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Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971), better known by her stage name Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, is an American recording artist, producer, actress and former member of the R&B band Sista as well as the Swing Mob collective. With record sales of over seven million in the United States, she is the only female rapper to have six albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one double platinum for her 2002 album Under Construction.

Elliott is known for a series of hits and diverse music videos, including "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)", "Hot Boyz", "Get Ur Freak On", "One Minute Man", "Work It", "Pass That Dutch", and "Lose Control." In addition, she has worked extensively as a songwriter and producer for other artists, both alone and with her producer and childhood friend Timbaland, with whom she received her first production credit on R&B singer Ginuwine's 1996's album Ginuwine...the Bachelor. After further successful work on Aaliyah's 1996 album One in a Million, she went on to produce music for performers such as Mýa, Lil' Kim, Mariah Carey, Keyshia Cole, Lil' Mo, Trina, Mary J. Blige, Beyoncé, Fantasia, Nicole Wray, Jazmine Sullivan, Blaque, Janet Jackson, Tweet, Magoo, Monica, MC Lyte, and Madonna, among many others.

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Missy Elliott Booted Off Stage In London - Peace FM Online Peace FM Online--Aceshowbiz : -Missy Elliott- was booted off the stage by organizers at London's Wireless music Festival on Saturday, July 3 after she exceeded her allocated ... - Date : Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:48:18 GMT+00:00
New Nicki Minaj Your Love Video - Celeb Pronto (blog) Celeb Pronto (blog)--1 on the chart since -Missy Elliott's- “Work It” spent 12 weeks at No. 1 in November 2002. Watch and enjoy her new video below.--- - Date : Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:09:55 GMT+00:00
Missy Elliot to perform in Israel - infolive.tv infolive.tv--Hip Hop and 'R and B' star -Missy Elliott- is set to appear in Israel for the first time. The American Grammy award winner will appear at the Biton Echad ... - Date : Sun, 30 May 2010 14:23:53 GMT+00:00
Highlights From Vh1's 2010 'Hip Hop Honors: Dirty South' - Idolator: All About The Music (blog) Idolator: All About The Music (blog)--See Drake, -Missy Elliott-, Keri Hilson, and a roster of fellow talents celebrate the biggest hip-hop legends from below the Mason-Dixon line. ... - Date : Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:52:41 GMT+00:00
Lil' Kim Vs. Nicki Minaj: Missy Elliott, Trina, More Weigh In - MTV.com MTV.com--Like Trina and Digga, multiplatinum rapper and producer -Missy Elliott- has been in the game for years, and she believes there's room for both Nicki's and ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:15:24 GMT+00:00
Jazmine Sullivan Ready To Hold You Down With New Single - Singersroom News Singersroom News--Confirmed by -Missy Elliott-, who also produced the song, on Twitter recently, "Hold You Down" will be released this week. While Missy is excited about the ... - Date : Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:35:15 GMT+00:00
Get Your Preak On - About - Cities & Towns About - Cities & Towns--Apparently it's a play on a -Missy Elliott- song. Seeing as how I've never heard of -Missy Elliott- (more of a Grateful Dead guy myself) or her song, ... - Date : Fri, 14 May 2010 10:53:39 GMT+00:00
5 questions with singer, actress & poet Jill Scott - Detroit Free Press Detroit Free Press---...- in their production and employ real live musicians, including Aaron Draper on percussion, Terry Lewis, -Missy Elliott-, Anthony Hamilton and Peedi Crakk. ... - Date : Thu, 20 May 2010 07:30:39 GMT+00:00
'Get Your Preak On' Works, Offends Columnist's Tender Sensibilities - SB Nation (blog) SB Nation (blog)---...- the pitch phrase "Get Your Preak On" seems fairly innocuous, especially since it's a layup reference to the -Missy Elliott- song "Get Your Freak On," and ... - Date : Tue, 11 May 2010 15:39:47 GMT+00:00
Interscope signs 12-year old 'Paparazzi' phenom Greyson Chance. Can a duet ... - HitFix (blog) HitFix (blog)--Producer Shawn Campbell, who's worked with Jay-Z, -Missy Elliott- and Ciara, saw what he liked and contacted the Australian Simpson. ... - Date : Wed, 19 May 2010 02:56:26 GMT+00:00

Missy Elliott Booted Off Stage In London - Peace FM Online

Peace FM Online--Aceshowbiz : -Missy Elliott- was booted off the stage by organizers at London's Wireless music Festival on Saturday, July 3 after she exceeded her allocated ... - Date : Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:48:18 GMT+00:00

New Nicki Minaj Your Love Video - Celeb Pronto (blog)

Celeb Pronto (blog)--1 on the chart since -Missy Elliott's- “Work It” spent 12 weeks at No. 1 in November 2002. Watch and enjoy her new video below.--- - Date : Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:09:55 GMT+00:00

Missy Elliot to perform in Israel - infolive.tv

infolive.tv--Hip Hop and 'R and B' star -Missy Elliott- is set to appear in Israel for the first time. The American Grammy award winner will appear at the Biton Echad ... - Date : Sun, 30 May 2010 14:23:53 GMT+00:00

Highlights From Vh1's 2010 'Hip Hop Honors: Dirty South' - Idolator: All About The Music (blog)

Idolator: All About The Music (blog)--See Drake, -Missy Elliott-, Keri Hilson, and a roster of fellow talents celebrate the biggest hip-hop legends from below the Mason-Dixon line. ... - Date : Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:52:41 GMT+00:00

Lil' Kim Vs. Nicki Minaj: Missy Elliott, Trina, More Weigh In - MTV.com

MTV.com--Like Trina and Digga, multiplatinum rapper and producer -Missy Elliott- has been in the game for years, and she believes there's room for both Nicki's and ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:15:24 GMT+00:00

Jazmine Sullivan Ready To Hold You Down With New Single - Singersroom News

Singersroom News--Confirmed by -Missy Elliott-, who also produced the song, on Twitter recently, "Hold You Down" will be released this week. While Missy is excited about the ... - Date : Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:35:15 GMT+00:00

Get Your Preak On - About - Cities & Towns

About - Cities & Towns--Apparently it's a play on a -Missy Elliott- song. Seeing as how I've never heard of -Missy Elliott- (more of a Grateful Dead guy myself) or her song, ... - Date : Fri, 14 May 2010 10:53:39 GMT+00:00

5 questions with singer, actress & poet Jill Scott - Detroit Free Press

Detroit Free Press---...- in their production and employ real live musicians, including Aaron Draper on percussion, Terry Lewis, -Missy Elliott-, Anthony Hamilton and Peedi Crakk. ... - Date : Thu, 20 May 2010 07:30:39 GMT+00:00

'Get Your Preak On' Works, Offends Columnist's Tender Sensibilities - SB Nation (blog)

SB Nation (blog)---...- the pitch phrase "Get Your Preak On" seems fairly innocuous, especially since it's a layup reference to the -Missy Elliott- song "Get Your Freak On," and ... - Date : Tue, 11 May 2010 15:39:47 GMT+00:00

Interscope signs 12-year old 'Paparazzi' phenom Greyson Chance. Can a duet ... - HitFix (blog)

HitFix (blog)--Producer Shawn Campbell, who's worked with Jay-Z, -Missy Elliott- and Ciara, saw what he liked and contacted the Australian Simpson. ... - Date : Wed, 19 May 2010 02:56:26 GMT+00:00

Television :
Year	Title	Role	Episode
1997	Family Matters	Herself	"Original Gangster Dawg" (season 9, episode 203)
1998	The Wayans Bros.	Herself
2003	Eve	Herself,Guest appearance	"Missy Elliott In The Place"
2005	MTV Cribs	Herself
2005	The Road to Stardom	Herself
2008	ego trip's Miss Rap Supreme	Herself	Season 1
America's Best Dance Crew	Herself, Guest Judge	"Missy Elliott "Shake Ya Pom Pom" Challenge" (season 2, episode 7)

Films :
Year	Film	Role
2001	Pootie Tang	Diva
2003	Honey	Herself
2004	Fade to Black	Herself
Shark Tale	Uncredited voice
2005	Just for Kicks	Herself

Missy Elliott

Studio albums		Supa Dupa Fly * Da Real World * Miss E � So Addictive * Under Construction * This Is Not a Test! * The Cookbook * Block Party
Compilations		Respect M.E. (2006)
Tours		Lilith Fair * Verizon Ladies First Tour
Related articles		Aaliyah * Swing Mob * Timbaland * The Goldmind Inc.

America's Best Dance Crew

Seasons		1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * 6
Hosts		Mario Lopez * Layla Kayleigh (backstage)
Judges		JC Chasez (Season 1-Present) * Lil Mama (Season 1-Present) * Omarion (Season 5-Present), Shane Sparks (Season 1-4)
Winners		JabbaWockeeZ * Super Cr3w * Quest Crew * We Are Heroes * Poreotix
Season 1 crews		Status Quo , Kaba Modern , Breaksk8 , Fysh N Chicks , Live In Color , ICONic , Femme 5 , Enigma Dance Kru
Season 2 crews		SoReal Cru , Fanny Pak , Boogie Bots , Supreme Soul , A.S.I.I.D. , Phresh Select , Xtreme Dance Force , Sass x7 , Distorted X
Season 3 crews		Beat Freaks , Fly Khicks , Strikers All-Stars , Dynamic Edition , Ringmasters , Team Millennia , Boxcuttuhz , G.O.P. Dance
Season 4 crews		AfroBoriké , Massive Monkees , Rhythm City , Vogue Evolution , Beat Ya Feet Kings , Southern Movement , Artistry In Motion , Fr3sh
Season 5 crews		Blueprint Cru , Hype 5-0 , Jungle Boogie , Saltare , Heavy Impact , Static Noyze , Royal Flush , Swagger Crew
Season 6 crews
Related		Randy Jackson (creator) * [http://www.district78.com District 78] (music mixing) * Nappytabs and [http://www.myspace.com/roseroinc Rosero McCoy] (supervising choreographers) * Kara Saun (costume designer)