Rapper and actor Eve looks back: ‘I was the only girl in the boardroom in major label meetings – that Philly girl had to come out’

<p>The Grammy-winning artist on ​d​estroying egos in school, the dealers who looked out for her, and learning from early failure</p><p>Born Eve Jihan Jeffers in Philadelphia in 1978, rapper Eve released her debut album, Let There Be Eve … Ruff Ryders’ First Lady, in 1999; it entere