Tragic Details About Missy Elliott

Believe it or not, Missy Elliott has been in the music industry for over 20 years, releasing addictive jams that make us throw it back, get our freak on, and lose control. Still, life hasn't always been easy for the rapper. This is the tragic, real-life story of Missy Elliott. Missy Elliott always knew that she wanted to be a hip-hop artist. As she once told Entertainment Weekly: "I used to write song lyrics all over the walls of my room. At first, my mother was like, 'You ain't going nowhere this weekend if I see another song on that wall." And how early did this lyricism obsession start? In a 2019 interview with Marie Claire, Elliott revealed that she knew she wanted to be a rapper back when she was in kindergarten...and she would repeatedly tell her classmates that she wanted to be a "superstar." She claims that: "The whole class would bust out laughing." Still, Elliott kept pushing towards her goal, even when her family told her to give up. She matter-of-factly told Marie Claire, "Trust me, I was broke. And my family would be like, 'You better find something to do.' They told me to go in the Army. I'm like, 'I'm too fat to go in the Army. Where [am I] running to?'" She goes on to explain, "Everything just seemed so impossible at the time because we didn't have the technology to be able to reach out and put your stuff online and people get a chance to see it. So you have to be at the right place at the right time." Nevertheless, she was determined: "I said, 'I'm gonna show them. I'm gonna make a record and it's gonna be big.'" Watch the video for more Tragic Details About Missy Elliott. #Missy #MissyElliott #SupaDupaFly She had very little support | 0:18 A tough upbringing | 1:26 A hard time in school | 2:39 Breaking into the biz | 3:26 Her relationship with Aaliyah | 4:14 Battling Graves' disease | 5:27 Proving herself | 6:42 She was forgotten | 7:59 She felt left behind | 8:58 Stage fright | 10:15