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MISSY ELLIOTT ON DEPRESSION, BURNOUT AND HOW A 14-YEAR HIATUS GAVE HER “PEACE OF MIND’ – VIDEO

Missy Elliott is one of the hardest working entertainers in the game, but there was a time when it seemed more like the game was working on her, both mentally, physically, and emotionally. On a recent episode of Sway in the Morning, the 48 year-old-artist opened up about why she ultimately had to step away from the industry to continue to effectively walk in her purpose.

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To Missy, her time away from the music game acted as a catalyst for self-care in her personal life, and she recommends that no matter what line of work you’re in, you take time to take care of you, first, sis: The entertainer, who just came off of a 14-year hiatus with the release of her EP, Iconology, said that in the past, her struggle with Graves’ disease affected her career in a major way, even most recently during her recent performance at the VMAs

The singer recently told Angie Martinez that only hours before her show, she was rushed to the hospital because she couldn’t breathe. Despite her condition, Missy says she took some cough syrup and did the damn thing: Missy, who’s been open about her health struggles in the past, said that it was for this reason that she decided to bring her music career to a halt in the first place. The Virginia-born star first revealed her diagnosis with Graves’ in 2011 after she almost crashed a car due to muscle spasms.

She explained that at one point, her disease got so severe that she couldn’t even pick up a pen to do what she loved anymore:Despite Missy’s absence from the game, she’s back like she never left, but that didn’t come without some well-needed time for self, proving that it pays to take care of you, the world can wait.

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THE WOMEN WHO SLAYED AT 2019 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS

The 2019 MTV Video Music Awards was held last night at the Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey.

At this year’s event, there were quite a lot of celebrities that got some recognition for their works in the past year.

Taylor Swift picked up two awards for her “You Need to Calm Down” music video, including Video of the Year and Video for Good. Lil Nas X won his first-ever award during the show and the Jonas Brothers won for the first time at the VMAs.

Also exciting were the red carpet outfits from the stars!

We’ve got it all below.

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: LeToya Luckett attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Singer H.E.R. attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards red carpet at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Queen Latifah attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Missy Elliott poses in the Press Room with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award during the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Remy Ma attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Normani attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Singer Lizzo attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards red carpet at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Rapper / Singer Megan Thee Stallion attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards red carpet at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Monica attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Kash Doll attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Blac Chyna attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Halsey attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Lil’ Kim attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Keke Palmer attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Amara La Negra attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Taylor Swift attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Skylar Grey attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Zara Larsson attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Adriana Lima attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Hailee Steinfeld attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: FKA twigs attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Camila Cabello attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Coco Austin attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Heidi Klum attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Pepa of Salt-N-Pepa attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: JuJu attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Chanel West Coast attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards red carpet at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Bella Hadid attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Bebe Rexha attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

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NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Tommicus Walker and LeToya Luckett attend the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Safaree Samuels and Erica Mena Samuels attend the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Coco A attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Papoose and Remy Ma attend the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, Best Collaboration Winner, pose in the Press Room during the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Manny Carabel/Getty Images)

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Kevin Jonas and Danielle Jonas pose in the Press Room during the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for MTV)

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IT’S OFFICIAL! GRAMMY AWARD WINNING RAPPER, MISSY ELLIOT CAN NOW BE ADDRESSED AS DR MISSY ELLIOT!

Grammy Award-winning rapper, dancer, and record producer, Missy Elliott can now officially be called Dr. Elliot!

The pop star and icon was recognized on Friday, May 11, 2019, with an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music.

She received the honorary doctorate alongside Justin Timberlake.

BOSTON, MA – MAY 11: Missy Elliott and Justin Timberlake attend the Berklee College of Music 2019 Commencement ceremony at Agganis Arena at Boston University on May 11, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. More than 1,100 students graduated in all and receiving honorary degrees were Missy Elliott, Justin Timberlake and Alex Lacamoire. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images for Berklee)

The pair was honored alongside award-winning Broadway performer and composer Alex Lacamoire – who was a former student of the institution, with all three receiving the Honorary Doctor’s Degree of Music for their “influences in music, and for their enduring global impact.”

Missy Elliot took to Instagram to share a video of her holding the framed diploma complete with graduation cap and gown.

“CREATE YOUR OWN LANE,” ELLIOTT SAID IN THE POST’S CAPTION. “SINCERELY DR. MISSY ELLIOT.”

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CREATE YOUR OWN LANE!!!! SINCERELY DR. MISSY ELLIOTT🙌🏾🙌🏾@BERKLEECOLLEGE👩🏾‍🎓 #VA #757

A POST SHARED BY MISSY ELLIOTT (@MISSYMISDEMEANORELLIOTT) ON MAY 11, 2019 AT 11:20AM PDT

“THERE WILL BE UPS AND DOWNS — PREPARE FOR THAT,” ELLIOTT SAID TO THE GRADUATING CLASS. “AS LONG AS YOU ARE BREATHING, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE. DON’T FORGET THAT. YOU HAVE COME TOO FAR TO QUIT.”

Elliott, who was born in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1971 to a welder at Portsmouth’s naval shipyard, is the first female hip-hop artist to receive an honorary degree from the Berklee College of Music.

Elliott has sold more than 30 million albums during the course of her career.

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VETERAN RAPPER, MISSY ELLIOTT TO RECEIVE HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC

Veteran American rapper, Missy Elliott, who will become the first female Hip Hop artist inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June, is set to receive an honorary doctorate from the prestigious Berklee College of Music alongside pop royalty Justin Timberlake and conductor Alex Lacamoire.

The Berklee College Of Music made the announcement via Twitter.

According to the school’s website, Berklee President Roger H. Brown will present Elliott — a 5x-Grammy Award winner with nominations spanning three decades — Lacamoire and Timberlake with honorary Doctor of Music degrees at Berklee College of Music’s commencement ceremony on May 11 at Boston University’s 7,000-seat Agganis Arena.

This year’s honorary doctorate recipients are being recognized for their “achievements and influences in music and for their enduring global impact.”

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MISSY ELLIOT BECOMES FIRST FEMALE RAPPER TO BE NOMINATED FOR THE SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME

The Associated Press (AP) confirms this on Wednesday, November 11, 2018. She could be the third rapper added to the organization joining recent inductees Jay Z and Jermaine Dupri.

Missy Elliot feels honoured getting the recognition and shares her feelings in a tweet she posted today.

“I am Humbly Grateful to be nominated with so many other AMAZING writers Congratulations to all of them also.”

Mariah Carey, Chrissie Hynde, Vince Gill, Mike Love, Jimmy Cliff, Jeff Lynne, Cat Stevens, John Prine, Lloyd Price, Tommy James and the Eurythmics and others, have been listed as performing nominees at the Hall’s 50th annual Induction & Awards Gala in New York on June 13, 2019.

Missy Elliot’s nomination is as a result of fulfilling a demanding feature required for eligibility.

Songwriters considered for an entry into the hall of fame are often those who have been wring published songs for a period of 20 years.

The rapper’s debut studio album “Supa Dupa Fly” which turned 20 in the year 2017, makes her eligible.

By Monday, December 17, 2018, members of the Hall of Fame will have voted for three non-performing songwriters and three performing songwriters to be revealed before the New York event.

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