Missy Elliott accepts Innovator Award with emotional speech
Missy Elliott Accepts Innovator Award at Billboard Women in Music
Quote:
"I want to thank my mother who has been my backbone, and she has loved me not because I became a celebrity or what I would do for her. She has just loved me unconditionally, and I want to thank her. I want to thank everybody in Virginia where I'm from, two up, two down, 757. I want to thank Timbaland. That is my other side of my brain, and we were broke together and we made money together. We have cussed each other out. We have hugged each other. I love him through thick and thin. Pharrell, I love you. Another one of my VA family. Magoo, Mona Scott Young, who has held me down from top, Karen Body, Yandy over there, my whole glam squad. I got Misa Glow, Angie, Atlantic Records, I love y'all. Where y'all at? Holla! I see y'all! Dave Meyers, Hi Hat, Hype Williams, June, Billy B, Sylvia Rhone, I love you. My fans, the ME addicts, Billboard once again, and I want to thank Janet, because she's been someone who I could call at any time."
"Y'all don't know, I've been through so much. Mentally and physically, I have went through a lot, so standing here today means so much. I thank you Janet, and lastly, I want to thank all those women who came before me, and I don't know if y'all know how important that is to me because they kicked down the door for me to be able to walk through. So, I don't stand here to take the credit. Because of them, those ones before me, I thank you, and I thank my peers and those after me, but those ones before me, I want to tell y'all that I love y'all so much and Aaliyah, I hope you're looking down and that you are proud of me. I miss you, and Ciara, I love you so much, sis. I thank you, thank you."
Wow, this was emotional to watch. I'm so happy that she's being honoured, she deserves it SO MUCH. Such an innovative and creative artist, I remember being a little kid watching her videos for the first time and being so shocked and slayed. One of the first artists to make a real impact on me. She deserves everything! It was cool to watch all of those other amazing women like Gaga and Lana paying attention to her words and being proud of her.
Go Missy!!! Release your new album and leave the industry bald once again
Wow, this was emotional to watch. I'm so happy that she's being honoured, she deserves it SO MUCH. Such an innovative and creative artist, I remember being a little kid watching her videos for the first time and being so shocked and slayed. One of the first artists to make a real impact on me. She deserves everything! It was cool to watch all of those other amazing women like Gaga and Lana paying attention to her words and being proud of her.
Go Missy!!! Release your new album and leave the industry bald once again
I think she put out WTF to see the temperature of her pull with the new audience.
I think she will have something out by summer.
Hopefully a winter and spring single are coming.
So glad she's such a humble rap legend. In a genre that enables cockiness, she just really goes the other way
I think she put out WTF to see the temperature of her pull with the new audience.
I think she will have something out by summer.
Hopefully a winter and spring single are coming.
So glad she's such a humble rap legend. In a genre that enables cockiness, she just really goes the other way
Right! Such a humble legend.
I think she didn't expect people to have such a good reaction to WTF after such a long hiatus and that's one of the things that made her so emotional. I hope the GP is here for her again so she can put an album out and tour and appear at award shows again
Queen of rap
slay missy
