Missy Elliot has made history Saturday!
The hip-hop artist became the first-ever female artist to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Elliot joins 2019’s class of inductees, which includes superstars alongside lesser-known people, which is definitely one the most awesome things about the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The latest inductees beside Elliot include Dallas Austin, Tom T. Hall, John Prine, Jack Tempchin and Cat Stevens (a.k.a. Yusuf).
The official announcement was made on CBS This Morning, by Hall of Fame Chairman Nile Rodgers.
“It’s amazing. To me, it’s important to have equality. I’ve written with a lot of women songwriters, but not nearly enough. That’s sort of my secret goal — I want to have more women songwriters,” Rodgers said on air, adding that Elliott is one of his “favorite writers of all time.”
“The first thing you need to know is it’s about the song, the second thing you need to know is it’s about the song, the third thing you need to know is it’s about the song,” Rodgers later added in a statement. “That’s true now more than ever but it has always been about the song so I’m very proud that in my first year as Chairman of the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame that we are recognizing some of the culturally most important songwriters of all time. The 2019 slate of inductees represents diversity and unity across genres and gender, highlighting our dedicated mission to honor music creators who have enriched our lives. These are writers who in their time literally transformed music and helped make what’s happening today possible.”
Elliot took to Twitter to share her excitement, writing, I want to CONGRATULATE all the AMAZING songwriters who have been inducted into the 2019 “Song Writers Hall of Fame. also those who were nominated because their body of work is AMAZING I AM SO HUMBLY GRATEFUL to now be inducted also I you all #SHOF2019.”
Congrats to all the new inductees!
