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Infobox musical artist | name = Eve| image = Eve in David Meister 3.jpg| caption = Eve at The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection Fashion Show| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Eve Jihan Jeffers| alias = Eve of Destruction,| birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1978|11|10| death_date =| origin = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States | instrument =| genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop , contemporary R& B|R& B | occupation = Rapper, singer-songwriter, actress, record producer| years_active = 1998–present| label = Ruff Ryders Entertainment|Ruff Ryders , Full Surface Records|Full Surface , Geffen Records|Geffen , EMI , Aftermath Entertainment|Aftermath | associated_acts = Trina , Mashonda , Timati , Mary J. Blige , Alicia Keys , Swizz Beatz , Jill Scott , DMX , The Roots , Erykah Badu , Missy Elliott , Drag-On , The LOX | website = http://www.eve-360.com eve-360.com Eve Jihan Jeffers (born November 10, 1978)cite web |url= http://music.msn.com/music/artist-biography/eve.6/|title=Eve: Biography|author=Steve Huey |accessdate=July 29, 2008 |year=2008 |publisher= MSN is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and actress. Her first three albums have sold over 8 million copies worldwide. She has also achieved success in fashion with her clothing line, Fetish. She is the inaugural winner of the 44th Grammy Awards|Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2002 for the song " Let Me Blow Ya Mind ", with Gwen Stefani . Eve was number 48 on VH1's " 50 Greatest Women Of The Video Era " list.
As an actress, Eve is best known for her roles as Terri Jones in the films Barbershop (film)| Barbershop and Barbershop 2: Back in Business , and as Shelley Williams on the UPN television sitcom Eve (TV series)|Eve .
Early life
Eve was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , the daughter of Julia Wilch-Jeffers, a publishing company supervisor, and Jerry Jeffers, a chemical plant supervisor. http://www.filmreference.com/film/69/Eve.html Eve Biography (1978-) She adopted the name Gangsta in high school as part of an all-female group called EDGP (pronounced "Egypt").
During her early years in Philadelphia, she was educated at Martin Luther King High School. Eve's first musical interest was singing. She sang in many choirs and even formed an all-female singing group (Dope Girl Posse or D.G.P.) with a manager. This group covered songs from En Vogue and Color Me Badd. The group's manager suggested that the group should rap after seeing ABC, and Eve stuck with it. She then went on to form a rapping group. After the group split, Eve began working on a solo career under the name "Eve of Destruction." Eve recently moved from LA to New York City.
Eve is featured (along with Erykah Badu ) on the song " You Got Me (song)|You Got Me " by The Roots , from their 1999 album Things Fall Apart . The song won a Grammy Award in 2000, which should have been Eve's first. She stated on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in 2009 that she did not receive a Grammy for the track. Questlove , from The Roots , had brought his Grammy to the show that night and showed she's not even credited on the award plaque. Eve would win her own in 2002. She also provided background vocals on the song "Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New" from the same album. In the album's liner notes, she is referred to as Eve of Destruction.
Career
1998–1999: ''Ruff Ryders' First Lady
Eve first appeared on the Bulworth soundtrack as EVE of destruction while signed to Dr Dre's Aftermath Entertainment she did not see much action with big releases soon coming from Dr Dre so she grouped up with DMX and the Ruff Ryders on her first single as a ruff ryder DJ Clue 's The Professional (album)|The Professional , along with other Ruff Ryders' compilations. Her next single, "What Ya Want", featuring Nokio the N-Tity of Dru Hill , became a top 40 hit on the U.S. Billboard 200 peaking at 29. Her 1999 debut, '' Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady , was an unprecedented success, becoming the first female rap artist to enter the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 at number one.
2000–2001: Scorpion
The follow-up to ''Ruff Ryders' First Lady , Scorpion (album)|Scorpion '', was released in 2001. Its first single, " Who's That Girl? (Eve song)|Who's That Girl " guaranteed the rapper first international success. The second single, " Let Me Blow Ya Mind " (with Gwen Stefani of No Doubt and produced by Dr. Dre co-written by then-boyfriend Stevie J.), became a pop success, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 . The song won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration , and Eve eventually went platinum.
One of the record's strengths, cited in several reviews, was Eve's exploration of her singing voice in addition to her rapping skills. "I was a singer before I started rapping," Eve said in a Ruff Ryders press release, "so on this album I wanted my audience to hear more of my vocal skills". http://www.answers.com/topic/eve-rap-artist? cat=entertainment Eve on her singing and rapping
2002–2004: Eve-Olution
Eve's third album, Eve-Olution , was released in summer 2002 (see 2002 in music ) and peaked at number six on the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 . In the meantime, the album's first single, " Gangsta Lovin' ", with Alicia Keys , became another number two hit. The second and final single, " Satisfaction (Eve song)|Satisfaction ", only saw moderate success again. Eve-Olution went gold selling 720,000 copies becoming Eve's lowest selling album to date. Eve also appeared on the remixed version of Michael Jackson's " Butterflies (Michael Jackson song)|Butterflies ".
2005-2011: Guest singles
In 2005, the rapper appeared on Gwen Stefani 's cover version of Louchie Lou & Michie One song " Rich Girl (Gwen Stefani song)|Rich Girl ", which peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 in March. The same year, she appeared on the remix of Amerie 's number one U.S. R& B hit, " 1 Thing " the Hitch (film)|Hitch soundtrack. Eve also was featured in Keyshia Cole 's song " Never (Keyshia Cole song)|Never " as on the Barbershop 2: Back in Business soundtrack and The Way It Is (Keyshia Cole album)|The Way It Is along with the official remix for Teairra Mari 's second single, " No Daddy ".
In 2007, she appeared on Kelly Rowland 's single " Like This (Kelly Rowland song)|Like This ". The Punk Cabaret band One On None covered Eve's 1999 song "Love Is Blind". In July 2007, Eve made a guest appearance on Maroon 5 's second single Wake Up Call on Live @ 45th at Night, it is unknown if this will be an official remix or if it will even be recorded. In late 2008, she sung the song "Set It On Fire", which was featured on the credits for the movie Transporter 3 and is available on the Transporter 3 soundtrack .
In late 2010, Eve was the featured rapper who wrote the rap and performed it on Australian singer Guy Sebastian 's single " Who's That Girl (Guy Sebastian song)|Who's That Girl ", which reached number one on the ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart and has been certified 4x platinum sold. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.auSINGLEaccreds2011.htm ARIA Single Accreditations 2011 Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2011-05-04
In December 2010 Eve featured on an Alicia Keys track "Speechless", though the song will not be released as a single or part of an album, it did chart on the US R& B chart, making it Eve's first appearance as a featured artist on the Billboard Charts for quite some time. She will feature on Jill Scott's new song "Shame". In April 2011, Eve featured in Timati 's new song and video "Money in the Bank". http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Crk0TK-K_oU Timati feat. Eve - Money in the Bank (official video)
Eve is also featured in the remix of Ludacris's song "My Chick Bad". Diamond (rapper)|Diamond and Trina are also featured in that song.
2007-2012
In 2007, Eve began work on a new album titled Here I Am .cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1563362/20070625/eve.jhtml |title=Eve Fulfills Her 'Fantasy' With Robin Thicke, Says She's Still Cool With Dr. Dre|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|date=2007-06-26|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=2009-08-09 In May 2007, XXL (magazine)|XXL magazine profiled six recorded tracks from Here I Am . Five of them were produced by Swizz Beatz , including singles "Tambourine" and "Give It To You" (featuring Sean Paul ). Pharrell Williams produced "All Night Long".cite web|url= http://www.xxlmag.com/online/? p=10470|title=Eve - Here I Am Preview|date=2007-05-29|work=XXL|accessdate=2009-08-09 In contrast to most of the tracks, Eve sings rather than raps on "All Night Long".cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1559505/20070514/eve.jhtml|title=Eve Opens Up About Singing On New LP, Her DUI Arrest, Hip-Hop Lyrics|last=Rodriguez|first=Jayson|date=2007-05-14|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=2009-08-09 XXL published a review of the original Here I Am in July, rating it an L in its "shoe size" rating system ranging from S to XXL.cite web|url= http://www.xxlmag.com/online/? p=11616|title=Eve - Here I Am|last=Hope|first=Clover|date=2007-07-10|work=XXL|accessdate=2009-08-09 However the album ran into a series of delays due to corporate change at the record label and discontent with the lackluster success of the first and second singles, " Tambourine (song)|Tambourine ", released in April 2007, and " Give It to You " (featuring Sean Paul), released later.
The project was delayed to September 11, 2007 and then October 16, but it was never released. Problems at her label, Interscope Records , were responsible for the multiple delays. Although, being renamed twice from "Here I Am" to "Flirt" to "Lip Lock", the album is still untitled and set to be released within 2012. She has stated that the first single will come in the late spring. http://trueexclusives.com/2011/12/20/rapper-eve-expecting-to-drop-a-new-album-in-2012/
Acting career
Eve appeared in xXx with Vin Diesel , both Barbershop (film)|Barbershop and Barbershop 2: Back in Business with Ice Cube , The Cookout with Queen Latifah and Meagan Good , and The Woodsman with Kevin Bacon in mid 2004 in film|2004 . She voice actor|voiced Major Jones in the video game XIII (game)|XIII , as well as one of the villains of the short-lived show Spider-Man Animated Series on MTV . She also featured in the 2008 movie Flashbacks of a Fool alongside Daniel Craig .
In 2003, Eve starred in the UPN television sitcom , Eve (TV series)|Eve , as a fashion designer named Shelly. The show lasted three seasons until it was cancelled in May of 2006. Eve guest starred as Yvette Powell on an episode of Third Watch . She also was a guest star on an episode of Numb3rs in 2009. http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/12/casting-scoop-1.html Casting Scoops EW.com, December 22, 2008
In 2009, she had a role in the film Whip It (film)|Whip It as Rosa Sparks, opposite Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore .
Eve guest starred on two episodes of Glee (TV series)| Glee , appearing as rival glee club coach Characters_of_Glee#Grace_Hitchens|Grace Hitchens .cite news | author=Mickey O'Connor | title=Rapper Eve to Guest-Star on Glee | url= http://www.tvguide.com/News/Rapper-Eve-Glee-1007231.aspx| work=TV Guide Online | date=24 June 2009 | accessdate=2009-06-25
In 2010 Eve appeared as Latisha, a supporting role, in Noel Clarke 's film 4.3.2.1 .
Discography
main|Eve discography
'' Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady (1999)
Scorpion (album)|Scorpion (2001)
Eve-Olution (2002)
TBA (2012)
Filmography
Year
Film
Role
Notes
2002
Barbershop
Terri Jones
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xXx
J.J.
2003–2006
Eve
Michelle "Shelly" Williams
TV Series; Main Role Co- Executive Producer (21 episodes, 2003-2004)
2003
Third Watch
Yvette Powel
Television drama (Episode - "Second Chances")
'' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
New Angel
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Cheyenne Tate/ The Talon
Voice Role (Episode - "Keeping Secrets")
XIII
Major Jones
Voice role
2004
The Woodsman
Mary-Kay
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Terri Jones
One on One
Ida
(Episode - "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Hip Hop World")
* 2003, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Barbershop (film)|Barbershop (Nominated)
* 2004, Outstanding Music Duo or Group (with Mary J. Blige ) (Nominated)
* 2005, Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series: "Eve" (Nominated)
Lady of Soul Awards
* 2000, Best R& B/Soul or Rap New Artist: "Gotta Man" (Nominated)
* 2000, Best R& B/Soul Female Solo Album of the Year: Let There Be Eve (Winner) ** 2000, Best Music Video: "Love Is Blind" (Nominated)
* 2001, Best Music Video: "Who's That Girl" (Nominated)
MTV Movie Awards
* 2003, Best Female Breakthrough Performance: Barbershop (film)|Barbershop (Nominated)
MTV Video Music Awards
* 2000, MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video|Best Rap Video : "Love Is Blind" (Nominated)
* 2001, MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video|Best Female Video : "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" with Gwen Stefani (Winner)
* 2001, MTV Video Music Award – Viewer's Choice|Viewer's Choice : "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" with Gwen Stefani (Nominated)
* 2001, MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video|Best Hip-Hop Video : "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" with Gwen Stefani (Nominated)
* 2007, MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography : "Tambourine" (Nominee)
MOBO Awards
* 2001, Best Hip-Hop Act (Nominated)
Soul Train Awards
* 2000, Best New R& B/Soul or Rap Artist: "Gotta Man" (Nominated)
* 2000, Best Music Video: "Hot Boyz" with Missy Elliott , Nas (rapper)|Nas , & Lil' Mo (Nominated)
References
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External links
Commons category|Eve (entertainer)|Eve
http://www.eve-360.com Official website
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