Missy Elliott
American rapper · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1971 · age 55
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott, also known as Misdemeanor, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She began her musical career as a member of the R&B girl group Sista during the 1990s, who were part of the larger musical collective Swing Mob, led by DeVante Swing of Jodeci.
Missy Elliott is read about 1,472 times a day, in 53 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 402 days, one point a day.
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Timbaland Produced Supa Dupa Fly and Miss E… So Addictive
Monica Missy produced Get It Off and So Gone
Ludacris Duets: Gossip Folks and One Minute Man
Ciara Duets: 1, 2 Step and Work
Lil' Kim Duets: Not Tonight and Hit Em wit da Hee
Da Brat Duets: Heartbreaker and Not Tonight
Tweet Duets: Oops (Oh My) and Where Could He Be
Jay-Z Duets: Heartbreaker (1999)
Eve Duets: 4 My People and Hot Boyz, missy wrote Eve
Pharrell Williams Produced Golden
Beyoncé Duets: Fighting Temptation and Signs
Aaliyah Duets: Up Jumps da Boogie and Where Could He Be- Lisa Lopes Duets: Not Tonight and Let's Just Do It
- Nicole Wray Duets: All n My Grill and Make It Hot
Karen Clark Sheard Missy produced 2nd Chance (2002)
Justin Timberlake Duets: Shark Tale (2004)
Madonna Co-starred in Levitating (2020)
Katy Perry Duets: Super Bowl XLIX halftime show
Will Smith Duets: Shark Tale (2004)
Mariah Carey Duets: Heartbreaker (1999)
Dr. Dre Duets: The Knoc (2002)
Hans Zimmer Produced Shark Tale (2004)
Sean Combs Duets: Lights, Camera, Action! (2001)
J. Cole Duets: Nobody's Perfect (2012)
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Elliott's childhood friend Timbaland (pictured in 2012, far right) helped define her sound and the two have continued working together for decades
Elliott began collaborating with other artists in the late 1990s, including Aaliyah (pictured in 2000).
Elliott onstage in 2006
Missy Elliott on stage in Chicago during "Out of This World: The Missy Elliott Experience Tour"
Missy Elliot's star on the Hollywood Walk of FameIn their own words 4
, Because nobody knows your vision better than you do. Nobody can tell your story as you can. You have to live it.
So always fight for yourself and believe in yourself and your vision.
Be the truest form of yourself.
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Sista signed with Elektra Records to release their debut album, 4 All the Sistas Around da World (1994), which was critically praised but commercially unsuccessful. She collaborated with album's producer and Swing Mob cohort Timbaland to work in songwriting and production for other acts, yielding commercially successful releases for 702, Aaliyah, SWV, and Total.
