Missy Elliott believes the important thing to longevity in music is being real.
Throughout an interview with Essence, the enduring rapper divulged the key to being constantly profitable within the music enterprise.
“Be your self,” the 51-year-old merely mentioned.
Missy, actual title Melissa Arnette Elliott, famous that as a baby, her grandmother, who has since handed, pressured the significance of being humble, irrespective of your successes.
“I am going to all the time inform people who relationships, particularly on this enterprise, are extra vital than a verify,” the Get Ur Freak On rapper instructed the publication.
“So long as you’ve nice relationships, you’ll all the time get a verify, as a result of folks will not thoughts serving to you if you find yourself down and out. I need folks to know me for good music, however simply being an excellent individual, that’s vital.”
Elsewhere within the interview, the Grammy winner revealed that she is presently engaged on new music, although she shared few particulars.
“I acquired some new stuff within the works,” Missy mentioned, teasing that it could be “enjoyable” and “upbeat”.
The artist added that she is not going to be sharing the discharge date for her upcoming music, saying, “I by no means inform dates… ‘Trigger after I inform you dates, it can get you in bother with them followers.”
Missy’s final album, The Cookbook, was launched in 2005, nevertheless, she dropped an EP titled Iconology in 2019.
