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Eve Reveals Brief 2001 Romance With Suge Knight, Calling It ‘Revenge’ on Dr. Dre

Her memoir ties the liaison to label tensions she believes hindered her third album.

Overview

  • In Who’s That Girl?, Eve writes she pursued Suge Knight as “sweet revenge” after a professional rift with Dr. Dre.
  • She says Knight began showing up in her business with Interscope and Jimmy Iovine, which she believes soured relations and impacted her third LP.
  • Eve recounts meeting Knight backstage at the 2001 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards and ending the fling on advice from Ruff Ryders co-founders Dee and Waah Dean.
  • She recalls Knight responding supportively to the breakup, telling her he would have given the same advice.
  • The memoir, co-written with Kathy Iandoli, is out now; coverage also notes a reported sale of her back catalog to Iconoclast that Music Business Worldwide estimated at $25–$50 million, with no new public responses from the other figures named.