Pharrell Williams BET Awards 2014 Performance Featuring Missy Elliot Wows Fans (VIDEO)

By Benge Nsenduluka, CP Reporter Monday, June 30, 2014

Pharrell Williams opened the BET awards 2014 and fans created pandemonium when Missy Elliot made a surprise appearance on stage.

On Sunday the "Happy" singer, 41, took to the stage at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles to perform his hit song "Come Get It Bae." The star-studded crowd danced and sang along to the Miley Cyrus-assisted single and within minutes Elliot, who took a hiatus from music in 2006, appeared on stage.

"I need ya'll to stand up right now for the empress," Williams told the crowd. "Virginia's own. Here we go!"

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Elliot emerged amongst a flock of dancers dressed in a white tracksuit and matching hat. The Grammy award-winning rapper, 41, performed a verse from her 2003 hit track "Pass the Dutch."

Fans took to social networking site Twitter to express their delight in seeing Elliot join Williams on stage and it was not long before she began trending.

"Omggggggg Missy Elliott is BACK and I am way excited about that. #goodgod," one fan tweeted.

"@MissyElliott is back! Bring back the talent.," another wrote.

"missy elliot needs to drop new music!!!" another tweet read.

Elliot, 42, previously opened up about her hiatus from the music scene. While the rapper has not released an album since 2005, she has continued working behind the scenes via songwriting and producing.

"When I create something, it's gotta be special and it can't just be to throw something out there because I feel like I'm Missy," Elliot told Yahoo earlier this year.

"I gotta feel like what I'm giving the fans is 100 percent and that it's game-changing. I don't just throw out microwave records," she explained adding. "When you are creating to the magnitude that I try to create, your brain is like a computer sometimes. It needs to refresh ...Your brain needs time to refresh."

Williams was amongst the night's top award winners as he took home two awards for best video and best male R&B/pop artist.