Rapper Missy Elliott Opens Up on Living With Graves Disease [Video]

Missy Elliott is one of the greatest rappers of all time — let alone female rappers — so it’s cool to see that she’ll be getting her just due with her first-ever tour as a headlining act.

But as she gears up for the career milestone, the Virginia MC is also opening up about issues that she’s dealing with in her personal life…namely, a medical diagnosis that’s kept her on the back foot.

In an interview with PEOPLE, Missy opened up about living with Graves’ disease, going through severe weight loss, her past issues dealing with depression in the early 2000s, and also her upcoming “Out of This World – The Missy Elliott Experience” tour with close friends and collaborators Ciara and Busta Rhymes.

Graves’ disease is a condition that affects a person’s immune system, specifically causing the body to …