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Missy "misdemeanor" Elliott Biography
1971 • Portsmouth, Virginia
Hip-hop artist
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Missy Elliott has accomplished the extraordinary. Hundreds of rap artists have made successful records, written hit songs, and produced other artists' work; some have even headed up their own record labels. Few of them, however, have been women. Rap is a male-dominated art form; the music is filled with aggressive, often violent, imagery and negative attitudes toward women. The chances of a young musician making it big in the music industry are slim in the best of circumstances, but for a woman to become hugely successful in the world of hip-hop is nothing short of phenomenal. Elliott has achieved success on her own terms: she writes, produces, and arranges her music; she controls the direction of each new album; and she has refused to play along with someone else's idea of what a female rapper's image should be. For Elliott, this strong-willed approach to her career has paid off. She has written and/or produced songs for Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé Knowles, Whitney Houston, and Janet Jackson. She has released five of her own albums sinc
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