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Born Eve Jihan Jeffers c. 1979, in Philadelphia, PA. Addresses: Record company--Interscope Records, 2220 Colorado Ave., 3rd Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90404, website: http://www.interscoperecords.com.

While many women in the male dominated world of rap and hip-hop often opt to sell records by using blatant sexuality, rapper Eve has chosen to compete on her own terms.

Female hip-hop artists who could equal the record sales and street credibility of male rappers are rare, but Eve has joined that exclusive group, which also includes Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot and Da Brat.

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The self-proclaimed "pit bull in a skirt" got her start as the sole female with the hip-hop label Ruff Ryders. Her debut solo release, 1999's Let There Be Eve: Ruff Ryders' First Lady, debuted at number one on Billboard's Top 200 and reached platinum sales that same year.

Eve escaped one-hit wonder status when she released her sophomore effort, Scorpion, in 2001, prompting Newsweek to call her "hip