Eve (rapper)

Eve (2011)

Eve (real name Eve Jihan Jeffers ; born November 10, 1978 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American rapper and actress .

biography

Eve was working as a stripper when she was discovered by rapper Mase in 1997 . This made her with Dr. Dre who signed her to Aftermath Entertainment in 1998 . First recordings followed; For example, Eve was heard under the name Eve of Destruction on the Bulworth soundtrack . Nevertheless, in the same year she switched to Ruff Ryders Records , the record company of her good friend DMX , who helped her to a part on the remix for his hit Ruff Ryders Anthem . This was followed by collaborations with artists such as The Roots , Blackstreet and Janet Jackson .

Eve at the premiere of Roller Girl at the Ryerson Theater on September 13, 2009

In 1999 Eve released her debut album Let There Be Eve ... Ruff Ryder's First Lady . The record reached number one on the Billboard charts, a success that no other rapper had achieved before. She also worked with Prince and can be heard on his album Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic in the song Hot Wit U , which is available as a remix on Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic . Scorpion followed in 2001 , which was also awarded platinum and reached number four in the charts; the single Let Me Blow Ya Mind (with Gwen Stefani ) also received a Grammy Award . In 2002, Eve-Olution was another studio album that included the singles Satisfaction and Gangsta Lovin with Alicia Keys . The album reached number 6 on the charts.

Eve has also worked as an actress for film and television since 2002. In 2003 she had a guest role in the film 3 Angels for Charlie - Full Power , in which she played a successor angel. Roles in films such as xXx - Triple X , The Woodsman , Barbershop and Barbershop 2 resulted in an own sitcom called Eve , which was broadcast on UPN from 2003 to 2006 . In the British drama Flashbacks of a Fool from 2008, she was seen on the side of Daniel Craig . Other roles followed.

Musically, she has occasionally been heard as a feature on singles by Amerie (One Thing Remix) , Mary J. Blige (Not Today) and Gwen Stefani (Rich Girl) . In 2007 Eve switched to Geffen Records . In May 2013, Eve's fourth album, Lip Lock, was released in the United States.

She has been the co-host of the TV show The Talk since 2017 .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1999	Let There Be Eve ... Ruff Ryders' first lady	-	-	-	-	US1 × 2 Double platinum (38 weeks)US	First published: September 14, 1999 Sales worldwide: 4,300,000+
2001	Scorpion	DE32 (15 weeks) DE	AT73 (1 week) AT	CH41 (26 weeks) CH	UK22nd silver (11 weeks)UK	US4th platinum (33 weeks)US	First published: March 6, 2001
2002	Eve Olution	DE22 (7 weeks) DE	AT42 (5 weeks) AT	CH4 (11 weeks) CH	UK47 silver (8 weeks)UK	US6th gold (23 weeks)US	First published: August 27, 2002
2013	Lip lock	-	-	-	-	US46 (3 weeks) US	First published: May 14, 2013

More albums

• 2007: Here I Am

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1999	What Ya Want Ruff Ryders' First Lady	-	-	-	-	US29 (20 weeks) US	First release: June 1999 feat. Nokio of Dru Hill
	Gotta Man Ruff Ryders' First Lady	-	-	-	-	US26 (16 weeks) US	First published: September 1999
2000	Love Is Blind Ruff Ryders' First Lady	-	-	-	-	US34 (16 weeks) US	First release: January 2000 feat. Faith Evans
	Got It All Scorpion	-	-	-	-	US88 (5 weeks) US	First release: July 2000 feat. Jadakiss
2001	Who's That Girl Scorpion	DE21 (13 weeks) DE	-	CH8 (27 weeks) CH	UK6th silver (10 weeks)UK	US47 (18 weeks) US	First published: February 8, 2001
	Let Me Blow Ya Mind Scorpion	DE4 (14 weeks) DE	AT6 (15 weeks) AT	CH1 gold (28 weeks)CH	UK4th platinum (14 weeks)UK	US2 (33 weeks) US	First release: May 15, 2001 feat. Gwen Stefani
2002	Gangsta Lovin ' Eve-Olution	DE21 (9 weeks) DE	AT41 (8 weeks) AT	CH6 (15 weeks) CH	UK6 (13 weeks) UK	US2 (22 weeks) US	First release: July 3rd, 2002 feat. Alicia Keys
2003	Satisfaction Eve-Olution	DE68 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK20 (5 weeks) UK	US27 (16 weeks) US	First published: February 25, 2003
2007	Tambourine Here I Am	DE78 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK18 (10 weeks) UK	US37 (17 weeks) US	First release: April 17th, 2007 feat. Swizz Beatz
	Give It to You Here I Am	DE49 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First release: July 31, 2007 feat. Sean Paul

More singles

• 1999: The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (Adam and Eve Remix) (duet with Prince )
• 2001: Got What You Need ( feat.Drag-On )

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1999	You Got Me Things Fall Apart	DE25 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH15 (8 weeks) CH	UK31 (2 weeks) UK	US39 (14 weeks) US	First published: January 22nd, 1999 The Roots feat. Erykah Badu & Eve
	Girlfriend / Boyfriend Finally	DE98 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK11 (9 weeks) UK	US47 (11 weeks) US	First published: May 25, 1999 BLACKstreet feat. Janet Jackson , Ja Rule & Eve
	Hot Boyz (Remix) Da Real World	DE52 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	UK18 (3 weeks) UK	US5 (21 weeks) US	First published: November 9, 1999 Missy Elliott feat. Lil 'Mo , Nas , Q-Tip & Eve
	Ryde or Die, Bitch We Are the Streets	-	-	-	-	US73 (7 weeks) US	First release: 1999 The LOX feat. Timbaland & Eve
2001	Caramel City High	DE70 (6 weeks) DE	-	CH72 (4 weeks) CH	UK9 (11 weeks) UK	US18 (24 weeks) US	First release: October 2001 City High feat. Eve
	Brotha Part II Mahogany Soul	-	-	-	UK37 (2 weeks) UK	-	First release: 2001 Angie Stone feat. Alicia Keys & Eve
2002	4 My People Miss E ... So Addictive	DE21 (10 weeks) DE	AT40 (9 weeks) AT	CH40 (13 weeks) CH	UK5 (14 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 11, 2002 Missy Elliott feat. Eve
2003	Not Today Love & Life	-	-	-	UK40 (2 weeks) UK	US41 (10 weeks) US	First published: March 3, 2003 Mary J. Blige feat. Eve
2004	Rich Girl Love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant.	DE14 (14 weeks) DE	AT10 (21 weeks) AT	CH6 (28 weeks) CH	UK4 (14 weeks) UK	US7 (27 weeks) US	First published: December 14th, 2004 Gwen Stefani feat. Eve
2007	Like This Ms. Kelly	-	AT75 (1 week) AT	CH77 (2 weeks) CH	UK4 (12 weeks) UK	US40 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: March 13, 2007 Kelly Rowland feat. Eve
2012	Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Rise	DE29 (7 weeks) DE	AT47 (4 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First published: August 24, 2012 Shaggy feat. Eve

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US1US Top 10 albums DE-DE AT-AT CH1CH UK-UK US3US Albums in the charts DE2DE AT2AT CH2CH UK2UK US4thUS

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH1CH UK-UK US-US Top 10 singles DE1DE AT2AT CH4thCH UK7thUK US4thUS Singles in the charts DE13DE AT6thAT CH8thCH UK14thUK US17thUS

Awards for music sales

Golden record

•  Canada
  • 2000: for the album Let There Be Eve… Ruff Ryders' First Lady

Platinum record

•  Belgium
  • 2001: for the single Let Me Blow Ya Mind
•  Canada
  • 2001: for the album Scorpion

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	platinum1	50,000	ultratop.be
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	platinum1	150,000	musiccanada.com
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	20,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	4,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	-	platinum1	920,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	4 × gold4th	6 × platinum6th

Filmography (selection)

• 2002: Barbershop
• 2002: xXx - Triple X (xXx)
• 2003: Third Watch - Operation at the Limit ( Third Watch , TV series, 1 episode)
• 2003: 3 Angels for Charlie - Full Power (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle)
• 2004: Barbershop 2 (Barbershop 2: Back in Business)
• 2004: The Woodsman
• 2008: Flashbacks of a Fool
• 2009: Numbers - The Logic of Crime ( NUMB3RS , TV series, 1 episode)
• 2009: Roller Girl (Whip It)
• 2010: 4.3.2.1
• 2016: Barbershop: The Next Cut

Web links

Commons : Eve  - collection of images

• Literature by and about Eve in the catalog of the German National Library
• Eve in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Eve in the nndb (English)
• Eve at laut.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Charts DE AT CH UK US
3. ↑ Let There Be Eve ... Ruff Ryders' First Lady - Sales
4. ↑ You Got Me (The Roots) in the UK charts
5. ↑ Girlfriend / Boyfriend (Blackstreet) in the UK charts
6. ↑ ^{a b} Missy Elliott in the UK charts