Missy Elliott can’t believe her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Mrs. Elliott will be inducted as the first female hip-hop artist into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday, November 3, and she still can’t believe the milestone.

“Words can’t describe it. It didn’t click yet,” said the 52-year-old “Get Ur Freak On” rapper Robin Roberts on Thursday, November 2 Good morning America. “When you’re in the hip-hop world, it seems so far out of reach.”

The first induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame took place in 1986, and no hip-hop artists were elected for more than two decades.

In 2007, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five became the first hip-hop act to be introduced. Since then, nine more artists, all men, have joined the Hall of Fame: Jay Z, LL Cool J, The Notorious B.I.G, Tupac Shakur NWA, Public enemy, Eminem, Beastie boys And Run DMC. Elliott becomes the eleventh hip-hop artist to be inducted.

“Rock & roll is the gumbo of different music styles. I think we’re getting this thing true [we think] in rock & roll you have to have a guitar,” Elliott told Roberts. “That would be like saying hip-hop is just rap, when it’s made up of, you know, we’ve got jazz and blues mixed into it.”

Elliott has become known as a pioneer for women in music. In 2019, she became the first female rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the third overall, after Jay-Z and Jermaine Dupri. That same year, she also made history as the first female MC to win the MTV Video Vanguard Award.

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The pioneer noted that her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honor is more significant because it comes during hip-hop’s 50th anniversary.

“No matter what people say, the hip-hop world is something special and unique,” ​​Elliott continued.

She grew up in Portsmouth, Virginia with a famous producer Timbalandand together they wrote and produced hits for countless artists, including the late Aaliyah. Elliott’s writing and production credits also include Beyonce, Jay Z, Eminem, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Mary Carey and more.

She has released six albums, all platinum or multi-platinum. She has released her latest album, The cooking party, in 2005.

In June 2011 she said People that her musical hiatus was due to a thyroid condition known as Graves’ disease, which causes irregular heartbeat, fatigue, anxiety, vision loss and other symptoms, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Elliott was diagnosed after she almost crashed a car due to severe leg cramps while driving. Four years later, the disease continued to haunt Elliott as she performed Katya Perry during the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show on February 1, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona.

“My anxiety started…I started to panic. So in the wee hours of the morning before the Super Bowl, before I performed, I was in the emergency room,” Elliott recalled in her interview with Roberts. “It feels good to be in a time now where you can talk about it, because there are a lot of people who suffer from anxiety.”

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Elliott has overcome her fear and she is looking forward to a very special person attending her induction ceremony into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The iconic rapper admitted that she didn’t want her mother in the past, Patricia Elliott, to see her on stage for lyrics she thought her mother would find offensive. Now she wants her mother to be there to share her special honor, and she is thrilled she will be at Barclays Center for the historic occasion.

“My mom has never seen me perform before…she’s seen me on TV,” Elliott said. “She’s never been to a show. So she is coming for the first time.”