Information about Missy Elliott’s first tour with Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Timbaland

Over the past few years, Elliott – a future-seeking artist – has been recognized for her talents as a musician, producer, songwriter and more.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – In a 24,000-square-foot studio near downtown Los Angeles, Missy Elliott, Busta Rhymes and Ciara are preparing to shoot a video announcing a tour nobody expected.

This summer, the trio — along with legendary producer Timbaland — will hit the road for Elliott’s first headlining tour, appropriately titled “Out of This World – The Missy Elliott Experience.”

“Listen, I didn’t realize I’d never had my own tour,” says a smiling Elliott, holding his little Yorkie named Fendi, wearing Gucci. “The last real tour I was on – for the next few days – was with Beyoncé and Alicia (Keys).”

It was in 2004.

Call it late, however the timing is ideal. Over the past few years, Elliott – a future-seeking artist – has been recognized for her talents as a musician, producer, songwriter and more.

In 2019, she became the first female rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award on the MTV Video Music Awards. In 2021, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2022, her hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia, named a boulevard after her. Last yr, she became the first hip-hop artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

“Having won these accolades, I feel like I’ve finally made it,” Elliott says. “It’s an amazing feeling. I feel so blessed.”

“Right now we’re seeing the rest of the world catch up,” says Mona Scott-Young, Elliott’s longtime manager and co-producer of the tour. “She was always ahead.”

In his green room, Busta Rhymes tells the AP that in his many years of friendship and collaboration with Elliott, no outing has been a subject of conversation. (He is the introductory and closing voice of her canonical 1997 debut album “Supa Dupa Fly.” They have long been inseparable.)

“She doesn’t really tour or perform often. I just kind of understood my sister – this unspoken thing,” he says. “You knew that if she decided to do this, to go to a place where she was ready to tour, that… it would be crazy because there’s one thing Missy has never done – have fun with her production. It was evident in everything she did, from shows to movies.”

He continued: “Missy will turn down $10 million to be on the show. … This way, she has complete control over her destiny and without compromise, which is what made her incredibly great. You can’t do anything but love her for it. She is a true artist in the purest form of the word.”

And make no mistake, this will not be a nostalgia trip.

“We are in the best spaces of our lives, individually and collectively, we are in the most experienced spaces of our lives,” Rhymes says. “We are no longer Daniel-san. Now we are all Mr. Miyagi. You know what I’m saying? We are all at a level of excellence in what we have done and built together as a collective family for 30 years.”

Elliott shared this sentiment.

“The lineup seems unique,” ​​says Elliott. “It’s family. It’s not connected.”

On set, the trio is styled by longtime collaborator June Ambrose in all-black outfits, as if the Avengers were impeccably dressed and comprised of R&B and hip-hop legends. They take photos in groups and individually.

After a solo photo shoot, Ciara starts crying.

“When I was a little girl, a little artist would come along and you would ask me, ‘Who inspires you?’ I would inspire a combination of people: Michael Jackson and Prince, and I would say Missy Elliott. She is one of the best artists of all time,” she said.

“She means a lot to me as an artist, but also as a person, as a sister. She is always the person I can call to reveal the truth, and she has to keep it with me. She is someone I can call and cry to if I need to.

But ask her if there will be any collaborations on stage, Elliott wrote and starred in Ciara’s big hit “1, 2 Step”; Ciara stars in Elliott’s “Lose Control,” she laughs. “Missy is very specific. I don’t want to spoil any surprises,” he says. “I think people will be on their feet from start to finish. Each of us has many energetic records.”

“Someone’s going to die!” Rhymes are joking.

“And come back to life,” Ciara chimes in.

“Let’s not think positively,” Rhymes laughs. “Someone will die and come back to life.”

Later, Elliott gives a hint at what fans can expect from the series. “It’s an experience, not just seeing an artist on stage,” he says. “I want people to be transported to those moments, to those (music) videos, I want you to relive it on stage. It’s definitely a lot of good, good stuff. Expensive things!”

“Out of This World – The Missy Elliott Experience” will begin on July 4 on the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia and conclude on August 22 in Rosemont, Illinois on the Allstate Arena.

It’s going to hit Seattle; Oakland, California; Los Angeles; Las Vegas; Denver; Austin, Texas; Houston; Fort Worth, Texas; Tampa, Florida; Sunrise in Florida; Atlanta; Baltimore; Hampton, Virginia; Philadelphia; Washington; Newark, New Jersey; Boston; Brooklyn, New York; Detroit; Montreal and Toronto.

The tour is produced by Young’s Monami Entertainment and Live Nation. Pre-sale starts tomorrow, and general ticket sales will happen on Friday.

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