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Eve: As a rapper, she proved herself as the pit bull in a skirt among an all-male crew. Will she make tails wag as a budding actress and fashion mogul?
Interview, Sept, 2002 by Dimitri Ehrlich
DE: If that audition with the Huff Ryders had failed, would you have become a makeup artist? I know you have a thing for makeup.
E: I would have definitely kept on trying, but after a while I would have just been like, "All right," I love makeup, too. It wasn't a passion like my music, but I really wanted to get into it and up to this day it's still a hobby to me. I love it, and I would love to take classes for it. I probably would be a makeup artist now.
DE: How do you remain so earthy about this very glamorous hip-hop scene, which is a lot of bling-bling?
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E: I don't surround myself in it. I live it, but I don't sleep, eat and breathe it. I cut it off. When I go to my hotel room, I don't watch videos. I don't listen to radio. I'm a regular person with a ban-gin' job. I've got a beautiful job. I'm blessed. I'm doing what I want to do, but so what? I don't let it overtake everything.
DE: When you first started selling records, were you irresponsible and extravagant with your money, or were you always sane?
E: Honestly, no. I did stupid shit, took friends shopping--but nothing too crazy. With my first really big checks, I made sure I gave family members some money and then I bought my house and my car. I think the first big thing I ever bought was a fur. I always wanted a mink, so I bought a mink. After that, I did responsible things.
DE: How does it feel to be the first woman in your family to ever own her own home?
E: It's a beautiful feeling. It's unexplainable.
DE: Do you want to have children someday?
E: I want as many as God's gonna give me. I don't want my tubes tied, none of that shit. But also, I want to do it right. Of course, I want the marriage, but if it doesn't happen that way, children are a blessing and one of these days, I can't wait.
DE: Me, too. I'll marry you, if you want to. [both laugh]
E: Let's have babies! What are you doing next week at seven o'clock?
DE: I'm there! OK, one last question. Many people may not know that your mother still refers to you by your childhood nickname. Miss Poo-a-doo. Could you explain?
E: Oh, God! Who told you that shit?
DE: I'm not telling, Miss Poo-a-doo. Where does that come from?
E: That's so funny. [both laugh] My mom will call me and she's like, "Poo-a-doo." That was from when I was a baby--I'm still her baby. That keeps me regular, too. My mom's not like, "Eve, what's up?" She's like, "You know, that's my baby. I don't care about none of that shit. You my child." I love that. Oh! But I hate you for that!
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