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Missy Elliott’s ‘The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)’ Blasts Off as First Hip-Hop Song Beamed Into Space

In a stellar moment for music and space exploration, NASA has transmitted Missy Elliott’s iconic 1997 hit “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” to Venus, marking the first time a hip-hop song has been beamed ...
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NASA Sends Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” to Outer Space

The post NASA Sends Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” to Outer Space appeared first on Consequence. Missy Elliott’s 1997 debut single “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” was a rocket upon release, and ...
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NASA Beams Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” To Venus

When the Hype Williams-directed video for Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott’s debut single “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” hit MTV in 1997, it felt like a transmission from deep space. Now, that song is a ...
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Missy Elliott Makes History As “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” Is Beamed Into Space

NASA blasted Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly” 158 million miles to Venus, the first rap song to be transmitted into deep space. Missy Elliott has made history after NASA blasted one of her ...
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Missy Elliott’s song ‘The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)’ transmitted to planet Venus, NASA announces

The rapper’s song was transmitted at the speed of light — approximately 158 million miles — from Earth to Venus, which is Elliott's “favorite planet." Missy Elliott can now be heard in space. The ...
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Missy Elliott's "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" Is Now an Interplanetary Hit, Reached Venus

If I were to ask you what you think humanity's landmark hip-hop song is, Missy Elliott's "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. Yet this is the hit American ...
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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 Elliott made hip-hop 'Supa Dupa Fly' In the 1990's, many of the women in rap ...
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Missy Elliott Goes Out of This World: NASA Transmits Her Song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” to Venus

NASA transmitted Missy Elliott’s 1997 hit “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” into space on Friday, July 12, which took about 14 minutes to get to its destination. The song was headed for Venus, where sulfuric ...
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Missy Elliott’s ‘The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)’ broadcast to outer space

Venus got a little more fly after NASA transmitted Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” over the planet last Friday. The agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California beamed the song ...
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Missy Elliott made hip-hop 'Supa Dupa Fly'

In the 1990's, many of the women in rap videos were scantily clad (if they were clad at all.) But Missy Elliott took a different approach. In her first music video, she wore a comically large black ...
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Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” Becomes First Hip-Hop Song Beamed Into Space

Missy Elliott’s music has officially gone out of this world. NASA announced that its Deep Space Network (DSN) transmitted the 53-year-old rapper’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” to Venus, marking the ...