Covering the newest issue of Rolling Out, rapper Eve is opening up more about the state of her relationship, why she’ll always have love for DMX, and why every female rapper is not going to be everybody’s cup of tea in the business.
Eve spoke further about her current relationship with Maximillion Cooper. Before they met, she said that she found herself dating too many ridiculous dudes, and at some point, she had to question what SHE was doing wrong to attract them:
“My perspective on men has definitely changed. I’ve dated some ridiculous dudes. For women, if you are frustrated and keep attracting the same type of dude over and over again, it is not the dude, it is you. That is something I had to learn. I needed to figure out who I was and what I wanted before I attracted the guy I needed to be with.”
“I never thought I would date outside of my race. I never thought it would seriously be something that I considered because of where we come from. Interracial dating is still not as prevalent in our community. But when I met him, it was something that was so familiar. We recognize each other in a deeper way. If somebody is treating me the way I’m supposed to be treated, who cares what race he happens to be? It took a while for us to get comfortable, but when things got serious, we went for it. When we first started having pictures taken of us, I got so many negative tweets. It shocked me. I wondered where all of that hatred was coming from. It annoys me because America is a great country. But there are a lot of hypocrites. Would you rather me date someone, like my ex [Stevie J], just because he’s black? Or would you rather me be happy?
She also opened up about other women in hip-hop. Rolling Out pointed out that Eve had to do battle with some of Nicki Minaj’s fans on Twitter not too long ago, after publicly stating that Nicki wasn’t “her cup of tea”:
“I’m not everyone’s cup of tea and Nicki’s not everyone’s cup of tea,” she says. ”That’s life. You’re not going to listen to every single artist that comes out. But obviously, Nicki has a huge fan base and she’s doing her thing. So what does one person’s opinion mean? I think people just take stuff too far. Some of the new girls that are coming up are dope. Azealia Banks has a lot of cute wordplay. It’s a new generation and it’s cool with me.”
And of course, she had to give her two cents on Dark Man X…aka, DMX and his struggles:
“DMX is my dog. He’s the most special person I’ve ever met, honestly. It’s unfortunate that he’s going through those things. The last time I saw him was when we did the BET Hip-Hop Awards cypher. Anytime that I spend with him and get to talk with him is the best. But X is X. If you know him, you can’t tell him anything and you can’t suggest anything, X is going to do whatever he wants to do. But I’m sure he’ll get better. That’s just his process.”
Check out the full interview over at Rolling Out’s website where she talks about having to leave Interscope and more, and let us know what you think of her comments!
