Missy Elliott has announced her first-ever headline tour. The Grammy-award winning artist made a special announcement on Monday to . She will be headlining her first-ever tour this summer and is bringing Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Timbaland along with her. Missy said that she will be performing at arenas in North America. She explained: "My spaceship will be landing everywhere." The Out of this World Tour will be visiting 24 cities across the country. Missy also told fans to bring their slides because they "will be dancing the whole time." In a statement read by Lara Spencer, Missy said: "Fans have been asking me to tour forever but I wanted to wait until I felt the time was right because I knew if I was ever going to do it, I had to do it big, and I had to do it with family!" Her anticipated tour comes after she made history and became the first female
Rapper to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November. In a statement she said that this "is an incredible time in my life as I am experiencing so many milestone 'firsts.'" She added: "Being the FIRST female Hip Hop artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and now going out on my FIRST headline tour." Missy started making
music in the 1990s when she was a member of a girl group named Sista. She then became a solo artist and released her debut studio album Supa Dupa Fly in 1997. She released her second album Da Real World in 1999, which featured artists like Nas, Eve, and Big Boi. Missy released her third album Miss E... So Addictive in 2001 and fourth album, Under Construction, the following year. The Work It
Singer then released This Is Not a Test! in 2003, followed by The Cookbook in 2005. Fourteen year later, she made. comeback and released the Iconology album. Missy has worked with Busta Rhymes and Ciara made history with their songs. She told the : "The lineup feels something special,” says Elliott. “It’s family. It’s not put together." Tickets for the Out of This World Tour go on sale April 12. Verizon presale tickets will be available April 9.