Patricia Elliott, gave birth to bright light, artist, song writer, and game changer, Melissa Arnette Elliott, a.k.a., Missy Elliott, on the first day of July, in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1971, and Missy’s illuminated music with radical rhythms ever since.
Missy Elliott is MTV’s 2019 Video Vanguard recipient. Tune in 6 PM, MDT, Monday, August 26 to see Patricia’s daughter, Missy Elliott, Throw It Back.