In it, the rapper known for her signature paw print tattoos, says her mother encouraged her to have them removed but she made the sound decision to keep them. Check the pics and part of the interview here:
“My mom said it was the tackiest thing she'd ever seen,” Eve says. Yet years later it was her mom who insisted she not remove them. “Hey, you don't mess with your trademark, right?”
The first lady of the Ruff Ryders also adds that her time with the group was a “dope experience” but says she's grown from her days a “pitbull in a skirt” and hopes her audience has grown with her.
She tells Inked,
“When I went to take label meetings and they would listen to the music, a lot of them would be like, ‘Yeah, that's good, but what's up with the Ruff Ryders shit?' I'm like, ‘Yo, I was 21 then.' It's been years now. I've done a million different things. ‘Tambourine' isn't Ruff Ryders. The records I did with Gwen [Stefani] weren't Ruff Ryders. I trust my audience enough to think they've grown, just like me.”
She pauses, then amends her statement a bit: “I'm hoping for that, but we'll see."
According to Eve, she's grown from that 21-year-old girl to a woman.
Looking good EVE!“I hate it when people say, ‘The old Eve, the old Eve.' No! I can't pretend to be that girl anymore. If I did, people would see that and be like, Why is she trying to be that same person?”
And over at Ebony Magazine, Nicki Minaj shoots with the famed Derek Blanks for a 'Larger-Than-Life' theme. Check the vid:
Nicki is on top of the world right now. Do you think it will last into next year?