Rhymes and Misdemeanor
Missy Elliott can laugh now, but at the time it wasn’t so funny. She’s telling me about the wild bear that recently came to visit her country house in New Jersey. It wandered up the driveway and made itself at home in the front yard.
“He trailed the garbage across the yard and then just lay there, taking it easy,” Elliott says.
Elliott worked with Madonna on a recent Gap commercial. It was reported there was tension between the two, but Elliott is full of praise for Madonna.
There’s still something about her of the star-struck kid who sent letters to the Jacksons. Arguably, Madonna gained more credibility from the association with hipper-than-hip Missy Elliott, but Elliott maintains that the commercial and live performance with Madonna were possibly the highest spot in her career. Likewise, she looks back on the times she has worked with stars such as Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Mick Jagger as her big moments.
“These are people you don’t normally get within breathing distance of, or even within turnpike distance. To be in the same room as them and hear them say, ‘I love your music,’ that is a big event.”
As for the bear in her front yard – even when the police turned on their sirens and started throwing stones at him, he still wasn’t budging. Missy Elliott laughs.
“I said, ‘You know what, bear, you can have this house. I’m moving, you can stay here.’ ”
Maybe she’s not so unyielding, after all.
Source: The Guardian