*Rapper Eve is gearing up to release her memoir, “Who’s That Girl?” where she reflects on a conversation she had with Jay-Z early in her career when he warned her that female rappers struggle to gain success in the hip-hop industry.
“I’ve written a f***ing book. It’s crazy,” she said in an interview with The Times. “I was nervous initially about putting all this stuff out there, but I wanted to be open and vulnerable.”
She added, “There have been lots of ups and downs. [Writing] this book was a purge but it’s also about celebrating being in a good space now. I feel like I can talk about the things that happened to me in a peripheral way because it all worked out.”
In her memoir, Eve reflects on a phone call from Jay-Z on the day her debut album was released. While he congratulated her, he also noted that female rappers “don’t really do that well.”
Another executive suggested Eve should quit the music business and focus on starting a family.
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“I always got a lot of pushback,” she said “The audacity that these men had. Now I have age and experience on my side, nobody’s coming at me like that.”
Despite receiving negative feedback, Eve’s debut album, released in 1999, went on to sell 2 million copies. She also won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Song Collaboration for her hit single “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” featuring Gwen Stefani.
The 45-year-old is now a married mother of one who says she remains optimistic about her personal and professional life.
“I will say this, Jesus Henry Christ, I am holding on to hope. It’s the only way we’ve made it as humans — the evolved ones anyway. I do believe there are more people who want humanity to be equal. We are human. Love wins. It’s all the clichés that songs have been made about…” she trails off, a final laugh. “Because it’s the f***ing truth. The actual f***ing truth.”
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