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Missy Elliott tours as a headliner − and it’s about time

  • Written by Elliott H. Powell, Associate Professor American Studies and Asian American Studies, University of Minnesota
imageMissy Elliott's music tells stories of Black cyborgs, space-time travel and postapocalyptic worlds. Prince Williams/WireImage via Getty Images

Missy Elliott’s first-ever headline tour, which stops in Philadelphia on Aug. 5, 2024, comes nearly three decades after she released her debut album, “Supa Dupa Fly,” in 1997.

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