ContactMusic — Hip-hop star Missy Elliot has revealed she has been quietly suffering with a major autoimmune disease. In 2008 the Work It hitmaker was diagnosed with Graves' disease - a disorder which affects the thyroid - and she admits the symptoms came on so fas... more info

Perez Hilton — What an inspiration! Back in May, we heard that Missy Elliot would be the focus of the June 29th season premiere episode of VH1's Behind the Music. Here's what the show's executive producer Brad Abramson said about it at the time: "Missy was great an... more info

Guardian Music — 15 July 1997: Number 36 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicFemale MCs were ten a penny in the 90s, the most notable of whom were Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim. Both were attached to different crews, the Firm and Junio... more info

Guardian Music — Now Wave, ManchesterIt's not that DJ/promoters Wesley Killerbee and Jonathan Paul Wickstead don't like old music, but the raison d'être of their Now Wave brand is to showcase only new stuff, which they do at weekly cross-genre club nights and gigs a... more info

Popdose — Rap shifted out of the gangsta and East Coast/West Coast stuff in about 2000 and into a more rounded world where different styles had a shot at the mainstream. Outkast, Eminem, and Missy Elliott, for example, all enjoyed critical and commercial peaks... more info

Perez Hilton — And the line up of shows is extremely inneresting!! Starting on June 29th, the new season of the reinvigorated documentary series leads off with an episode all about Missy Elliott: “Missy was great and very candid,” said Brad Abramson, series exe... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — VH1's "Behind the Music" is continuing its resurgence with a new season of the revived documentary series. more info

VH1 Blog — Behind The Music, one of the most beloved series in the history of our network, is celebrating its 14th anniversary this August. Next month, a brand new cycle of shows debuts, featuring intimate looks at the lives and careers of some of the biggest s... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — VH1’s acclaimed series “Behind the Music” is back with a new season featuring Missy Elliott, Miranda Lambert and Mary J. Blige more info

Culture Bully — New mash from Israeli mashup producer DJ Maya Jakobson, combining Britney Spears, Adele, Missy Elliott & Tchaikovsky. more info