Party on the Plaza: An Out of This World Experience was a free public event.
Missy Elliott celebrated her birthday with a dance party in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, one night before the hip-hop star opened a two-night stand at Crypto.com Arena on her first-ever headlining tour.
Party on the Plaza: An Out of This World Experience was a free public event to teach fans the moves to a new dance challenge Elliott has crafted for her tour. Her tour dancers were on hand to demonstrate the choreography.
From left, Ciara Wilson and friends sing Missy Elliott, “Happy Birthday” during a party at Jerry Moss Plaza in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Missy Elliott speaks during a party celebrating her birthday at Jerry Moss Plaza in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
A surprise drone show depicts a UFO during Missy Elliott’s Party on the Plaza in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Salt-N-Pepa’s Sandra Denton performs during Missy Elliott’s Party on the Plaza at Jerry Moss Plaza in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
From left, Ciara Wilson and Missy Elliott embrace during a party at Jerry Moss Plaza celebrating Missy Elliot’s birthday in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Dancers perform during Missy Elliott’s Party on the Plaza in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Fans of Missy Elliott dance during the Party on the Plaza event at Jerry Moss Plaza in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
From left, nine-year-old Kyla James, seven-year-old Kyrie Harris and nine-year-old Lillian Curtis show off their dance moves during Missy Elliott’s Party on the Plaza in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Dancers show off their moves during Missy Elliott’s Party on the Plaza in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Salt-N-Pepa’s Sandra Denton takes the stage during Missy Elliott’s Party on the Plaza in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Members of Girls Make Beats perform during Missy Elliott’s Party on the Plaza in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Dancers show off their moves during Missy Elliott’s Party on the Plaza in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
Missy Elliott speaks during a party celebrating her birthday at Jerry Moss Plaza in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
In addition, it was a party to mark Elliott’s 53rd birthday on July 1, with R&B singer Ciara, one of the opening acts on Elliott’s tour, leading the crowd in singing “Happy Birthday” to her.
DJs played for the dancers and hip-hop star Sandra Denton – Pepa in Salt-N-Pepa – was also on hand before a drone light show created a spaceship in the sky over Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center to cap it all off.
