Master Missy - writer, singer, producer and label head Missy Elliott - Interview

Interview, June, 1999 by Michael Musto

MM: Too bad, because my next question was going to be, Who do you sleep with? [ME laughs] Instead, let me ask this: When you did the Gap commercial, were you at all afraid of overexposure or getting too corporate?

ME: Nah. I mean, shoot, I was happy. I'm getting into commercials, and from commercials, maybe I'll get into movies. Matter of fact, I hope they call me again. I had a lot of fun. It's amazing - it took ten to twelve hours for just that little bit. I told my friends, "Come pick me up, I'll be finished in an hour." So an hour passed and I'm still doing the same thing over and over. I commend people who do commercials where they eat cereal or a hamburger. Their stomach must be swollen when they're done. When I saw the ad, I was like, "OK, that's hot. So where the other part at? There's gotta be an extended version."

MM: A director's cut. What can you tell me about shooting the "She's a Bitch" video?

ME: I want to keep it a secret, but the director, Hype Williams, tells me that this video will knock any other video off the TV. [laughs] Now if it don't, he said it, I didn't. Those are Hype Williams's words.

MM: His name is Hype. [both laugh] Thank you, Missy.

ME: All fight, buddy. Be safe.