Missy Elliott has damaged boundaries her entire profession. Her model, her songwriting strategy, and her outsized character made her unmistakable within the Nineties and 2000s. The rapper has been given her flowers repeatedly over the previous couple of years, and rightfully so. That being mentioned, no award or tour turnout can compete with the vacuum of house. Missy Elliott made historical past on July 12 when she helped beam lyrics from her music “The Rain” into the cosmos. She’s the primary, and at present the one, rapper to ever carry out this distinctive feat.

Missy Elliott labored with NASA staff on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California to make this feat a actuality. Brittany Brown, the NASA director who got here up with the thought, issued an announcement as to why the “Get Ur Freak On” rapper was the proper associate. “Missy [Elliott] has a monitor document of infusing space-centric storytelling and futuristic visuals in her music movies,” the assertion learn. “So the chance to collaborate on one thing out of this world is actually becoming.” To additional sweeten the pot, “The Rain” was beamed to Venus, which is the rapper’s favourite planet. It is also, extremely, 158 million miles away.

Missy Elliott expanded upon her reasoning for the NASA partnership in her personal assertion. She additionally gave context as to why Venus is her favourite planet. “I nonetheless can’t consider I’m going out of this world with NASA,” she defined. “I selected Venus as a result of it symbolizes energy, magnificence, and empowerment and I’m so humbled to have the chance to share my artwork and my message with the universe.” The rapper additionally said that she was immensely humbled to have the ability to share her artwork with the remainder of the photo voltaic system.

Missy Elliott is in good firm. “The Rain” is barely the second music in human historical past to be beamed out into outer house. The opposite is “Throughout the Universe” by The Beatles. The lyrical connection of the Beatles music is apparent, however Elliott’s music has a connection of its personal. In accordance with CBS Information, there’s truly rain on Venus. The rain is made out of sulfuric acid, which evaporates “right into a by no means ending poisonous cloud.” With this context in thoughts, it makes good sense that NASA would wish to name upon Elliott’s breakout 1997 single about eager to keep away from the rain.