Missy Elliott

The organisation, founded in 1969, announced the new group of inductees on Saturday.

Other inductees include Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, and Dallas Austin — the songwriter behind radio hits for TLC, Monica, Pink, Boyz II Men, Madonna and more.

Elliott is just the third rapper to enter the Songwriters Hall, following Jay-Z and Jermaine Dupri's inductions in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

While she's written her own raps, Elliott has also lent her writing and production skills to everyone from Beyonce and Whitney Houston to the late icon Aaliyah.

A petition to have a statue of the rapper/singer replace a Confederate monument had almost reached its goal of 25,000 signatures on Monday.

Nathan Coflin is a resident of Elliott's hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia, and started the Change.org petition to replace the Confederate monument in Olde Towne Portsmouth near the intersection of Court and High streets with one of Elliott, whom he calls "a true Portsmouth native hero."