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Tag: Missy Elliott
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Missy Elliott’s lawyer breaks silence on songwriting lawsuit settlement
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[/media-credit]Hip-Hop icon Missy Elliott has officially settled her protracted legal battle with music producer Terry Williams—just moments before jury selection began in a Philadelphia federal courtroom on August 22, 2025.
Williams, who initially sued Elliott in 2018, claimed he had co-written four songs on Sista’s 1994 album ‘4 All the Sistas Around da World’ but was omitted from the songwriting credits. He also attempted to claim credit on Aaliyah’s 1996 single ‘Heartbroken’, but US District Judge Nitza I Quiñones Alejandro dismissed that allegation in August 2024, ruling it was barred by the statute of limitations.
Despite denials from both sides and anticipation of a courtroom showdown, Elliott’s attorney, Mike Trauben, confirmed that “no money was paid in connection with any of Terry Williams’ claims”, though a “small sum” was paid to acquire beats Williams created that Elliott ultimately used in her songs. Additionally, Elliott’s personal writings and music in Williams’ possession were returned to her upon settlement.
The lawsuit, which spanned nearly seven years, also named producer Timbaland and major record labels—Elektra, Atlantic, Warner Music Group, and Reservoir Media—but many of those claims were dismissed or stayed during the litigation.
By resolving the dispute just before the trial, Missy Elliott avoids a juried reckoning over her early career contributions and preserves her legacy as one of Hip-Hop’s most influential creatives.
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Missy Elliott presents “Party On the Plaza: An Out of This World Experience” in Los Angeles tomorrow
As usual with the queen, this one is for the dancers.
Tomorrow, Missy Elliott, our groundbreaking and talented living legend, presents ‘Party on the Plaza: An Out of this World Experience’ in Los Angeles, California, at the Jerry Moss Plaza at the Music Center. The event promises to feature live DJs, her mega-talented tour dancers, and a special surprise “that will have all eyes on the sky,” according to the promo. This event is free and open to the public. If you’re heading to the event after supper, you may want to arrive by 7 o’clock. Scroll under the promotional flyer to see information for tomorrow’s event.
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[/media-credit]The Music Center is at 135 N Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles. Public parking will be available at the main Music Center Garage (cash only) at 135 N Grand Avenue and in The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall Garage (cash and credit cards) at 111 S Grand Avenue for a flat rate of $10 per vehicle. Valet parking will not be available. Event attendees are highly encouraged to take public transportation. The Music Center is across the street from Gloria Molina Grand Park, home to the Civic Center/Grand Park station along the Metro B Line (Red) and Metro D Line (Purple). Guests could reach The Music Center easily by riding Metro’s new Regional Connector to the Grand Ave Arts/Bunker Hill stop.
Can you believe it’s the queen’s first headlining tour ever? She’s been able to produce and curate evergreen cultural moments through her immense musical talents. As taken from the official press release, this grand Summer, Missy Elliott will headline arenas across North America on her debut tour, ‘Out of This World — The Missy Elliott Experience’, with Hip-Hop legend Busta Rhymes, multi-platinum selling superstar Ciara, and mega-producer and close friend Timbaland by her side. This tour is Summer’s hottest ticket, produced by Live Nation in association with Mona Scott-Young, Elliott’s longtime manager and CEO of Monami Entertainment. Tickets for the thirty-date run are on sale via her website, with VIP packages offered via this link.
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Missy Elliott tells SiriusXM about her new film ‘The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel’, the inspiration and influence behind the Gospel sensation
Yesterday, American rapper, singer-songwriter, Missy Elliott called into SiriusXM’s Urban View show “Heather B Live” to talk to host Heather B Gardner about the movie Missy Elliot, Queen Latifah, and Mary J Blige came together to executively produce called “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel,” which airs today on Lifetime.
During the interview, Missy told Heather B how the idea for the movie came about and what inspired the powerful trio to join forces and executively produce this biopic about the world-renown gospel group, The Clark Sisters:
Well, we all go way back… We’re all sisters, beyond the cameras… and to find out that there was something that we all loved, like I mean, to the tenth power was The Clark Sisters. We always spoke about The Clark Sisters. No matter what conversation we were having we always ended up talking about gospel records and The Clark Sisters always came up and this has been for years that we’ve sung their records.
She went on to say that one day Queen Latifah called her and said she had the rights to The Clark Sisters movie and she knew how much Missy loved them and wanted her to be a part of producing the movie if she was interested.
Missy told Heather B: The Clark Sisters have had such an influence on the way (clearly not lyrics) but the way I structure my songs, my harmonies and stuff that I’ve done on my records, and I’ve done on other people’s records, that I’ve been inspired by them when it comes to their vocal sounds… and then she talked about Mary being involved and I’m like it don’t get no better than that! Three strong women. And we already know each other and we all know how much we love The Clark Sisters, and we wanted to make sure that justice is done correctly. We want people to walk away respecting who these women are.
The Clark Sisters have impacted other artists throughout their careers and Missy told Heather B the importance of learning who they are: A lot of artists may not know the history of different artists and it’s so important because they have had an influence on me, Mary [J Blige], [Queen] Latifah, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Faith Evans… so many people that people love.