In a 2021 interview with Variety, Missy spoke about how Rhone encouraged her, helping to build her confidence. She said she was once super shy, and was content just being in a group (she started out in the group Sista).
" I love being in a group because the pressure isn’t on one person — it probably don’t seem like it, but I’m super, super shy," Missy said. "Once I was no longer in the group, instead of being an artist I wanted a record label. By that time I had done some [prominent] features, and Sylvia Rhone [then-CEO of Elektra Records] said “We’ll give a label if you give us an album.” So I went to Tim and said “Let’s hurry up and do this album so they can give me my label,” and we finished [the million-plus-selling “Supa Dupa Fly”] in two weeks!"
Both Missy and Rhone were honored at the second annual Black Music Collective Ceremony in February — both women were awarded the Global Impact Award. In her emotional speech, Missy highlighted Rhone's impact on her career. "She never told me ‘you need to lose weight,’" she said. "She never told me to change my records."
