Missy Elliott's Parents- Ronnie Elliott and Patricia Elliott, Siblings, Love Life

Publish date: 2024-05-17

Missy Elliott’s parents are Ronnie Elliott, a retired US marines sergeant, and his wife, a former company worker, Patricia Elliott. The couple had quite a rocky relationship that involved violence, which in turn affected their only child, Missy Elliott.

She rose from an impoverished, rat-infested, violent household to become arguably one the best female rapper of all time. The rapper came out as bisexual and has been involved with both men and women.

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Meet Missy Elliott’s Parents

Ronnie Elliott

Born June 19, 1948, in Norfolk County VA to Elliot and Winifred Davis, Ronnie graduated Crestwood high school Chesapeake in 1966. He joined the US marines afterward.

While in service, he earned a National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and an Air force Meritorious service medal. He retired as a sergeant and died in 2011.

Unfortunately, the ex-marine’s relationship with his  daughetr was characterized by fear and abuse.

Similarly, the relationship between Missy Elliott’s parents was also abusive. Melissa reavealed that her father used to beat her mother in her presence. It got to the point where she refused to leave the house for fear of coming back to her mother’s corpse. One time, her father allegedly pulled out and pointed a gun at her mother in front of her.

As if her life was not traumatic enough, the rapper revealed that when she was eight years old she was sexually abused by her sixteen-year-old cousin. These traumatic conditions lasted until she was 14 years of age.

Growing up, Melissa idolized Janet and Micheal Jackson and even used to write letters to them to come to her rescue.

Patricia Elliott

The information about the early life of Missy Elliott’s mom is sketchcy. There is barely any information about her before her daughter rose to fame. However, we do know  that in the early 1980s, Patricia worked at The Virginia Power Distribution Company as a dispatcher.

In 1984, the mother of one made an overdue decision to flee her matrimonial home with her only child. She acted it out, leaving behind a fork, a spoon, a plate, a blanket, and an abusive spouse.

In 2021, Particia Elliott gifted her celebrity child with a Lambourighini Aventador SVJ Roadster for her 50th birthday. She appreciated her mother in a Twitter post where she wrote:

Thank you mommy 4 my BDAY gift,” Missy wrote. “She got me a SVJ Lambo roadster she said I work so hard I have been in the industry over 25 yrs and only had 3 vacations but this BDAY is Amazing & I Thank y’all for my Bday wishes I love y’all #Supafriends and Bloggers.

Patricia Elliott maintains a close relationship with the American rapper.

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Here’s Everything to Know About Missy Elliott’s Love Life

The Grammy award-winning artiste is bisexual by orientation and has kept her love life just out of the gaze of the public.

Missy Elliott and the Legendary Tupac Shakur started dating in 1988 to break up after 8 years. She then got in a relationship with Nicole Wray which birthed their 1988 single “Make It hot”. Shortly after, they broke up.

The American rapper stayed single till 1999 when she started seeing Tweety, who just came out too. The relationship lasted till 2002.

Around that period, Missy Elliott was reportedly also romantically  involved with American rapper, Trina. They were in a relationship that lasted from 2000 to 2004.

In that same period Missy Elliot was rumored to have had a relationship with American actor Laz Alonso, who was 26 at that time while she was 29. Their relationship lasted from 2000 to 2007.

She was also rumoured to have been involved with other superstars of both genders such as Faith Evans, Karrine Stefans, Olivia Longott and even Timbaland with whom their closeness cannot be overstated.

The celebrity is currently single or at least assumed to be single as she prefers to keep her love life private.

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