Missy Elliott, H.E.R. team for Pepsi Super Bowl ad

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. >> Almost three years ago, Missy Elliott sent a tweet to a then underthe-radar artist whose music she admired and told her that “she was going to blow up.”

Fast-forward to this week and H.E.R. was nominated for 10 Grammys, won two and is now starring with the rap legend in a new Pepsi commercial that will debut for the Super Bowl.

“When Pepsi reached out and said we want to have you on the Super Bowl commercial and the other person would be H.E.R. I was like, ‘Oh my God, this is major,’ ” Elliott said.

Elliott first heard of the singer from a friend who had her debut album on repeat. Elliott thought the record was “hot” and “immediately started Googling her, “but couldn’t find much information beyond her mixtape.”

Author deletes children’s book co-written with Kobe Bryant

SAO PAULO >> Kobe Bryant and Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho were working together on a children’s book, but the author of “The Alchemist” said he deleted the draft after Bryant’s death in a helicopter crash.

The 72-year-old novelist told The Associated Press that the two men started discussing the project in 2016, when Bryant retired after a 20-year NBA career. They began writing a few months ago.

Within hours of hearing of Bryant’s death Sunday, Coelho announced that he would delete the draft, rather than finish the book without the 41-year-old five-time NBA champion.

“I deleted the draft because it didn’t make any sense to publish without him,” Coelho said by phone from his home in Geneva. “It wouldn’t add anything relevant to him or his family.”

Bryant was a fan of Coelho’s and called “The Alchemist” his favorite book.

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