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<\/div>\nAmerican singers Justin Timberlake and Missy Elliott have been honoured with doctor of music degrees by Berklee College of Music, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n
The honours were accorded them for their achievements and influences in music. Also honoured with a doctorate was Grammy award-winning composer, Alex Lacamoire.<\/p>\n
Excited Timberlake and Elliott took to Instagram to express their joy at becoming doctors.<\/p>\n
\u201cCREATE YOUR OWN LANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sincerely Dr. MISSY ELLIOTT,\u201d Elliot captioned a dancing video.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you for this Honorary Doctorate Degree I am SO HUMBLED,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old songwriter, Timberlake wrote, \u201cNo Dream is too big!!! Keep chasing!!! Trust me\u2026 I\u2019m a DOCTOR!!<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, for real\u2026 THANK YOU to @BerkleeCollege for this incredible honor\u2014I\u2019m very humbled and grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 2002, Elliott won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance for \u201cGet Ur Freak On\u201d.<\/p>\n
She received five Grammy nominations in 2005, which included one for Best Rap Album for The Cookbook (2005).<\/p>\n
The 47-year-old is set to become the first female rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June.<\/p>\n
In 2007 and 2013, Timberlake was recognized by TIME as \u201cone of the 100 most influential people in the world\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Grammy award-winning singer in his speech to the graduating class said: \u201cYou\u2019re defined by what you define failure as. It\u2019s not a thing if it leads you to your success. It\u2019s all part of the journey.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope that in the years to come, two things will happen: One, I will represent you in the way that you most hope for. And two, I look around and see this graduating class. Meet me at the studio. I want to see you all!\u201d<\/p>\n
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