Eve (singer)

Eve 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 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.

She sang in many choirs and even formed an all-female singing group, Dope Girl Posse, who covered songs from En Vogue and Color Me Badd. Eve went on to form a rapping group and, after the group split, she began working on a solo career under the name "Eve of Destruction."

Eve is featuredon the song "You Got Me" by The Roots, from their 1999 album Things Fall Apart which won a Grammy Award in 2000. She also provided background vocals on the song "Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New" from the same album.

Eve first appeared on the Bulworth soundtrack while signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. She did not receive much promotion with big releases, so she collaborated with DMX and the Ruff Ryders on her first single as a Ruff Ryder DJ Clue's 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 at number one.

The follow-up to Ruff Ryders' First Lady, Scorpion, was released in 2001. Its first single, "Who's That Girl" guaranteed the rapper first international success. The second single, "Let Me Blow Ya Mind", became a pop success, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. The song won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, and Eve eventually went platinum.

Eve's third album, Eve-Olution, was released in summer 2002 and peaked at number six on the 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", only saw moderate success again. Eve also appeared on the remixed version of Michael Jackson's "Butterflies".

In 2005, the rapper appeared on Gwen Stefani's cover version of Louchie Lou & Michie One song "Rich Girl", which peaked at number seven on the 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 soundtrack. Eve also was featured in Keyshia Cole's song "Never" as on the Barbershop 2: Back in Business soundtrack and 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". The Punk Cabaret band One On None covered Eve's 1999 song "Love Is Blind". 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 2007, Eve began work on a new album titled Here I Am. 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" and "Give It to You" (featuring Sean Paul). 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.