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Lol dude everyone is a branch off someone's tree this shyt doesn't MATTERSpeculation. Having a longer run doesn't mean this tree you speak of is larger. Especially since she is a branch off someone else's tree.
Know your history. Baby and them speak on how Wayne was listening to Missy in the Hot Boys days. Listen to "Tha Block Is Hot". How he's rapping on that song is Missy all day. Wayne ain't just recently randomly say Missy was his favorite rapper. He's on record saying this for decades.
Nicki isn't Wayne's favorite rapper. Until he says she is, then you can keep the speculation and juelzing. All you've done is "probably this" or "because she's been around x amount of years, she has more influence". Until you can show me proof, don't reply. And one of Nicki's biggest hits, "Anaconda", is a song Missy Elliott rejected. When Nicki dropped "Right Through Me", Babyband them were hyping it by comparing it to Lauryn Hill's work. Drake has a huge hit sampling Lauryn Hill and he sampled Missy.

Who cares that Missy Elliot influenced Wayne?
She influenced every female rapper to come after her, has had a 15 year of dominance of the top or near the top of female rap, multiplatinum albums, cult favorite tapes, 105 Billboard 100 entry singles/features, legitimately among the most skilled female rappers that ever was and writes her shyt. She is the GOAT.