Missy Elliott has reached uncharted territory as apparently the first rapper with music in deep space.

NASA announced earlier this week that their Deep Space Network successfully transmitted Elliotts 1997 song The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) from Earth to Venus at the speed of light. It marks the first time a hip-hop song has made the 158-million-mile trek.

The Grammy winner recently embarked on her aptly-named Out of This World tour and, in a glowing statement Monday, explained she chose Venus as the destination herself because it symbolizes strength, beauty, and empowerment.

Elliott added at the time , I still cant believe Im going out of this world with NASA through the Deep Space Network when The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) becomes the first ever hip-hop song to transmit to space!

The National Space Agency confirmed Monday that Fridays transmission was made by a 112-foot-wide radio dish antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California, and took nearly 14 minutes to reach the yellow-white planet.

Elliott has always had a flair for spaced-out music videos that suggest a passion for all things intergalactic. For Brittany Wong, director of the Digital and Technology Division at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., choosing Elliott was pretty easy.

Both space exploration and Missy Elliotts art have been about pushing boundaries, she said. Missy has a track record of infusing space-centric storytelling and futuristic visuals in her music videos so the opportunity to collaborate on something out of this world is truly fitting.