Classic Hip Hop Pic: Timbaland, Aaliyah and Missy

Check out this classic hip hop pic of Timbaland, Aaliyah (R.I.P), and Missy. I can't believe it has been twelve years since Aaliyah passed.

Missy Speaks On Her Debut Album- Supa Dupa Fly

Around the time Puff (diddy) was changing the sound of hip hop in the mid 90s with Biggie and Mase, Missy also came along to take that sound to the future. Missy Elliot dropped her Supa Dupa Fly in 1997, and with a little help from Timbaland, she gave us that futuristic sound and flow...she is still the most successful female rapper ever. The triple threat- she could sing, dance and rap. Around the late 00s, she disappeared from the scene when she was trying to handle her Autoimmune Disorder, but she is back again. In a recent interview, Missy said Supa Dupa Fly still leaves her in awe whenever she listens to it.




"I consider Supa Dupa Fly a great album because everything about it," she said. "You hadn't heard it before, you hadn't heard that sound. Even the rap flows were different. I think it was 10 years ahead, 15 years ahead. It's funny, we did that album in two weeks."






'The Rain' video was like a puzzle. Because if you didn't get the record, once you saw the visual, it made all the sense in the world. It kind of told you who I was, not even just the record. it's like, this girl's finna be a character. She's going to be something different."




Missy has sold a cumulative 30 million records, and 4 of her 6 albums are platinum, while the last two went Gold. Her 7th album, Block Party has no due date yet, but it is scheduled to drop before the end of the year. She has already released two singles from the album, 9th Inning, and Triple Threat- both featuring long-time friend, collaborator and producer, Timbaland.

Odd Future's Syd The Kyd addmits Being A Lesbian

Syd The Kyd, the lone female artist of the very eccentric and controversial Hip Hop group, Odd Future has come forward to open up about her sexuality, and being a Lesbian in Hip Hop. She also talks about a lot of other artists in hip hop that are homosexuals but are ashamed to come out of the closet. I can remember Fat Joe saying the same thing. Fat Joe even said he has definitely done records with closet homosexuals, and that he wonders why they wont come out the closet.


Below is what Syd had to say about the video in which she admits her sexuality.




"I decided to do it because I wish I had someone like that [an openly gay female artist] while I was coming up. People write on my Tumblr just thanking me for making the video, saying that I really inspire them, and they want to be like me," said Syd. "But I wasn't always this way, this comfortable with myself, and I remember what that was like. So I figure, fuck it. Everyday people aren't given this opportunity and I realize that. And I didn't at first. I thought I was just lucky to be along for the ride."


She focused in on several women in urban music who she suspects are lesbians and are hiding their sexuality from the public. "There's Alicia Keys, who's married to Swizz Beatz - we know that shit ain't real," she said. "You got Queen Latifah kissing Common in movies. Missy Elliott saying she don't wanna hang with bitches. You know she loves her some bitches."


Hmm! This is interesting. I knew about Latifah and Missy, but i didn't know Alicia Keys was swinging that way. Personally, i think there a lot of people, not just Gays, that are scared to admit what they really are. I know a lot of people are going to openly condemn this girl for making this move, but i know one thing for sure, her heart would be lighter now.

Missy Open's up About Silence

Missy has been on a long hiatus for a while now, and she has finally come out to speak on the cause of her hiatus. Missy was very prominent in the mid and late 90s in Hip Hop. She was definitely a force to reckon with in hip hop back in the days. Even in the early 00s, she was still hot, but it was evident around the mid 00s that she was on a down throttle. And in the last few years, i don't think there has been any hot Missy song on radio, or MTV. Unknowing to the the public, she has been battling with a terminal disease.

I really feel for her, and i wish her all the best. Read more about this below-

According to Brad Abramson, executive producer for Missy's VH1 Behind the Music (premiering June 29) the visionary suffered from painful health problems. "Missy was great and very candid. She talked for the first time about her [near fatal bout with] Graves disease, which she's been battling for the last few years, and spoke in detail about the sexual abuse she experienced as a child." Missy opened up about her fight with the autoimmune disease even more saying: "You live with it the rest of your life. I couldn't write because my nervous system was so bad. I couldn't even use a pen." (VIBE)

Graves disease is associated with the body's metabolism function.
Graves disease is an autoimmune disorder that leads to overactivity of the thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism). The thyroid gland is an important organ of the endocrine system. It is located in the front of the neck just below the voice box. This gland releases the hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), which control body metabolism. Controlling metabolism is critical for regulating mood, weight, and mental and physical energy levels. (NCBI)

This is just proof that stars/celebrities are just as human as all of us; they suffer in other ways, even if they have all the money in the world. I can remember when Sheek Louch (member of The L.O.X) was very sick to the point his family and friends thought he would die. When he got a little better, he said this on a track- "Take my wealth/give me my health". You might think you don't have anything, but remember that you have your health, and you can always get wealthy with hard-work and a definite purpose. I wish Missy all the best.