Rapper โฃEveโข Reveals She Didn’t Fully Appreciate Her Impact โUntil Writing Memoir
Eve, the acclaimed hip-hop artist, saysโ she doesn’t โdwell on her musical โฃlegacy โdespite becoming โฃonly the third female rapper โto have an album reach number one on the Billboard 200 chart. “I don’t think about โit. Iโค just,โ it’s not something that comes to my mind, it is not โsomething I think about,” she told the Associated Press in a recent interview.
Eve stated she doesn’t concern herself with the level of credit sheโ receives, knowing she has “done and have accomplished” a notable body ofโ work, โค”that’s something no one โcould ever take” awayโค from her. While acknowledging the โคinspiration she’s provided to fans,she didn’t fully grasp the magnitude of her careerโ until completing her 2024โ memoir,who’s that Girl?
“I think theโ only time I kind of allowed myself to really reflectโฃ on it isโค after I finished my โbook and I did the audiobook. And literally,as soon as I got in the car,I called Cathy,my co-writer,and was โฃlike,’Yo,I did a lot,like,and I’m proud of myself,you know!'” she explained.
Eve, born Eve Jihanโฃ Jeffers on Novemberโค 10, 1978, in โPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, rose to prominence in the late 1990s as a member of the Ruff Ryders collective.โค Her debut album, Let Thereโ Be Eve…Ruff Ryders’โ First lady,released in 1999,achieved platinum status and included the hit single “What Ya Want.”โ Her second album, Scorpion (2001),โค featured the chart-topping single “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” with Gwen Stefani, โmaking her the third โคfemale hip-hop artist to โtop the Billboardโข 200, following Lauryn Hillโ and Lil’ kim.
In a recent โคappearance on the Joe and Jada podcast with Fat Joe and Jadakiss, Eve discussed her continued touring despite being โmarried to โคMaximillion Cooper, a billionaire entrepreneur โขand race car โdriver. When questioned aboutโค her motivation to tour,she responded,”I like money. โOkay? I like checks. So if there’s, I wouldn’t beโ doing it if itโ wasn’t a check involved, I โฃwouldn’tโค be โdoing it if the check wasn’t โฃright.”
Eve, often referred to as the “First Lady ofโข Ruff โขryders,” emphasized herโข financial โindependence, stating,โข “First of all,โข nobody everโ saved me.I saved โmyself. I got my โown money. โคIf I wanted to stop โคworking,myโ man wouldn’t โฃcare.but why would I notโ doโ something that I love?” She noted that herโ current โฃtour had included โshows in Europe and was “goingโข good,” withโ several shows already completed.
