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Missy Elliott made hip-hop 'Supa Dupa Fly'

Commentator Kiana Fitzgerald examines hip-hop game-changer Missy Elliott — as we celebrate 50 years of the genre.
Missy Elliot performs at Lilith Fair at Jones Beach, New York, New York, July 16, 1998

In the 1990's, many of the women in rap videos were scantily clad (if they were clad at all).

But took a different approach. In her first music video, she wore a comically large black body suit that was inflated like a Macy's Thanksgiving Day

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