Mary Halsey is a native of West Warwick, Rhode Island who has been rapping the 2002 Missy Elliott song “Work It” at karaoke for years. When she posted a video to Instagram of herself rapping the song in Goddard Park, it went mega-viral and caught the attention of Elliott herself!
“Wait I just found out I have a FUNKY WHITE SISTER,” Elliott wrote on Twitter after finding the clip. “but hold up she brought her homegirl to da cookout too. she the one tiptoeing in the background with a cup of oodles & noodles in her hand. She straight up killed ‘Work it’ with the yea yea yea at the beginning & the sound effects & all.”
I just found out I have a FUNKY WHITE SISTER???? forreal doe??& she brought her home girl with her from da hood that keep tip toeing in the background with a plate of food? yo I’m done!? but she straight killed “Work It” sound effects & all?? I love it??? pic.twitter.com/Rg9TTHAqu2
— Missy Elliott (@MissyElliott) August 8, 2018
“I thought I’d get a few hits, so I wrote, ‘Please share, I want to go viral,’ and it took off from there,” Halsey said. “I knew it would be big but I had no idea it would be this big.”
“I have always dreamed of going VIRAL!!” Halsey added on Facebook.
The full clip shows Halsey even doing the second verse!
Halsey now says that she would like to meet Elliott in person, saying, “I see it in my future.”
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