'" Eve's first musical interest was singing. I'd sit there and be like, 'Eve, you don't belong here, this is not your world. It was depressing – a lot of those girls have three or four kids. It helped me find Eve, helped me get serious. 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. 2.3 2013–2015: Lip Lock and label changeĮve was born in Philadelphia, the daughter of Julie Wilcher, a publishing company supervisor and Jerry Jeffers, a chemical plant supervisor.2.2 2002–2012: Eve-Olution, collaborations and acting roles.2.1 1998–2001: Beginnings, debut album and breakthrough.In 2020, Spin named her one of the '30 Greatest Female Rappers Ever'. Eve was placed on VH1's list of the '50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists'. She was also featured on the album Planet Her by Doja Cat, which earned her a Grammy Award for Album of the Year nomination as a featured artist.Įve has received multiple accolades throughout her career, which include a Grammy Award, BET Award, MTV Video Music Award, Teen Choice Award, and two Daytime Emmy Award nominations. In 2021, she starred in the American television series, Queens. From 2017 to 2020, Eve was one of the co-hosts of the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk. She also had a clothing line called Fetish from 2003 to 2009. She also appeared in films The Woodsman (2004), The Cookout (2004) and Whip It (2009). She achieved chart success with her singles, " Let Me Blow Ya Mind" (featuring Gwen Stefani), " What Ya Want ", " Who's That Girl", " Gangsta Lovin'" (featuring Alicia Keys), " Satisfaction", " Love Is Blind" (featuring Faith Evans), and " Tambourine" and also experienced success with collaborations, including " Rich Girl", " 4 My People", " Caramel", " You Got Me", " Hot Boyz (remix)" and " Like This".Īs an actress, Eve is known for her role as Terri Jones in the films Barbershop, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, and Barbershop: The Next Cut, as well as Shelley Williams on the UPN television sitcom Eve. Eve followed up with three subsequent albums, Scorpion (2001), Eve-Olution (2002), and Lip Lock (2013). 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. Eve Jihan Cooper ( née Jeffers born November 10, 1978) known mononymously as Eve, is an American rapper, singer, actress, and television presenter from Philadelphia.