Grammy Award winner and Emmy-nominated actor, rapper, Eve Jihan Cooper will share her experience as a trailblazing woman in hip-hop as the 2024-25 Scholar-in-Residence at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

The year-long residency kicks off September 21 with a welcoming event. It will be followed by a series of meetings, classroom visits, and intimate conversations with students and faculty about Eve’s historic career and the evolving music industry.

“We are thrilled to be hosting Eve as our 2024-25 Scholar in Residence,” says Jack H. Knott, the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of NYU Steinhardt. “She will share the expertise she’s gained as an award-winning artist in music, film, and television, as well as a philanthropist working with young people in the arts. I know our students and faculty will learn from her engagement and support of our efforts to advance equity, belonging, and innovation.”

Eve has built a successful career in entertainment over more than two decades. In 1999, her debut studio album, Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders’ First Lady, reached the top of the Billboard 200, making her only the third female rapper to achieve that position. She subsequently released three additional albums, including 2002’s Scorpion, which was nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Rap Album. She won the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Grammy Award that year for Let Me Blow Ya Mind, a duet with Gwen Stefani from that record.

In addition to her music, Eve has starred in 15 movies and television series, including the critically-acclaimed Queens, starred and co-executive producer her own, self-titled sit-com, and served as co-host of the CBS daytime talk show, The Talk. A native of Philadelphia, Eve is also a mother and philanthropist, with a focus on supporting women and girls in education and the arts.

Eve’s memoir, Who’s that Girl?, written with journalist and NYU adjunct professor Kathy Iandoli, will be released this month.

The residency build’s on Steinhardt’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, held last year.

“I want people to get an understanding of who I am as a person outside of music,” Eve says. “I am looking forward to getting to know the community, and meeting in intimate settings to give students a chance to ask me anything they want to ask.”

Who’s That Girl? Eve’s Scholar-in-Residence Welcome Event

Sat, Sep 21, 3 pm – 4:30 pm ET

Eisner & Lubin Auditorium
Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012

The NYU Steinhardt Office of Diversity, Equity, and Belonging is excited to announce that the Grammy-award-winning rapper, actress, and philanthropist EVE will be joining NYU Steinhardt as the 2024-25 Scholar-in-Residence! RSVP for Eve’s Welcome Event, where Eve will be in conversation with Steinhardt’s own Kathy Iandoli, the co-author for Eve’s new memoir. A book signing will immediately follow, and the book will be available for purchase on-site.