I did it for about a month, and I was glad I did it. In 1999, Eve discussed stripping in an interview with Rolling Stone, saying "that was a hustle, too there's a song about it on my album, 'Heaven Only Knows.' But I don't regret it – I was eighteen and confused, going through personal problems. Īt the age of 18, she worked as a stripper until rapper Mase convinced her to stop stripping. She graduated from Martin Luther King High School in Philadelphia. Eve lived in West Philadelphia until age 13 when her family moved to the neighborhood of Germantown. From 2017 to 2020, she was one of the co-hosts of the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk, for which she earned two Daytime Emmy Award nominations.Įve was born in Philadelphia, the daughter of Julie Wilcher, a publishing company supervisor and Jerry Jeffers, a chemical plant supervisor. Eve also had supporting roles in the drama film The Woodsman (2004), the comedy film The Cookout (2004) and the horror film Animal (2014).
After parting ways with Interscope Records, Eve released Lip Lock (2013), her first independent studio album.Īs an actress, she starred as Terri Jones in the comedy drama films Barbershop, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, and Barbershop: The Next Cut, and played the lead role of Shelley Williams on the UPN television sitcom Eve. She was also featured on Gwen Stefani's song " Rich Girl" in 2005, which was certified double platinum by the RIAA and nominated for a Grammy Award. Her other singles from these albums, " Satisfaction" and " Love Is Blind", as well as her 2007 standalone single, " Tambourine" (featuring Swizz Beatz), all reached the top 40 of the Hot 100.
Her follow-up album, Eve-Olution (2002), also peaked in the top ten of the Billboard 200, and yielded the single " Gangsta Lovin'" (featuring Alicia Keys), which reached number two on the Hot 100.
Its single " Let Me Blow Ya Mind" (featuring Gwen Stefani) won her the inaugural Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and an MTV Video Music Award, and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. That same year, she was featured on The Roots' Grammy Award-winning single " You Got Me", as well as Missy Elliott's " Hot Boyz", the latter of which peaked within the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100.Įve's second studio album, Scorpion (2001), peaked in the top ten of the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the RIAA. The album produced the hit singles " What Ya Want" (featuring Dru Hill), " Love Is Blind", and " Gotta Man". In 1999, she released her debut album, Let There Be Eve.Ruff Ryders' First Lady, which reached number one on the Billboard 200, making her the third female rapper to accomplish this feat, and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Eve Jihan Cooper ( née Jeffers born November 10, 1978), known as Eve, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actress.
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