In Celebration of Missy Elliott’s Singular Career
There is no one quite like Missy Elliott.
From her arrival on the scene in the mid-'90s, first as an in-demand producer and then as a groundbreaking artist in her own right, she's commanded our attention in a way that very few else have been able to. With a steadfast refusal to be pigeonholed, she challenged the very notion of what a female Mc could talk about and look like, centering her career with a feminist body- and sex-positive outlook decades before any of that was commonplace.
In fact, you can a direct line from Missy's arrival to Lizzo's dominance over the last year.
With childhood friend and superproducer Timbaland by her side during the creation of much of her six...
