Eve is mostly known as a member of the Ruff Ryders as she nears two decades in the music industry, but she got her first big break when she signed with Dr. Dre‘s Aftermath Entertainment. In a recent interview with The Breakfast Club, the Barbershop: The Next Cut actress recalls getting the attention of the good doctor.
“Mike Lynn was like his right-hand man,” she says on the radio show. “These dudes who was like my homeboy managers at the time invited me over to the house and was like, ‘Yo, you should write raps for this dude. He’s got Dre’s ear.’ I was like, ‘Ok.’ And I did and he called Dre right there. I rapped for him.”
Eve, who went by the name Eve of Destruction at the time, says that Lynn was especially surprised because he thought she had a different occupation within the group she was hanging out with.
“He thought I was dropping off weed,” she says, “so he definitely thought like, ‘Why is she rapping? Why is the weed girl rapping?’ But he called Dre right there and I was in LA that next weekend, signed.”
The Philadelphia rapper’s career with Aftermath was short-lived and she was dropped from the label before releasing a project. She found a new home with Ruff Ryders, where she released two albums and garnered national attention.
Prior to becoming a household name alongside DMX and Swizz Beatz, Eve recalls a time she was hit on by Mike Tyson. Earlier this month, Jadakiss told the Drink Champs podcast that the boxer told Eve, “I’ll fuck the shit out of you.”
“I turned around and was like, ‘I’m only 17 years old,'” Eve says of the incident. “I was scared to death. That was right after he bit homeboy. I was so scared. I will never forget that.”
The Breakfast Club hosts ask her how she got away.
“I just kept walking fast,” she says.
Eve is set to appear in Barbershop: The Next Cut with Nicki Minaj and Ice Cube. The film is due out in theaters Friday (April 15).
Watch The Breakfast Club interview with Eve below:
she got her big break when she signed to aftermath eh? rrrrriiiiiiiiiggggghhhttt…..
I remember that, when she had that joint “eve of destruction” on the Bulworth soundtrack. Man, those were the days lol!
EVERY “Beats by Dre” article is a LIE!!! Jimmy iovene simply “makes up story” as he talks. And this…Beats by Dre was TOLD to Dre in 1990 1991 @ Club Glam Slam (1) Because of Eric Wright (Eazy E) and (2) Dee Dee Barnes, that (andre) Dr. Dre of N.W.A. would eminate and “Take a Sh*t” on his problems and suprise everybody. In 1990 1991 we deemed him a good Catalyst and Suiter for what we had. Dr Dre imitates his Buddy EVERYDAY…and ( and Jimmy Iovene was TOLD at Saturday Night Live in New York in 1995 96 97) Jimmy iovene imitates our MOMENTS in time with Dr Dre as he DECIDED to create A NEW STORY of “Just One Day Walking Down The Beach…” AH Ha! Ha Ha! ha HA!!!! (YOU LIAR!!!) (…and more to INCLUDE and STATE that Interscope Singers and Rappers thought of it, such as the LIE from “WiLL i AM” to Steve Stoute about “I said to Jimmy “Hardware”) …See Steve Stoute
WiLL I AM pt.3 (…IF the “Music Industry” was. “Losing Money”? …all it got was the Sony Walkman of our (Flightline Ear Protection) AMALGAMATED with (andre) of N.W.A. as Dr. Dre was TOLD in 1990 1991 then (reaching too far they snagged the Noise Cancellation of our Bose and got Sued)…..the remainder is the “Car” (Mbz 190e) and the Phone (Panasonic) circa 1990 1991 …..truth is …. …..actually no more is neccessary as Onkyo and Nakamichi would say “Who is Dr. Dre Jimmy iovene Hinrichs Pentagram Brunner Steven Lamar Noel Lee The Branch Offs and HTC and Dodge and Beats Electronics and Apple? …….See Steve Stoute Jimmy iovene pt. 3 on you tube
wtf you talkin bout? lol, hilarious…
Jimmy iovene was TOLD this “Beats by Dre” backstage at Saturday Night Live in 95 96 97 when Dr. Dre (andre) was solo after selling his shares back to “Def Row” and now called “Aftermath”….Jimmy iovene tells Steve Stoute of a “weak” album where “one was in touch with dre”……on Steve Stoute You Tube pt. 3 … and the LIE that Dr. Dre’s Lawyer wanted him to sell “Sneakers” ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (not you dre …your Lawyer ….of the Attorney Project) …on Steve Stoute WiLL I Am pt. 3 …here this (interscope) boy LIES to Steve Stoute that he one day said to Jimmy iovene “Hardware”….this does not match Steven Lamar nor Brunner nor Noel Lee …nor Dr. Dre in 1990 1991 at Club Glam Slam 333 Boylston st. where Dr. Dre was TOLD (in private) (1) the car (2) the phone (3) the sony walkman to which (dre) said “GOTTDUHAYMM!!!! GOOGLE wellington cousins or wellington cousins Dr. Dre….. … ….. …WOW!!! Dre and Jimmy iovene …yall done FAKED “Declaratory Relief” twice ….. ……and got white and chinese holding on to the Millions given them as yall LIE to ALL around yall…. ….
Wtf are you talking about? Smh. Dam bro..
Go shoot yourselfs no one gives a fuck
Kys f.a.g.
I will; STILL fuck tha shit outta you…”
Lot of people were signed to Aftermath without dropping. I’d think her big break came when she was on The Roots song with Badu. That’s when people started checking for her. Then, she signed with Ruff Ryders and rode that wave to albums, a TV show, and her current place as wife of some rich white dude.
Eve dropped 3 albums on RR fucking idiots