WASHINGTON – Missy Elliott gave us a hint of her live ambitions during her electrifying Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction performance last fall. Turns out that was merely the aperitif. While it still ...

When Missy Elliott released her debut single “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly),” I was five years old. I vividly remember when the iconic music video came out during the summer of 1997. It was a defining ...

Twenty years ago, Missy Elliott worked it with two other legendary divas — Beyoncé and Alicia Keys — on the Verizon Ladies First Tour. (Just let that lineup sink in for a minute. I’ll wait …) I was ...

Missy Elliott brought the supersized vision from last year’s “Out of This World” tour to Coachella on Friday night, performing a sizzling — if not almost exact — set rife with dancing, pyrotechnics ...

Hip-hop icon Missy Elliott might have waited nearly 30 years to stage her first-ever headlining tour, but goodness gracious, when Missy finally does something, she really, really does it right. Out of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Elliott H. Powell, University of Minnesota (THE CONVERSATION) Missy Elliott’s ...

Missy Elliott on her “Out of this World Tour.” Credit: Derek Blanks with crowdMGMT Everything about Missy Elliott’s “Out of this World Tour” felt like an anomaly. It’s an anomaly that a four-time ...