Eve: Always a Class Act

​I give Who's That Girl?: A Memoir by Eve, 4/5 stars and here's why...
First and foremost, I was definitely an Eve fan when she first appeared on the hip hop scene with the Ruff Ryders. I am a Bronx native, and back in the day I'd seen the Ruff Ryders riding through the streets. I grew up, smack around the corner from Bronxdale projects, where rapper Drag-On lived, so I was also very aware of the Ruff Ryder's as a hip hop group. I was thrilled when Eve came on as the Ruff Ryders' first lady. I was and still am a fan of female rappers of all kinds. I grew up around a lot of boys, but because I was often the oldest, I was somewhat revered. I felt like I could relate to female rap artists who were the only women on their teams, because I was usually the only girl in situations in my family or on my block.
Now, I didn't actually read this book. I listened to the audio version on Audible. That's how I prefer to read/ingest memoirs. I think it's important to hear these stories in the authors' own voices. The stories are told more authentically that way.
In this memoir, Eve gives a brief overview of her family background. She talks about her upbringing in Philly, the relatives that inspired her, and her feelings towards school. However, the focus of the memoir was her career. While I love bts tea, and some was surely provided, I didn't feel like it was enough. Or did I feel that way because Eve, respectfully, doesn't always say names? I say "respectfully" because I honestly respect her choice, I just think the ratchet in me is looking for the ginger tea, y'know, the spice.
I was surprised by a lot of what Eve divulged, especially about herself. She was very successful at a very young age, and the quantity of public scandal was low in comparison to her peers. However I can see how the weight of the few things she was involved in had their different costs. Eve was always a class act to me, so what she did reveal in the memoir surprised me. I appreciate how she discussed her growth, both as an artist and as a person, and she said a lot of things that struck nerves in me.
I enjoyed the memoir and my only qualms were her reading style and the fact that it felt incomplete at the end. Eve is still young, so there should be an autobiography in another thirty years or so. Also, it took her a while to relax into reading the story. You can always tell with audio books, the authors who are struggling a bit to read the words they wrote with a co-author (or ghostwriter). Sometimes they're missing inflection or the inflection seems to be all over the place. I felt Eve had to ease into it.
Overall though, I enjoyed the memoir. I gained some gems from some insight into her life and again I was reminded that these stars who I felt were bigger than life growing up, are human, experiencing the same emotions and complexities of life as me. That is always refreshing.