Despite one Grammy win, 5 nominations, and turning into the third feminine hip-hop artist to have an album peak at primary on the Billboard 200, Eve surprisingly “doesn’t think about” her legacy in music. “I don’t think about it. I just, it’s not something that comes to my mind, it is not something I think about,” she tells the Associated Press in a brand new interview.

In Eve’s opinion, she doesn’t mull over how a lot credit score she receives as a result of she is aware of what she’s “done and have accomplished,” and in keeping with her, “that’s not, that’s something no one could ever take.”

The “Tamborine” rapper acknowledges the affect she has had on her followers, who’ve informed her how she impressed them; nonetheless, she didn’t perceive the gravity of her profession for herself till she wrote her 2024 memoir, Who’s That Girl?

Eve continues, “I think the only time I kind of allowed myself to really reflect on it is after I finished my book and I did the audiobook. And literally, as soon as I got in the car, I called Cathy, my co-writer, and was like, ‘Yo, I did a lot, like, and I’m proud of myself, you know!’”

In different information, Eve lately sat down for the Joe and Jada podcast with Fat Joe and Jadakiss. At one level within the dialog, the pair requested the rapper what motivates her to go on tour, contemplating her billionaire husband is ready for her at dwelling.

The former “First Lady of Ruff Ryders” says she nonetheless likes getting her personal checks. When Jadakiss requested how the tour was going, Eve mentioned, “The tour’s good. So far we, um, we’ve only done three, four, we’ve done four shows. I did Europe first.”

Fat Joe went on to ask why that “Rich Girl” remains to be doing exhibits. To which she responded with, “I like money. Okay? I like checks. So if there’s, I wouldn’t be doing it if it wasn’t a check involved, I wouldn’t be doing it if the check wasn’t right.”

The “Let Me Blow Your Mind” rapper additionally made it clear that no man “saved her.” She added, “First of all, nobody ever saved me. I saved myself. I got my own money. If I wanted to stop working, my man wouldn’t care. But why would I not do something that I love?”