Our 2019, WDAS Trailblazing Woman of Excellence, Eve Jihan Jeffers-Cooper, is also the inaugural winner of the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Song Collaboration in 2002, for the song "Let Me Blow Ya Mind." As an actress, Eve is known for her roles as Terri Jones in the films Barbershop, Barbershop 2: Back in Business and Barbershop: The Next Cut. Eve has also achieved success in fashion, with her clothing line, Fetish. For 4 years, she served as a permanent co-host on the television show ‘The Talk," and was a part of the all-star cast of the ABC Dramedy, ‘Queens.' Eve gave birth in 2022 to her first child, a boy named Wylde, with husband, Maximilian Cooper. And most recently released her autobiography, ‘Who’s that Girl…A Memoir’ in September 2024.
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