Missy Elliott

**Melissa Arnette “Missy” Elliott** (an haife ta a watan Yuli 1, 1971), kuma aka sani da Misdemeanor, mawaƙiyar Ba’amurkiys ce, mawaƙiya, marubuciya, kuma mai yin rikodin. Ta fara aikinta na kiɗa a matsayin memba na ƙungiyar 'yan mata ta R&B Sista a cikin shekarun 1990s, waɗanda ke cikin babban ƙungiyar kiɗan Swing Mob - wanda DeVante Swing na Jodeci ke jagoranta. Kundin farko na farkon rukunin da bai yi nasara ba a kasuwanci, 4 All the Sistas Around da World (1994), Elektra Records ne ya fitar da shi kuma ya sadu da kyakkyawar liyafar. Ta yi haɗin gwiwa tare da mai shirya kundi da ƙungiyar Swing Mob Timbaland don yin aiki a rubuce-rubucen waƙa da samarwa don wasu ayyukan, suna ba da rarrabuwar kasuwancin kasuwanci don 702, Aaliyah, SWV, da Total.

Elliott ta sake fitowa a matsayin aikin solo tare da haɗin gwiwa da yawa da baƙon baƙo ta 1996, kuma a cikin Yuli na shekara mai zuwa, ta fitar da kundi na farko na studio, Supa Dupa Fly (1997). A matsayin babban nasararta, kundin ya sami nasara mai mahimmanci da nasara na kasuwanci, yana hawa lamba uku akan Billboard 200 kuma ya haifar da Billboard Hot 100-top 20 guda "Sock It 2 Me" (wanda ke nuna Da Brat). Album dinta na biyu, Da Real World (1999) ta samar da wakokin "She's Bitch", "All n My Grill" (wanda ke nuna Big Boi da Nicole Wray), da "Hot Boyz" (wanda aka sake hade da Lil'Mo, Nas, Eve da Q-Tip). Waƙar ta ƙarshe ta kafa rikodin shekaru 19 na mafi yawan makonni a saman Waƙoƙin R&B/Hip Hop mai zafi ta Janairu 2000 (har zuwa Lil Nas X's 2019 "Old Town Road"), kuma ta shafe makonni 18 a saman Taswirar Waƙoƙin Rap mai zafi daga Disamba 1999 zuwa Maris 2000.

## Rayuwar baya
Melissa Arnette Elliott an haife ta ne a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1971, a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Naval a Portsmouth, Virginia, ita kaɗai ce ɗan mai aika kamfanin wutar lantarki Patricia da tsohon Marine Ronnie Elliott. Ta girma a cikin dangin mawaƙa na coci, inda rera waƙa ta kasance al'ada ta ƙuruciyarta. Tana da shekaru hudu, ta so ta zama mai wasan kwaikwayo, tare da marubuciyar tarihin rayuwar Veronica A. Davis daga baya ta rubuta cewa "za ta yi waƙa kuma ta yi wa danginta". A cikin shekarun baya, ta ji tsoron kada wani ya dauke ta da muhimmanci domin ita ce kwararriyar aji. Yayin da mahaifinta ma'aikacin ruwa ne mai ƙwazo, dangin suna zaune a cikin wani yanki na gida da ke cikin Jacksonville, North Carolina. Ta yi fure a wannan ɓangaren rayuwarta, tana jin daɗin makaranta don abokantaka da ta kulla duk da cewa ba ta da sha'awar aikin makaranta. Lokacin da mahaifinta ya dawo daga Marines, dangin sun koma Virginia, inda suke rayuwa cikin matsanancin talauci.

## Aiki

### 1988-1995: Aikin farko da Sista
A cikin 1988, Elliott ta kafa ƙungiyar R&B gabaɗaya mata mai suna Fayze (daga baya aka sake masa suna Sista) tare da abokai La'Shawn Shellman, Chonita Coleman, da Radiah Scott. Melvin Barcliff (Magoo) ne ya gabatar da ita da abokiyar unguwarta Timothy Mosley (Timbaland) wanda ke ƙoƙarin ɗaukar Dj Timbaland ɗinsa ya zama furodusan ƙungiyar kuma ya fara yin waƙoƙin demo, daga cikinsu akwai tallan 1991 "Matsa na Farko". Daga baya a cikin 1991, Fayze ya dauki hankalin memba na Jodeci kuma mai gabatarwa DeVante Swing ta hanyar yin wakokin Jodeci cappella a bayansa bayan daya daga cikin kide-kiden kungiyarsa. A takaice dai, Fayze ya koma birnin New York kuma ya sanya hannu zuwa Elektra Records ta hanyar DeVante's Swing Mob imprint da kuma sake suna kungiyar Sista. Waƙar farko ta Sista an yi mata suna "Sabuwar Alama", wacce aka saki a cikin 1993[30] Elliott ta ɗauki Mosley & Barclif waɗanda DeVante ya sake yi wa duo baftisma a matsayin Timbaland & Magoo.

## Nasarori
Elliott ta lashe lambar yabo ta Grammy guda hudu, lambar yabo ta MTV Video Music Awards, lambar yabo ta Amurka guda biyu, lambar yabo ta BET guda shida, da lambar yabo ta Billboard Women in Music award for Innovator. A ranar 13 ga Yuni, 2019, an gabatar da Elliott zuwa Dandalin Mawaƙa na Mawaƙa, ta zama mace ta farko da ta sami wannan karramawa, kuma ta uku gabaɗaya, bayan Jay-Z da Jermaine Dupri. Hakanan a cikin 2019, Elliott ta sami digiri na girmamawa na Doctor of Music daga Kwalejin Kiɗa na Berklee, kuma ta zama mace ta farko da ta sami lambar yabo ta Vanguard Award ta MTV.

## Manazarta