Music Missy and Wayne Kick Off Grammys Weekend The Grammys are on Sunday which means that the music industry will be the main story this weekend. Last night the Recording Academy and the Black Music Collective presented its Global Impact Award, now renamed after Dr Dre, to several recipients including music executive Sylvia Rhone, Missy Elliott, and Lil By Lainey • Feb 03, 2023 10:56 am
Music Intro for August 27, 2019 Dear Gossips, If you’ve watched Missy Elliott’s performance from last night’s MTV VMAs more than once, that is correct. Here’s me sounding like a bitter old aunt, quoting Kathleen who, by contrast (in her mind), is forever young: these kids don’t deserve. She was actually By Lainey • Aug 27, 2019 08:34 am
Music Intro for August 23, 2019 Dear Gossips, There is only one music video that belongs in this space on top of the site today and all weekend – that would be the video for “Throw It Back”, by Dr Melissa “Missy” Elliott who released her first collection of new music in 14 years last night ahead By Lainey • Aug 23, 2019 08:52 am
Music Missy Elliott covers Marie Claire This week, Marie Claire profiled living legend and prolific hit-maker, Missy Elliott. Missy remains a pioneer in the industry, a hip-hop and R&B icon for over 20 years. Winner of 4 Grammys (nominated for 22), and having sold 30 million records, any discussion of Missy starts with where By Melayna • Jul 17, 2019 11:08 am
Music Ciara and Missy: reunited Most of the time when I’m writing about Missy Elliott, I’m yelling at MTV to give her a damn Video Vanguard Award already or I’m trying to hype up her latest projects that always seem to go relatively unnoticed. Missy reunited with Ciara last night during her By Kathleen • Oct 10, 2018 11:37 am
Music Missy’s “funky white sister” You probably don’t know Mary Halsey by name. You probably have seen the video of her rapping to Missy Elliott’s “Work It.” I’ve tried to do this song at karaoke and it is HARD. Mary doesn’t make it look hard. Mary’s got the funk. Mary’ By Kathleen • Sep 13, 2018 03:18 pm
Music Even JLo knows Jennifer Lopez will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award on August 20th at the VMAs. If you were paying attention last year when Pink was awarded this honour, you know that I was not impressed. I am still not impressed. I will not rest until MTV puts some respect By Kathleen • Aug 01, 2018 01:08 pm
Music Busta and Missy get it It is almost the three-year anniversary of that time Missy Elliott saved the Super Bowl. I bring this up often because for people who didn’t live through the dominance of the Missy/Timbaland/ Magoo era (fine, I remember Magoo so I’m not THAT young), Missy’s scene-stealing heroics By Kathleen • Feb 02, 2018 02:26 pm
Music Missy is back and “better” The Super Bowl is next weekend. It will mark the two-year anniversary of that time Katy Perry headlined the half-time show but the only things we remember are Left Shark and Missy Elliott saving the goddamn day. After Missy reminded the world that she is Missy F-cking Misdemeanor Elliott and By Kathleen • Jan 27, 2017 03:51 pm
Music The Queens of Hip Hop “Who you calling a bitch?” This line. It’s one of my favourite hip-hop lines of all time. With it, Queen Latifah cemented herself in hip-hop history. She was not a bitch or a ho. She was just the Queen. Last night, VH1 resurrected their Hip-Hop Honours special from a By Kathleen • Jul 12, 2016 01:35 pm
