Who’s That Girl?: A Memoir

When Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders’ First Lady was released in 1999, rapper Eve became only the third woman rapper to have a number-one album on the Billboard 200. But making history was not an easy road. Eve’s memoir, written with hip-hop journalist Kathy Iandoli (King of New York: A New Mafia Tale), explores her life starting in West Philadelphia’s Mill Creek housing projects to her successful career as a rapper, actor, producer, and designer. Eve talks candidly about growing up in Philly, being discovered by Ma$e while dancing in New York, becoming the first woman Ruff Ryder, and navigating being hip-hop’s It girl at only 21. Eve writes frankly about being a woman in the music industry and working in film and television. She doesn’t shy away from the downside of her early fame—from drug and alcohol use to paralyzing anxiety—sharing the ups and downs of stardom. She ends with details of her relationship with her husband, Maximillian Cooper, her struggles to conceive, and the birth of her son, Wilde Wolf.