It certainly seems like it. Elliot Watch Missy Rap Flow Style Missy, a Virginia native, got her start in a girl group that was discovered by Devante Swing of Jodeci. It's kind of hard to imagine a talent like Missy's being confined to matching dresses and diva-riffs. Destined to be a solo artist, Missy suceeded by rapping a little differently than the rest. Neither hardcore, nor soft-porn, her rhyming style was just her own combination of sass and skills.
Missy can also sing, and quite well.
But she told us recently that rapping is much more comfortable for her. Musically, Missy can do so many things. She may not have the public profile of a Lauryn Hill, who also sings, produces and rhymes, but she should, since she too, can do it all. Missy's past is fraught with sexual abuse and domestic violence. She's referring to her personal life of course, but in the male dominated music machine, she doesn't have to subject herself to it either.