In 2004, she performed as part ofVerizon Ladies First Touralongside Beyonce, Tamia, and Alicia Keys.

More recently, she’s worked with talented upstarts Lizzo and Ariana Grande.

AsSPINgushed in a profile, “her marketing savvy borders on ingenious.”

Missy Elliott

Discussing her impressive legacy withMarie Claire, she admitted, “Everything I spoke, I’ve done.

I had speeches, and I would be in the mirror thanking my mama.”

“They said I could sing, I could write, but that I looked wrong.

Missy Elliott

That was the lowest thing you could say,” she admitted.

She became the first Black female music mogul as a result.

According toCelebrity Net Worth, all that business savvy has netted Elliott a not-too-shabby $50 million to date.

Missy Elliott

That should shut her detractors up.

Missy Elliott