Eve Knows How Far She's Come — Now She's Taking Her Victory Lap
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One year after her eye-opening memoir and fresh off a nostalgic world tour, the rap icon looks back on the hip-hop career that started it all.
This interview is part of “Pivotal,” a Q&A series where we highlight the defining moments that have shaped a star’s career — from breakthrough roles to game-changing milestones to epic moments that catapult them into the spotlight. Read our interview with Bryan-Michael Cox here.
Eve doesn’t get to do this often.
By this, I mean she rarely takes a moment to toast her rap legacy and reflect on the recognition she gets as a trailblazer in hip-hop. That’s not to say she’s unaware of the many doors she kicked down for women in the male-dominated world of rap, rising high as the first lady of the iconic Ruff Ryders posse at the start of her late ’90s run. The platinum-selling star would soon follow with multiple Billboard hits, a Grammy win, staple screen roles and an unprecedented trajectory that went on to change the course of hip-hop — and her life, period.
Eve knows exactly how far she’s come as one of the greats, so she doesn’t feel the need to debate what’s already been solidified. Plus, she has her hands full with other things these days.
“It’s not something I really think about,” the rap legend, 46, tells me of her impact on hip-hop, light chatter from her 3-year-old son, Wilde, picking up in the background of our late September Zoom call.
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