Who's That Girl coming To Kenya?

Let's face it, when was the last time you heard anything from eve? Osama was still alive, Mpesa service was still exclusive to Kenya, and Sonko was just hooked to pure kush (without the power). Eve's verse on Luda's 'my chick is bad (rmx)' was thought to serve as a comeback for her. Since that never came to pass maybe her coming to kenya for the Tusker All Star Concert will bring back the memories we once had of the Ruff Ryders First Lady.

From spitting a timid verse on the Philadelphian hiphop band The Roots’ You Got Me, and making a guest appearance on the hook of ‘Remember Them dayz’ by Bennie Sigel yet another Philly rapper. Eve grew strength by strength, shedding off her ‘shy girl from Philly persona’, to become arguably the most iconic female hiphoper at the turn of the century. Her 1st album Let There Be Eve-Ruff Ryders First Lady, was laced with a gangsta theme from a female perspective. Her image contradicted that of Foxy Brown and Lil Kim, who were the mainstream hiphop queens at the time. Her short dyed hair became her trademark, and her membership to the led Ruff Ryders only raised her street credibility.

Despite her 2nd single ‘what ya want’ having a tinge of pop sound, Eve's street sound remained unsilenced and when Primo teamed up with The L.O.X, for the classic recognize- Eve lent her voice on the hook of the joint. And sure enough she didn't disappoint. These were the days when Metro FM was the only FM station outside Nairobi, and Dan Oloo was blazing it up on ‘The afternoon switch’. As if to prove she wasn’t all Gangsta Gangsta, Eve did a socio-conscious track ‘Love Is blind’ with Faith Evans which preached against abusive relationships (Ongoro should hear it). Her sophomore scorpion released in 2001, had who's that girl as the 1st single-a song that was perceived by many as indirect attack to her female predecessors in the game, as if to affirm her position as the new queen of Hiphop, Eve dropped a 2nd single Dr. Dre produced ‘let me blow your mind’ ft Gwen Stefan. Despite the song's heavy pop influence, it still made it to the playlist of some of the hardest hiphop heads, thanks to the rappers stinging lyrics which were even more direct to her competitors.

Her 3rd album Eve-Olution had a look warm reception; however it is here where she announced her self actualization as a rapper. On satisfaction the 2nd single off the album, Eve stated that she already had everything she wanted. As fate would have it, eve-olution was eve's last album release to date. However, she is working on her 4th studio release titled, Lip Drop which is expected sometime this year.

In 2003 she jumped to the screen, and had a comic sitcom named after her-and its 3 seasons were screened on KTN (Whatever happened to black comedies, I so hate soaps). Under the character name Shelly, eve used the TV series to promote her streetwear all female clothing line, Fetish, which closed operations permanently in 2009.

With just a fortnight to the anticipated October 1st Tusker All star concert at the Carnivore Grounds, an A list treatment waits the rapper, who was incidentally seen by EABL (The event’s sponsors) as a better crowed puller compared to Rick Ross. Eve will grace the stage together with Shaggy and Cabo Snoop from Angola.