In 2019, Missy received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music., She gave the commencement speech during the graduation ceremony and encouraged students to never give up on their dreams.
“As long as you are breathing, it is never too late,” she said. “People will tell you, ‘You too old.’ People will tell you, ‘It’ll never work.’ Don’t believe that cause I’m standing here today and I’m quite sure these people can say the same thing and you all can say this cause look at you, you have graduated. So, I want to be a walking testimony and I want to see years from now people say, ‘I graduated from Berklee School of Music and I remember that Missy Elliott said you have come too far to quit and I never gave up,’ and I don’t want y’all to give up.”
Missy’s star unveiling ceremony will be live-streamed on Nov. 8 at 11:30 a.m. PT.