Eve, the Philadelphia rapper whose Scorpion carried “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” to the first Grammy for a rap and sung collaboration, celebrates the album’s twenty-fifth anniversary at KOKO.
Eve, the Philadelphia rapper who won the first Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, celebrates twenty-five years of her album Scorpion at KOKO in Camden on Sunday 21 March 2027.
Born Eve Jihan Jeffers in Philadelphia in 1978, she grew up between West Philadelphia and Germantown and started out singing in choirs. The manager of her girl group steered her towards rapping. A brief spell on Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label led her to the Ruff Ryders collective.
In 1999 Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders’ First Lady went to number one on the US album chart. She was only the third female rapper to top it.
Scorpion followed in 2001. “Let Me Blow Ya Mind”, recorded with Gwen Stefani, won that first Grammy, and “Who’s That Girl” reached number six in Britain. The album has since passed a billion streams.
Alongside the music she acted in the Barbershop films, led her own sitcom and co-hosted The Talk for three years.
KOKO opened in 1900 as the Camden Theatre and reopened in 2020 after a fire. The night returns to the record that made her name, twenty-five years after its release.