Hip-hop icon Missy Elliott and Atlantic Data will probably be honored on the Nationwide Museum of African American Music’s Celebration of Legends on June 2 on the museum in Nashville.
Elliott is scheduled to attend, as are Mya, one of many artists on the all-star remake of “Woman Marmalade” which Elliott produced; and Sylvia Rhone, chairwoman/CEO of Epic Data, who grew to become senior vice chairman and normal supervisor of Atlantic Data in 1986 and who labored with Elliott when she headed eastwest Data.
Earlier honorees embody Lionel Richie, Chaka Khan, Quincy Jones, Smokey Robinson and the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
Elliott was lately introduced as the primary feminine hip-hop artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame. In 2019, she grew to become the primary feminine hip-hop artist/songwriter to be inducted into the Songwriters Corridor of Fame.
Elliott has amassed 9 prime 10 hits on the Billboard Scorching 100, together with “Work It,” which logged 10 weeks at No. 2. She additionally reached the runner-up spot as a featured artist on Ciara’s “1, 2 Step.” A four-time Grammy winner, Elliott has gained video of the yr on the VMAs twice, as a featured artist on “Woman Marmalade” by Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mýa and Pink in 2001 and together with her personal “Work It” two years later.
Atlantic Data was based in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years, Atlantic earned a popularity as probably the most vital American file labels, specializing in jazz, R&B and soul recordings by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Ruth Brown and Otis Redding. Its place was enhanced by its distribution take care of Stax Data. In 1967, Atlantic grew to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, now the Warner Music Group, and expanded into rock and pop.
The Nationwide Museum of African American Music was designed to have fun and protect African Individuals’ affect on music and supply Nashville-area residents and guests alike with various cultural choices. The museum opened in 2021.
