Missy Elliott
b. 1971
Arts & Performance
The first female rapper in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — and, for a time, a Smoke Rise neighbor.
Melissa "Missy" Elliott — Grammy-winning rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer — owned a residence in the Smoke Rise community of Kinnelon. A genre-defining force in hip-hop since her 1997 debut Supa Dupa Fly, she became the first female rapper inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2023.
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