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Missy Elliot says her mother has never seen her perform live before

Nov 3, 2023, 12:12 IST
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Missy Elliott says her mother has never seen her perform live before.Aaron J. Thornton/WireImage
  • Missy Elliott revealed on "Good Morning America" that her mother has never seen her perform live before.
  • Elliott says it's because she "had some little words" in her music that she never wanted her mom to hear.
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Missy Elliott says that her mother has never seen her perform live before.

The 52-year-old hip-hop star appeared on "Good Morning America" to discuss her upcoming induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday.

In the interview, Elliott revealed that her mother would be in the audience watching her perform live for the first time in her decades-long career.

"My mother is coming, and my mother never seen me perform before," Elliott told GMA host Robin Roberts, to her surprise.

The "Get Your Freak On" singer then explained why she's never brought her mother out to one of her live shows in the past.

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"I mean, she's seen me on TV, but she's never been to a show because, you know, I had some little words I didn't ever want her to hear," Elliott said. "So she's coming for the first time."

Elliott, a four-time Grammy Award winner, will be the first woman rapper ever to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

"Words cannot describe. It just hasn't clicked, you know? When you're in the hip-hop world, it just seems so far out of reach," she said of the nomination, adding that her excitement at winning the accolade is further compounded by the fact that it's hip-hop's 50th anniversary.

Elliott was first revealed as an inductee by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame committee in May, having made it onto the list in the first year of her eligibility, per Variety.

To be eligible, an artist or band must have released their first commercial recording at least 25 years before the year of their nomination. Elliot released "Supa Dupa Fly," her debut album, in 1997.

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"Missy Elliott got in first ballot, just like Eminem got in first ballot last year and Jay-Z the year before," the chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame John Sykes told Variety. "So if there's a throughline we're seeing, it shows the power of hip-hop music culture now, as if we didn't know it already, as far as how quickly these artists are being recognized on the first ballot."

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