Eve Clarifies Jay-Z’s Previous Remarks About The Success Of Female Rappers & Her Debut Album: ‘He Wasn’t Saying It Out Of Malice, It Was Fact’

September 17, 2024 by Ariel Whitely in Music with 0 Comments

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Eve Clarifies Jay-Z’s Previous Remarks About The Success Of Female Rappers & Her Debut Album: ‘He Wasn’t Saying It Out Of Malice, It Was Fact’

Update (Sept. 17, 2024): Eve is clarifying the comments Jay-Z made about her debut album and the success of female rap artists.

She previously said that Jay-Z advised her not to get her hopes up about her first project as female artists typically didn’t do that well at the time.

During an interview on The Breakfast Club on Tuesday (Sept. 17), Eve explained that her conversation with Jay-Z was “very amazing,” and something she “needed.”

“He wasn’t saying it out of malice or mean… It was fact!”

She agreed with Charlamagne that Jay-Z was trying to “temper” her “expectations.”

“We all have that thing where someone say something, they don’t even know, where it’s like ‘Okay, I’m going to use that.'”

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Original Story (Sept. 16, 2024): Grammy-winning rapper Eve is opening up about the experiences she faced at the start of her career.

While there were very few female rappers making a name for themselves in the late 90s compared to now, Eve was one artist to break down barriers and bring something new to the rap industry. Despite making history by signing as the only woman on the Ruff Ryders hip-hop record label, Eve, 45, said she didn’t always receive support, particularly from men in the industry.

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During a recent interview, she said,

“I always got a lot of pushback.”

The lyricist mentioned a time she received a phone call from rap veteran Jay-Z following the release of her debut studio album. Allegedly, the 54-year-old called Eve to congratulate her, however, he also warned her not to get her hopes up because female rappers “don’t really do that well.”

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The multiplatinum-selling musician also shared that an executive told her she should give up and get pregnant, while others were openly rude in meetings.

Eve furthered,

“The audacity that these men had. Now I have age and experience on my side, nobody’s coming at me like that.”

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Her debut album Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders’ First Lady (1999) reportedly sold over two million copies and was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Eve became the third female hip-hop artist to have her album peak at number one on the Billboard 200.

She later released her second studio album, Scorpion, in 2001. The second single, “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” featuring Gwen Stefani peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the US Mainstream Top 40 chart. It won a Grammy Award in 2002 for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, which was a brand new category at the time.

In addition, Eve has a memoir set to drop on September 17, 2024. Her memoir is titled after her 2001 breakout hit “Who’s That Girl?”

Speaking on her book, she said,

“I’ve written a f***ing book. It’s crazy. I was nervous initially about putting all this stuff out there, but I wanted to be open and vulnerable.”