Missy Elliott talks VMAs afterglow: 'People are wanting to hear some Missy!'
LOS ANGELES - The day after delivering an exhilarating medley of her biggest hits at the MTV Video Music Awards, Missy Elliott sat in the tub of her hotel suite, overcome by tears.
"I'm so emotional," she said over the phone. "I'm just thankful and grateful. Totally grateful."
That gratitude comes amid a whirlwind week for Elliott, now 48, in which the groundbreaking polymath dropped "Iconology," her first collection of new music in 14 years - the EP has been atop iTunes' rap charts since its release - and was finally honored with MTV's Video Vanguard award after years of fervent campaigning by her fans.
As Elliott would say, she's "humbly grateful" for the moment she's having. When the Virginia-born rapper-singer-producer emerged in summer 1997
