The event is part of a weekend-long celebration honoring the rapper and her lasting impact on music, culture, and her home state of Virginia.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Grammy award-winning rapper and Portsmouth-native Missy Elliott is set to host an HBCU Battle of the ...

Missy Elliott is bringing the heat back home to Virginia, and this time, HBCU bands are taking center stage. The hip-hop icon ...

Rapper and Virginia native Missy Elliott will bring together four HBCU marching bands for the Missy Elliott HBCU Battle of ...

Mark Your Calendar for the upcoming Missy Elliott Battle of the Bands on Sunday Oct. 18th at NSU. On WAVY + streaming app, ...

From the studio to the runway, Missy Elliott’s reign keeps going. The hip-hop legend has been announced as one of the headliners for the 2025 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, happening on October 15 in ...

Missy Elliott has never been one to play by the rules. Since releasing her 1997 debut album Supa Dupa Fly, Missy came out of the gate with futuristic beats, untouchable flows, fly costumes and ...

Missy Elliott leads a family-approved celebration of Aaliyah’s legacy during Essence Fest’s emotional 2026 closing night in ...

It has been twenty-three years since Aaliyah’s tragic death. Although the “One In A Million” singer isn’t here in the physical sense, her essence lives on through her acclaimed music catalog. With the ...

You can’t talk about the sounds of the 2000s without talking about Missy Elliot. With hits from “1, 2 Step” to “Get Ur Freak On,” the rapper, singer and songwriter’s cultural impact is undeniable. She ...

Missy Elliott and producer Terry Williams have legally been at each other's throats for multiple years over two songs from the 1990s. Per both sources, Elliott and Williams couldn't come to a common ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...