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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">MULTI-PLATINUM ARTIST EVE RELEASES NEW SINGLE, “MAKE IT OUT THIS TOWN” FEATURING GABE SAPORTA OF COBRA STARSHIP
TODAY!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NEW ALBUM
<i>LIP LOCK</i> DUE OUT MAY 14<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">"... she still knows her way around a good crossover pop tune ... it's an undeniably effective little pop nugget.”--
<b>IDOLATOR</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Eve is back like she never left … so far, so good.” --
<b>THE SOURCE</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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"... [a] sprightly new song." – <b>FUSE<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Eve still finds a way to distinguish herself from other lady rappers … the Ruff Ryders’ First Lady is the original bad girl.”--
<b>MTV BUZZWORTHY</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">NEW YORK, NY March 5, 2013</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">—Grammy Award-winning artist
<b>EVE</b> released her new single, <b>“Make It Out This Town,”</b> featuring <b>
Cobra Starship</b> frontman <b>Gabe Saporta</b> <b>TODAY</b> – </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8RDEzS6ExY&feature=youtu.be"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
to stream the song and </span><a href="http://bit.ly/MIOTToniTunes"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> to purchase the song on iTunes. The song, which first
premiered last month as part of <b>Big Brothers Big Sisters’ National Mentoring Month
</b>conference in Washington, D.C., is an inspiring and uplifting, ‘overcoming the odds’ anthem. Eve was recently named a National Celebrity Ambassador for the charity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">"<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">I am releasing
<b>‘Make It Out This Town’</b> as my first single from<i> <b>Lip Lock</b> </i>because I wanted to share the positive place I have come into,” says<b> EVE</b>. “I went through obstacles to get my music and message out and nothing embodies this more than this
song, which also mirrors my recent honor and connection that comes with my role as an ambassador for Big Brothers Big Sisters. The song is dedicated to them.” </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <b>“Make It Out This Town”</b> is the official single released from Eve’s long-awaited, much-anticipated album,
<b><i>Lip Lock</i>,</b> due out May 14<sup>th</sup>. The video for the first song from the body of new work,
<b>“She Bad Bad,”</b> garnered over one million views less than a week after its release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">“</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">2013 is a year you will see more sides of me than ever before,
this is just the start!” </span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">EVE</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> concludes.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"> “And
<span class="apple-style-span">I have a lot in store for you all on <b><i>Lip Lock</i></b> to make you
<u>think</u>, <u>dance</u>, and <u>smile</u>.</span> Thanks for being with me."</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">With album sales totaling nearly 10 million, Eve is a genuine star in the worlds of music, fashion and film. Recognized as one of hip hop’s most celebrated female
MCs, she has received accolades as diverse as her career, ranging from a <b>GRAMMY Award</b>, to an
<b>NAACP Image Award</b>, <b>MTV Video Music Award</b> and a <b>BET Award</b>, as well as multiple nominations from across the industry for her work. As the only female in the
<b>Ruff Ryders</b> crew that consisted of rappers <b>DMX</b>, <b>The Lox and Drag-on</b>, Eve stood out as the sexy, no-nonsense street savvy, ride-or-die chick that could hold her own amongst the boys. Anchored by chart-topping singles like the vivacious
<b>“Gotta Man” </b>and the anti-domestic abuse classic <b>“Love Is Blind”</b> Eve’s 1999 debut album
<b><i>Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryder’s First Lady</i></b> was a double platinum success. Her 2001 sophomore release
<b><i>Scorpion</i></b> went platinum, while garnering her crossover appeal with the Grammy Award winning mega-hit
<b>“Let Me Blow Ya Mind,”</b> featuring Gwen Stefani. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">About Big Brothers Big Sisters<br>
</span></u></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Big Brothers Big Sisters, the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, holds itself accountable for children in its program to achieve measurable outcomes,
such as educational success; avoidance of risky behaviors; and higher aspirations, greater confidence and better relationships. Partnering with parents/guardians, schools, corporations and others in the community, Big Brothers Big Sisters carefully pairs
children (“Littles”) with screened volunteer mentors (“Bigs”) and monitors and supports these one-to-one mentoring matches throughout their course. The first-ever Big Brothers Big Sisters Youth Outcomes Summary, released in 2012, substantiates that its mentoring
programs have proven, positive academic, socio-emotional and behavioral outcomes for youth, areas linked to high school graduation, avoidance of juvenile delinquency and college or job readiness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Big Brothers Big Sisters provides children facing adversity, often those of single or low-income households or families where a parent is incarcerated or serving in the military,
with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. This mission has been the cornerstone of the organization’s 100-year history. With about 350 agencies across the country,
Big Brothers Big Sisters serves nearly 630,000 children, volunteers and families. The organization is engaged in a nationwide search to reunite with alumni mentors, mentees, donors, and family, staff and board members. Learn more at
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><a href="http://www.bbbs.org/site/c.9iILI3NGKhK6F/b.5962335/k.BE16/Home.htm" target="_self"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">BigBrothersBigSisters.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Carleen Donovan or Angela Burke at Press Here<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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