Eve on Dr Dre, Battle Rapping and Living In The UK
6/22/20261 hr 10 min
Double-Grammy winning rapper, actress and Emmy-host Eve shares the story of how she got into music, from early choir singing, to battle rapping and becoming one of the most iconic female rappers, working with Dr Dre, collaborating with Gwen Stefani and touring with Ja Rule and Nelly.
She also talks about her journey into acting, working with Vin Diesel and being told off by Samuel L Jackson for swearing on set.
Celebrating 25th years of her debut album Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady, Eve also tells us about her plans for touring and the possibility of reimagined tracks
We also get Eve playing a game of misquoted, chat about her new wellness business Breathe and Believe, what it was like hanging out with Prince and how much she loves living in the UK, but doesn’t love Marmite or Twiglets.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:02 - Americans and Brits
03:24 - A gift for Eve
05:12 - Eve’s Grammys
07:59 - On her journey into music
18:02 - Rapping voices
20:18 - On live shows
24:47 - The impact of Scorpion’s success
27:06 - Female rappers
31:20 - A question from Shanthi
34:20 - Eve on live shows and touring
40:28 - The UK music scene
41:23 - On acting
48:31 - Breathe and Believe
52:56 - On living in the UK
55:04 - Misquoted
01:04:36 - An exclusive
01:05:58 - Outro
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First 90 secondsRomesh Ranganathan· Host0:00
Have you driven in Cornwall?
Eve· Guest0:00
We have, yeah.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:01
So- Well, I haven't.
Eve· Guest0:02
Max- Right ... quite, yeah ...
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:03
I mean, Max, but, I mean, I don't know how chill Max is. I'm bad. [laughs] So, like, we had... You know that they've got the really narrow roads?
Eve· Guest0:10
Yes.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:11
And we were driving up, we got right the way through, and then there was a lorry coming the other way.
Eve· Guest0:15
No, no.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:15
And so I had to reverse.
Eve· Guest0:17
That's- [laughs] So I'm reversing through the thing. Ooh.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:19
Genuinely- Yeah ... I came so close to crying.
Eve· Guest0:22
Yeah.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:22
[laughs] And then I just thought, "It's such an ick if I start crying while reversing."
Eve· Guest0:26
It would, it would be a thing to do.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:27
I know, I started out. We didn't have sex that week.
Eve· Guest0:29
Yeah. [laughs] What's up, guys? I'm Eve, and I'm gonna be on the Romesh Show.
Romesh Ranganathan· Host0:34
[upbeat music] It's the Romesh Ranganathan Show.
Shanthi Ranganathan0:44
Oh, shut up, Romesh.
Speaker 40:47
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Shanthi Ranganathan0:49
Woo.
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