NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The Grammy Award-winning rapper and actress Eve is joining NYU as a 2024-2025 Scholar-in-Residence at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, with the year-long residency kicking off at a welcome event on Saturday.
Eve, who released her debut album in 1999 and followed it up with multiple chart-topping projects and a burgeoning TV and film career, will use the residency to discuss her experience as a woman in hip-hop with the NYU community, according to NYU.
The program will include meetings, classroom visits and conversations with students and faculty about her personal career and the evolving music industry at large.
“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,” said Jack H. Knott, the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of NYU Steinhardt.
“I know our students and faculty will learn from her engagement and support of our efforts to advance equity, belonging, and innovation.”
Eve’s residency will build on a celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop that Steinhardt held last year, NYU said.
But the rapper is excited to show more of herself in the program, reflecting on her 15 movies and television shows, experience as host of daytime show “The Talk” and her passion for philanthropy and motherhood, which she focuses on helping girls access education and the arts.
“I want people to get an understanding of who I am as a person outside of music,” Eve said. “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.”