Missy Elliott News

In the Field... 10.30.2009 The Cutting Edge of 'Kamaal the Abstract' Q-Tip's Return to Grace by John Murph This decade, many a rap and R&B artist, from Missy Elliott to Mya, have seen their albums stalled or put on permanent hold.

Katastrophe is a progressive rap artist from San Francisco who combines material from poetry slams with musical beats.

Tune in Tuesday, October 27 at 8 PM* for the World Premiere of the '2009 BET HIP-HOP AWARDS' Rapper, Actor, Producer, Screenwriter, and Film Director Ice Cube Will Be Honored as This Year's "I Am Hip-Hop" Icon Award Recipient NEW YORK, Oct.

Queen Latifah recently teamed up with Missy Elliott for the single "Fast Car". The Cool & Dre produced track is the second offering off Latifah's seventh studio album Persona .

The science world was rocked last week with the discovery of a 4.4-million-year-old female human ancestor in the jungles of Ethiopia.

In a shocking opening performance of "Like a Virgin" and "Hollywood," the three divas raised Justin Timberlake's eyebrows - and everyone else's - when they locked lips just before Missy Elliott joined the trio .

" Bad Science " by Rustie " Shadow Enter " by Rustie " Pass Da Blunt " by Missy Elliott and Timbaland Presently, my favorite person in Scotland is Rustie, a DJ/producer with a lot going for him.

The name might not ring a bell, but you will recognize the sounds of Shondrae Crawford's beats.

'There are no arguments. No debates in the neighborhood. We all basically feel the same way: Get Bush out of there,' says Bottom Ground recording artist Ran Rover.

THERE'S NOBODY QUITE LIKE Queen Latifah , the rough-edged rapper turned jazz singer and Oscar-nominated actress.

THERE'S NOBODY QUITE LIKE Queen Latifah , the rough-edged rapper turned jazz singer and Oscar-nominated actress.

Queen Latifah, "Persona" There's nobody quite like Queen Latifah, the rough-edged rapper turned jazz singer and Oscar-nominated actress.

Hailing from Philadelphia, Jazmine Sullivan is an R&B music singer and songwriter.

Actor Farley Granger is 84. Actress Jean Marsh is 75. Actor David Prowse is 74. Actress Karen Black is 70.

No female rap artist paralleled the success of Missy Elliott, neither during her reign nor before, and none was more deserving.

From an early age, Elliott demonstrated a knack for performance, and her big break came in 1991 when Jodeci band member DeVante Swing signed Elliott's group, Sista, to his Swing Mob Records label.

Unit rapper Lloyd Banks has announced an exclusive one-off show in London this July.

It is simplicity itself: a microphone and the human voice. On the eve of their UK championships, Lena Corner meets the key members of the beatbox generation IMMO KLINK Beardymam, a.k.a. Darren Foreman, uses technology as well as comedy and props to create classic beatbox shows All of the sounds you are about to hear," says beatboxer Shlomo, ...

If reports of a Saturday Night Fever remake are to be believed, then Timbaland's collaboration with Simon Cowell shows how far downhill he's gone Timbaland ... has he been so busy chasing the money that he's lost his mojo? Photograph: PR Jay-Z has been busy sounding the death knell for Auto-Tune , but it looks like hip-hop could have another ...

Have you made Ciara's acquaintance yet? No doubt you've heard of her. After all, the Atlanta-based singer-songwriter -- born Ciara Princess Harris -- is a major-label pop star who frequently collaborates with hip-hop and pop royalty, from Missy Elliott to Ludacris to Justin Timberlake.