beginning.
You’re going to be a star.
Hold your head up,'" she revealed in an episode ofBehind the Music.
“That always stuck with me.”
And everyone wastherefor it.
“I’m not a party person.
“I just block everybody out,” she continued.
So while Elliott might be super famous, that hasn’t changed her fundamentally shy nature.
(2003), andThe Cookbook(2005).
She added that she still cravesjunk foodsometimes, but who doesn’t?
As it turned out, Elliott was suffering from athyroidcondition calledGraves’ disease, according toElle.
As Elliott tells it, the sickness was quite the unwelcome and crippling surprise.
“It happened out of nowhere,” she recalled in an interview onThe Angie Martinez Show.
But it’s an experience that impacted Elliott profoundly and left her forever changed.
But we don’t know all the records I’ve done for other artists.”
Let’s hope that changes in the future!
Elliott was both delighted to hear that and grateful for the opportunity of a lifetime.
The song was a success, peaking at No.
22 on theBillboardcharts, showing that Elliott was just as hot as ever.
In a taped speech, former first ladyMichelle Obamacommended Elliott’s trailblazing efforts.
Congrats, Dr. Elliott!
Elliott gave anemotional speech, thanking God and acknowledging everyone who helped her get where she is today.
That’s how you do it!
All told, she owns over ten cars, as she shared onThe Angie Martinez Show.
“She has a 15,000 sq ft house.
I love to see her smile again.”
Now that’s a happily ever after.
