(CNN) Missy Elliott is officially the hottest 'round.

The "Get Ur Freak On" artist made history Saturday, becoming the first female hip-hop artist to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

The official announcement was made on "CBS This Morning," which featured Hall of Fame Chairman Nile Rodgers. Elliott is also the third rapper to be inducted.

"It's amazing. To me, it's important to have equality. I've written with a lot of women songwriters, but not nearly enough. That's sort of my secret goal -- I want to have more women songwriters," Rodgers said on air, adding that Elliott was "one of my favorite writers of all time."

Elliott shared her excitement on Twitter by congratulating the other inducted songwriters, who are Dallas Austin, Tom T. Hall, John Prine, Jack Tempchin and Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens).