Starting Monday, Virginians will be in a position to “Work It” on a street named after hip-hop star Missy Elliott.
Portsmouth, the place the award-winning rapper was born and raised, will rename a portion of McLean Street as Missy Elliott Boulevard and current her with a key to town, in line with a metropolis information launch.
Elliott additionally will be a part of officers for a neighborhood parade to have fun town’s inventive tradition.
“We’re past happy with Missy’s accomplishments and so thrilled to have the chance to have fun her,” mentioned City Manager Tonya Chapman within the launch. “Missy’s trailblazing profession is a testomony that while you dream huge, something is feasible.”
On Instagram, the five-time Grammy winner expressed her pleasure in regards to the street identify and known as herself “humbly grateful” to be from Portsmouth.
“I’m crying Tears of Joy,” Elliott wrote. “I’ve been BLESSED a lot however this proper right here hits my coronary heart in another way.”