Other recipients of the National Medal of Arts include actors Idina Menzel and Eva Longoria, musician Flaco Jiménez, and producer Bruce Cohen. Photographer Carrie Mae Weems, whose works challenge societal norms, and painter Alex Katz will also be awarded, along with arts leaders Jo Carole Lauder and Bruce Sagan.

Entertainment greats Missy Elliott, Queen Latifah, Steven Spielberg, and the late Selena Quintanilla will be honored by the White House this year. On Monday, Joe Biden’s administration announced the cohort of stars set to receive the 2022 and 2023 National Medals of Arts and Humanities.

President Biden also handed out the prestigious honors on Monday (Oct. 21) to Spike Lee, Steven Spielberg, as well as a posthumous medal for Selena Quintanilla.

Rap icon Missy Elliott and "Only Murders in the Building" actress Eva Longoria are set to receive the National Medal of the Arts at a gala in Washington on Monday.

Every year, the National Council on the Arts, the advisory committee for the NEA, picks a number of recipients for the National Medal Of Arts, the highest honor that the US government grants to artist and arts patrons.

Portsmouth native Missy Elliott, Queen Latifah and filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee and Ken Burns are among 20 recipients of National Medals of Arts, which will be formally presented by President Joe Biden at a White House ceremony Monday.