Missy Elliott becomes the first female rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Missy Elliott, the creative mastermind who has written hit songs for a number of female acts and created camaraderie among women in the music industry for more than two decades, felt the love back from her musical sisters as she became the first female rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
"Missy, I want to thank you for all of your trailblazing ways," Obama said in a taped video that aired during the event."Thank you not for just sharing your gift with the world, but for being an advocate for so many people out there, especially young girls who are still figuring out how to make their voices heard."
Elliott entered the 2019 class alongside heavyweights in the music industry, including legendary British singer Cat Stevens and country-folk icon John Prine. "My first search was for wealth and success but then I was dragged underground after the first battle with fame and the demands of the music business. I was hospitalized with a thing called TB, but that was a great opening for me, a great chance, and that's when my real journey started," he said."And that journey was to do a search for meaning, so that kind of defined, I think, my main contribution to being a songwriter.
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