Missy Elliott Stuns Fans With ‘Work It’ Easter Egg
May 17, 2023 11:22AM EDT

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – MAY 12: Missy Elliott performs onstage during the Strength of a Woman’s MJB “Celebrating Hip Hop 50” Concert in Partnership with Mary J. Blige, Pepsi, and Live Nation Urban at State Farm Arena on May 12, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Strength Of A Woman Festival & Summit)
- Missy Elliott has stunned a few of her younger fans by dropping an easter egg about her 2002 hit “Work It.”
- Missy took to Twitter to reveal that the track’s signature gibberish bars actually weren’t gibberish at all but were simply the song’s hook reversed.
- “!it esrever dna ti pilf nwod gnaht ym tup I,” Missy wrote alongside a carousel of photos. Fans quickly realized that the caption read: “I put my thang down, flip it and reverse it!” backwards.
- While this information isn’t news to veteran Hip Hop heads, it was clear lots of fans weren’t aware of this fun fact about “Work It.”
- Which Missy track gets stuck in your head on a loop?