Hip-hop might have been born in the '70s, but it was in the '90s when the genre truly started to see commercial success. It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Missy Elliott was one of the first women in hip-hop to make going to space look cool. Now, she’s the first rap artist to actually ...

The rapper’s song was transmitted at the speed of light — approximately 158 million miles — from Earth to Venus, which is Elliott’s “favorite planet.” Missy Elliott can now be heard in space. The ...

Venus was bumping to Missy Elliott's music last week. Yes, the planet in outer space. NASA used its Deep Space Network radio antennas to send Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) across the solar ...

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WASHINGTON — Missy Elliott is making history as the first hip-hop artist to have their song sent into deep space. NASA announced Monday it beamed Elliott's "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" all the way to ...

Elliott's 1997 hit is the first-ever hip-hop song to be transmitted into space by NASA Aaron J. Thornton/WireImage Missy Elliott was one of the first women in hip-hop to make going to space look cool.