Eve born Eve Jihan Jeffers on November,10 1979, the first lady of the ruff ryders spent her childhood as a philadelphia tomboy— as the only female member of one of rap music's hottest outfits.Eve's mother and father separated when she was only twelve, leaving her to be raised by her mother and grandmother though eve had contact with her father after the separation, the two have not communicated since she turned eighteen. two years after their separation, eve's mother remarried and gave birth to eve's brother, farrod.
As a child eve was a performer, earning recognition at school for writing short stories, plays and poems. she began rapping gangsta—as part of the dancing/singing/rapping trio EDGP—as a teenager. when the group of teens split up after only a few performances, eve began the pursuit of a solo career, using the name Eve of Destruction. on her own, eve pursued her dreams performing at local clubs, parties and talent competitions where she earned recognition. Eve said that she would give up her pursuit of music if her dreams if she wasnt discovered by twenty-one,Well she made it(smile)
Eve was also able to reminisce upon her delinquent adolescence by going to the offices of michael lynn—president of Dr. Dre's aftermath entertainment—by posing as a narcotics runner.Eve's freestyle rhyme impressed lynn enough for him to fly her to los angeles to cut a demo to present to dr. dre, himself. while one of the cuts from that demo, "eve of destruction", was sufficient to land eve a recording contract with aftermath—not to mention a spot on the bulworth soundtrack—their professional relationship would end eight months later without a completed project. though neither party speaks badly of the other, it is rumored that the company simply spread itself too thinly, leaving them unable to fulfill its commitments to eve.
as it turned out, however, eve's parted relationship with aftermath records did not mark the artist's own "eve of destruction", but rather a new opportunity in the form of a professional relationship with rapper DMX. having admired Dmx's work, eve jumped at the opportunity to work with dmx at a los angeles record signing. once again, her freestyle skills earned her a recording contract as she held her own against drag-on and infra red in a competition. ruff ryders CEO dee and waah dean were sufficiently impressed to welcome her.
soon after signing on with the ruff ryders, eve appeared not only on the label's own ryde or die vol. 1, but also on the hit singles "baby, you got me" and "girlfriend/boyfriend", by the roots and blackstreet, respectively. she was then invited to appear with r. kelly in concert and on former swv member, coko's, debut release, hot coko. eve received further national exposure as part of sprite soft drink's kung-fu themed promotional campaign—alongside fellow rap divas roxanne shanté, amil, mia x, angie martinez and millie jackson—which aired heavily throughout the source and soul train lady of soul awards ceremonies. having already established such a name for herself, it's no wonder that her debut single, "want ya want", received heavy rotation on popular video networks,as well as her rapping talents.
by the time of the release of her first solo album, ruff ryders' first lady, eve had already been identified as one of the most important rap artists of 1999. guest appearances by drag-on, beanie siegal, missy "misdameanor" elliott, dmx and the lox, in spite of the numerous contributions by other artists, it is eve's style and talent that shine through on ruff ryders' first lady. "gotta man" and "love is blind" followed "what y'all want".
after a two-year break, eve followed the success of her debut with Scorpion. her sophomore album—which included "who's that girl",and it earned her a grammy nomination for "best rap album" and an award for the newly-introduced "best rap-sung collaboration (for her pairing with no doubt's gwen stefani on "let me blow ya mind"), as well as a bet award for "best female rapper". while the multi-platinum sales of ruff ryders' first lady may have identified her a force to be reckoned with, within the world of hip-hop, it was her duet with stefani that singled her out as a cross-over sensation.
the release of eve's third album, eve-olution, coincides with her big screen debut in the action film xxx, opposite vin diesel, and a more bigger role in the comedy, barbershop, in which she plays stylist terri. eve-olution features the same hard-hitting lyrics as eve's previous albums and features newcomer r&b vocalists truth hurts and alicia keys.
A artist who writes her own material, eve is a artist with no limits.even though she was still a teen when she began, her presence reveals that she is as comfortable on the stage as she is off, by showing us what it means to be a woman in hip-hop, eve has also defined herself as a Diva.
YOU GO GIRL.....
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