Missy Elliott will become the first female Hip Hop artist inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June when the annual ceremony goes down in New York City.
Ahead of the momentous occasion, the celebrated Hip Hop legend will also receive an honorary doctorate from the prestigious Berklee College of Music alongside pop royalty Justin Timberlake and conductor Alex Lacamoire.
Berklee College Of Music announced the news via Twitter on Tuesday (March 12).
According to the school’s website, Berklee President Roger H. Brown will present Elliott — a 5x-Grammy Award winner with nominations spanning three decades — Lacamoire and Timberlake with honorary Doctor of Music degrees at Berklee College of Music’s commencement ceremony on May 11 at Boston University’s 7,000-seat Agganis Arena.
This year’s honorary doctorate recipients are being recognized for their “achievements and influences in music and for their enduring global impact.”
Past recipients include Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, B.B. King, George Clinton and Nile Rodgers.
There goes the neighbourhood.
They should do away with these honorary bs degrees. This is just as bad as what Aunt Becky got her ass busted for! Influence and presenting this music school as someplace with ties to Missy, and all those other artists, is flat out wrong.
Why? For what? Missy not even in the top 3 female emcees honestly.