HERSTORY is about to be MADE!!
Hip-Hop icon, singer, songwriter, producer Missy Elliott is poised to make musical history as the first female hip-hop star inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
The 51-year-old “Supa Dupa Fly” rapper was one of 13 inductees announced by the Cleveland museum Wednesday.
The Hall of Fame lauded Elliott for forging “new paths for women in the music industry and society at large through her behind-the-scenes mastery and unapologetic ownership of her body, her sexual desires, and her Blackness in her music.”
An announcement about this year’s inductees called Elliott a “true pathbreaker in a male-dominated genre.”
In order to be eligible for the Hall, artists are “required to have released their first record 25 years prior to induction.” This year marked the first time that Elliott was eligible under the requirement.
Elliott and her fellow inductees are scheduled to be inducted in November at a ceremony in Brooklyn, N.Y.
The hip-hop polymath celebrated the news on Twitter, crediting her “Supafriends” on her latest feat.
“I want to say this is HUGE not for just me but all my Sisters in HIPHOP this door is now OPEN to showcase the hard work & what many of us contribute to MUSIC,” she tweeted. “I have cried all morning because I am GRATEFUL thank you @rockhall & all on the committee & Supafriends.”
Missy continued sharing her gratitude by highlighting her early beginnings as a young star coming from Portsmouth, Va., saying: “I can’t stop crying I am from Portsmouth Virginia aka P-Town.. #757 to 804 I send my love You day dream of these moments but today it’s Real VA 2 up 2 down the 7 Cities all my folk I am GRATEFUL.”
Missy CONTINUED, as she addressed her detractors as well:
Elliott’s storied career includes noteworthy chart wins, such as her nine Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hits and five top five Billboard 200 albums. Elliott joins a heralded Rock Hall Class with Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine, Sheryl Crow, Kate Bush, Chaka Khan, and more. The 38th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place Nov. 3, 2023 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Missy is definitely DESERVING of this HONOR and MANY MORE to come! Thank you Missy for SHARING your gifts with the WORLD!
We Salute you!!
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