U-Missy Elliott ungumculi-umbhali wengoma waseMelika kanye nomkhiqizi wokuqopha. Kunemiklomelo emihlanu ye-Grammy eshalofini losaziwayo. Kubonakala sengathi lezi akuzona izimpumelelo zokugcina zaseMelika. Uwukuphela komculi wesifazane we-rap othole ama-LP ayisithupha aqinisekiswe iplatinamu yi-RIAA.
Ubuntwana nobusha bomculi
UMelissa Arnet Elliott (igama eliphelele lomculi) wazalwa ngo-1971. Abazali bomntwana babengamataniswa nokudala. Babengacabangi ukuthi indodakazi yabo ngelinye ilanga izoba umculi onesihluku ne-rap.
Umama wathatha indawo ye-dispatcher enkampanini yamandla, inhloko yomndeni iyisolwandle. Ngemva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi, uyise wasebenza njengomshiseli ovamile endaweni yokusebenzela umkhumbi. Ngenkathi ubaba kaMissy Elliott esebenza, umndeni wawuhlala eJacksonville. Kukuleli dolobha lesifundazwe lapho intombazane yaqala khona ukucula ekwayeni yesonto. Ngemva kokuphela kwenkonzo, umndeni wathuthela eVirginia.
UMelissa wayekuthanda ukuya esikoleni. Wayeyingcweti kwezesayensi, kodwa ngisho nangokwengeziwe intombazane yayithanda ukuxhumana nontanga yayo. Wayeyintombazane yesikole ekhuthele. UMissy ubethanda ukucula nokulingisa esiteji.
Ubuntwana bukaMelissa abukwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi ujabule. Uyise wayenonya futhi wadlulisela imizwa yakhe kunina nendodakazi yakhe. Wayeshaya unina, emgcona ngokuziphatha, evame ukumkhipha endlini enqunu futhi ngezinye izikhathi abeke isibhamu ethempelini lakhe. Ngelinye ilanga umama wahluleka ukukubekezelela wakhohlisa ngokuthi uzoshaywa umoya nendodakazi yakhe, wagibela ibhasi wahamba ngendlela eyodwa.
Lapho ineminyaka engu-8, intombazane yaba nenye inkinga. Iqiniso liwukuthi u-Elliott omncane wadlwengulwa umzala wakhe. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, uMelissa wayevame ukuphupha kabi. Lapho ekhula, wavuma ukuthi lesi simo esibi asizange siwuqede umoya wakhe oqinile. Yize lo mculi esaxwayile owesilisa.
Umculo wawuthakasela intombazane kusukela isencane. Waqala ukucula eneminyaka engu-7. Ekuqaleni bekuyikhwaya yesonto nezihlobo. Ubegcwele iphupho lokudlala esiteji wabe esebhalela isithixo sakhe uMichael Jackson nodadewabo uJanet, asebenzisana nabo.
Ebusheni bakhe, u-Elliott wahlangana nomkhiqizi wakhe wesikhathi esizayo uTimbaland. Ngaleso sikhathi, wayeseqenjini noPharrell Williams noChad Hugo. Isifiso sakhe sokucula esiteji sifezekile.
Indlela yokudala ka-Missy Elliott
Ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe, uMelissa wayeyingxenye yeqembu leFayze. I-quartet ibihlanganisa amantombazane enza i-R&B. Wonke amalungu eqembu ayengabangane abakhulu. I-quartet kamuva yadlala ngaphansi kwegama elithi Sista.
Ilebula le-Swing Mob laba nesithakazelo emsebenzini walaba baculi. Inkampani yathatha leli qembu ngaphansi kwephiko layo. Amalungu eqembu awazange asebenze ku-repertoire yawo kuphela, kodwa futhi wabhala izingoma zabanye abaculi.
U-Elliott akazange abe nomsebenzi wedwa ngokushesha. Ngokushesha i-quartet yahlukana. UMelissa kulesi sigaba wazama yena njengomkhiqizi.
“Ukuqoshwa kwami kokuqala kwakuyingoma ebhalelwe uRaven-Simone. Ngokumangalisayo, ukuqanjwa kwaba yingoma yangempela. Kimina, kwakuyisimangaliso kanye nokuphakanyiswa okukhulu. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, ngangingelutho. Futhi wayeyintombazane yaseCosby Show. Lezi yizinto…”, - kusho ngalesi sikhathi sokuphila uMelissa.
Ngemva kwesonto lo mcimbi, ucingo lukaMelissa lwalukhala izingcingo. Wafona Whitney Houston, uMariah Carey noJanet Jackson. Ngemva kwesikhashana, wayesesebenzisana no-Alia, uNicole, i-Destiny's Child. Futhi kamuva, nge Christina Aguilera, UMadonna, Gwen Stefani, Katy Perry.
Isethulo se-albhamu yokuqala
Ngo-1997, kwethulwa i-albhamu yokuqala. Irekhodi lamukelwe ngemfudumalo abagxeki bomculo nabalandeli kangangokuthi u-Elliott wagcwalisa kabusha i-discography yakhe ngama-LP amasha.
Phakathi kwemiklomelo emihlanu efaneleke kahle ye-Grammy kukhona emibili yokusebenza kahle kakhulu kwe-Get Ur Freak On kanye nesiqeshana sevidiyo sengoma eshisa izikhotha ethi Lose Control. Kusukela ngo-1997 kuya ku-2015 UMelissa ukhiphe ama-albhamu ayisikhombisa aphelele. Ngo-2015, i-discography yakhe yandiswa nge-Block Party.
Futhi ngemva kokuphila okumatasa kangaka, umMelika wamemezela ukuthi uzokwenza ifilimu. Kubalandeli, lezi zindaba zabamangaza. Ngo-2017, uMissy kwakufanele aqale ukuqopha i-biopic. U-Elliott unezindima ezimbalwa ze-cao kumamuvi nezinhlelo ze-TV.
“Ngangifuna ukwenza amafilimu ami. Ngifuna ukuba umqondisi futhi ngiqondise mathupha inqubo yokuqopha. Ngemuva kwakho konke, uma usuka emculweni uye kumafilimu, kufanele uqiniseke ukuthi uyakuqonda lokhu, ”kusho uMissy.
Ngo-2017, kwethulwa ingoma entsha. Sikhuluma ngengoma ethi Ngingcono. Isiqeshana sevidiyo sidinga ukunakwa okukhulu, okungahlanganisi amavidiyo avinjelwe kuphela, kodwa futhi nesakhiwo esicatshangelwe kahle.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-Missy Elliott
U-Missy Elliott uhlale engaphansi kwesibhamu samakhamera ayishumi nambili. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi umculi wayefuna kangakanani ukufihla impilo yakhe yomuntu siqu kubalandeli nezintatheli, akazange aphumelele.
Lesi sihlabani esimnyama sasihlale situswa ngezindaba zosaziwayo. Izintatheli zasakaza amahlebezi okuthi uMissy uyilesbian. Uhlu lweziphakamiso lwaluhlanganisa: Olivia Longott, Karrin Steffans, Nicole, 50 Cent kanye noTimbaland.
U-Missy akazange aqinisekise amahemuhemu obudlelwane. Owesifazane uzama ukungaphenduli imibuzo mayelana nempilo yakhe siqu. Ukuphela kwesikhathi u-Elliott enqaba ngaso ngokusemthethweni imininingwane yobudlelwano kwaba ngo-2018. Khona-ke abalandeli "babeka" ubuhlobo bakhe no-Eva Marcille Pigford.
U-Elliott akanaye umyeni nezingane ezisemthethweni. Ukuthi wake washada yini akwaziwa. Kodwa-ke, kuyaziwa ngokuqinisekile ukuthi isihlabani sinobuthakathaka obuthile bezimoto ezibizayo nezindlu.
Ngo-2014, abalandeli bathola injabulo encane. Iqiniso liwukuthi u-Elliott ulahlekelwe isisindo esiningi. Abaningi babecabanga ukuthi lona wesifazane unomdlavuza. UMissy wathintana naye wathi ekugcineni wathatha ukudla okunomsoco futhi wahlala phansi ngokudla okunempilo.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo ngo-Missy Elliott
- U-Missy ungumlandeli ka-Björk.
- Ubeyingxenye yamaqembu akhiqiza iDeVante DeGrate kanye noTimbaland kanye nomculi weR&B uGinuwine.
- Irekhodi lakhe elithi Under Construction lifakwe encwadini ethi 1001 Albums You must Hear before You Die.
Missy Elliott namuhla
Ngo-2018, izintatheli zithole ukuthi u-Missy uqophe ukwakheka okuhlanganyelwe ne-Skrillex. Ngawo lowo nyaka, waqopha amathrekhi noBusta Rhimes noKelly Rowland. Kamuva kancane no-Ariana Grande, bese kuba no-Ciara no-Fatman Scoop.
Ngemva konyaka, uLizzo wethula abalandeli ngokubambisana okuthakazelisayo noMissy. Ngo-2019, kwaziwa ukuthi uMelissa wayengowokuqala we-hip-hoper ukungeniswa eHholo Lodumo Lababhali Bezingoma. Ngawo lowo nyaka, i-discography yakhe yagcwaliswa kabusha nge-albhamu encane ethi Iconology.
