It’s becoming that on Wednesday morning (Feb. 1) Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott turned the first-ever feminine hip-hop artist to be nominated for the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in her first yr of eligibility. The pioneering rapper/songwriter/producer celebrated the information in an announcement wherein she mentioned, “That is an unbelievable honor. I’m so humbled and grateful to be counted amongst all of the unbelievable honorees.”
Elliott joined an inventory of 2023 nominees that additionally included Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Cyndi Lauper, Iron Maiden, JoyDivision/New Order, The Spinners, George Michael, Willie Nelson, Rage In opposition to the Machine, Soundgarden, A Tribe Referred to as Quest, The White Stripes and Warren Zevon.
“I’ve spent my profession making the sort of music I really like and it means a lot to know that I’ve touched others as effectively,” Elliott added. “However to listen to that I’m the primary feminine hip hop artist to EVER be nominated into the Rock & Rock Corridor of Fame?!? Wow!! This one hits additional completely different as I hope it opens doorways for different feminine emcees to be acknowledged!”
To be eligible for the RRHOF, an artist’s first industrial launch should have come out no less than 25 years previous to the nomination yr. After making a reputation for herself in her early 20s writing and rapping on songs by Raven-Symoné, Jodeci, SWV and Aaliyah, Elliott’s genre-expanding debut, Supa Dupa Fly, dropped in 1997, that includes the psychedelic video for “The Rain,” her first of many eye-popping collaborations with director Hype Williams.
Elliott received a Grammy — considered one of 4 she’s earned thus far — for finest rap solo efficiency in 2002 for her landmark hit “Get Ur Freak On” and hit No. 2 on the Billboard Scorching 100 together with her 2003 single “Work It.” Along with her six solo albums, Elliott has continued to be probably the most in-demand producers and songwriters within the enterprise, working with everybody from Mary J. Blige and TLC to Beyoncé, Ciara, Fantasia, Jazmine Sullivan, Monica and Fifth Concord, amongst many others.
She was additionally the primary feminine rapper inducted into the Songwriters Corridor of Fame (2019), the primary to obtain the MTV VMAs Video Vanguard Award (2019) and with greater than 40 Million data offered worldwide she is the best-selling feminine rapper in Luminate historical past.
RRHOF Inductees can be revealed in Might, with the induction ceremony going down this fall. The highest 5 artists chosen via fan voting can be tallied together with the ballots from the Rock Corridor’s worldwide voting physique to find out the Class of 2023. Followers can vote on-line daily via April 28 at vote.rockhall.com or IRL on the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame Museum in Cleveland.
