#BBB NEWS| Michelle Obama Taps Kelly Rowland, Zendaya, Janelle Monae & Missy Elliott For “This Is For My Girls” [PHOTO/AUDIO]

Just in time for Women’s History Month, First Lady Michelle Obama has tapped Kelly Rowland, Missy Elliott, Zendaya, and Janelle Monae for “This Is For My Girls,” an anthem celebrating the strength and resilience of ladies across the globe.

The song, which will premiere on iTunes at midnight (Mar. 16), sees the superstars join forces with heavyweights Kelly Clarkson and Lea Michele and newcomers Chloe & Halle and Jadagrace in support of the First Lady’s Let Girls Learn movement and its #62MillionGirls initiative, a campaign purposed with helping the millions of preteen girls who are “denied the right to education” get in and stay in school.

Zendaya opens up the mid-tempo track before Kelly Rowland comes in on the chorus and encourages women to “Stand up, hold your head up, don’t take nothing from nobody.” Before the song comes to a close, Missy Elliott, who released her latest single “Pep Rally” last month, drops a hot 16 about ambitious, “next level” women everywhere.

#BBB NEWS| Missy Elliott Commemorates Aaliyah On Her 37th Birthday [PHOTOS]

January 16 marks the day that one of music’s most influential artists was born. Aaliyah Dana Haughton would later grow up to be an icon across all genres of music, and leave a lasting imprint on the film scene.

In memory of her birthday, one of the “4 Page Letter” singer’s closest collaborators, Missy Elliott, commemorates her special day.

Taking to Twitter Saturday afternoon, the award-winning rapper said, “Aaliyah your heart was so huge and you loved your fans and always wanted them to know that!”

#BBB NEWS| READ: Missy Elliott Delivers Emotional Acceptance Speech After Winning Innovator Award At Billboard’s Women In Music Event

Last night (Dec. 18), Missy Elliott accepted the Innovator Award at Billboard’s Women In Music 2015 event and things got real…emotional.

With frequent collaborator Ciara by her side, the Grammy award winning rapper rattled off a lengthy acceptance speech that was heart-touching and times and laugh inducing at others. At one point, Elliott tears up while talking about her journey.

After a 10 year hiatus, partially due to Graves’ disease which she suffers from, the Virginia native started showing signs of musical life earlier this year. She recently started doing shows with frequency and has released the new single “WTF” with an album that might drop next year.

Read her full heartfelt speech below:

#BBB NEWS| Missy Elliott Graces The Cover Of Billboard; And Talks Her Comeback [PHOTOS]

Missy “The Misdemeanor” Elliott is back and she’s better than ever. As she makes her rounds on the hype off of her latest hit “WTF” featuring Pharrell, the multitalented artist dishes on her comeback after taking herself out of the game especially following a Graves disease diagnosis in 2008.

In Billboard’s newest issue (Nov. 28), the legend answers all questions that many were wondering leading up to her comeback.

“People hadn’t realized that I haven’t just been an artist,” Elliott expresses. “I’ve been a writer and a producer for other artists. When you’re writing that much, your brain is like a computer. You have refresh it.”

So even when you didn’t see Missy out in public, she was still in the booth readying up new material for when this day came to be welcomed with open arms with her eclectic style and music.