The Untold Truth Of Missy Elliott

Missy Elliott is a force of nature. The rapper, writer, and producer has more than earned her iconic status, with a successful career that's still thriving decades after it began. But if you think you know everything about her, you're wrong. This is the untold truth of Missy Elliott. Missy Elliott made a huge splash when she first burst onto the music scene. But that doesn't mean she always had it easy, far from it. Part of that has to do with the fact that she's a woman of color who's not obsessed with being skinny. When she received the 2018 Essence Black Women in Music Visionary Award, she told her black female audience how valuable they truly are, announcing that, "I want all of you women in here to know that you're beautiful. You gotta believe in yourself. Because there are going to be times that people tell you [that] you can't do it or you don't look the part. But I am a walking testimony." Even though Elliott has struggled because of her race, she wouldn't trade it for the world, as it's shaped the woman she is today. In a 2017 interview with Elle, she said, "We are survivors, and once we know that, we are unstoppable. I always said I wouldn't be no other color, because if there's one thing about us, we never really had, but we know how to, we know how to survive." Keep watching to learn The Untold Truth Of Missy Elliott! #MissyElliott She's proud | 0:00 She might be a genius | 1:14 She's innovative | 1:57 Blowing up | 2:38 Hero worship | 3:19 Getting rich | 3:57 Why she was hospitalized | 4:29 Blocking out the world | 5:31 Working with Beyoncé | 6:00 She's prolific | 6:38 What the future holds | 7:31 Defying gravity | 8:03 Her working habits | 8:52 She loves to provoke | 9:38