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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">HIP HOP ICON EVE PREMIERES NEW SINGLE “EVE” VIA
<i>ROLLINGSTONE.COM</i> TODAY & DEBUTS VIDEO ON BET’S 106 & PARK APRIL 29!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i> LIP LOCK </i>OUT MAY 14<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NEW YORK, NY, APRIL 25, 2013</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – Grammy-Award winning artist
<b>EVE</b> premiered her new single, <b>“EVE,”</b> on <b><i>RollingStone.com</i></b>
<b>TODAY</b> – </span><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/eve-name-checks-herself-on-eve-song-premiere-20130425"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
to stream the track now, and be sure to check out <b>BET</b>’s hit show, <b>106 & Park</b> for the premiere of the video Monday
<b>April 29</b>! Next week also sees <b>EVE </b>teaming up with CEO of Starfish Media Group
<b>Soledad O’Brien</b> for The XX Project’s <i>Salon Sessions</i> speaker series on
<b>April 30</b> in New York City, and with <b>Gabe Saporta</b> for a performance of her single
<b>“Make It Out This Town”</b> on <b>Late Night with Jimmy Fallon May 3!!! </b>To purchase tickets to
<i>Salon Sessions </i></span><a href="http://thexxprojecteve.splashthat.com/#design"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">PRESS HERE.</span></b></a><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The second single from her highly-anticipated album,
<b><i>LIP LOCK</i></b>, <b>‘EVE’</b> is the hip hop luminary’s personal anthem. Eve told
<b><i>RollingStone.com</i></b>, "<b>'Eve'</b> is one of my fave songs on the album …it’s in ya face, it's all me.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Earlier this month,
<b>EVE</b> released the video for the first single off the new record, <b>“Make It Out This Town”</b> featuring
<b>Cobra Starship</b> frontman, <b>Gabe Saporta</b>. </span><a href="http://www.vevo.com/watch/eve/make-it-out-this-town/USDSM1200103"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
to watch the video for the song, which she dedicated to the members of <b>Big Brothers Big Sisters</b>, the national youth empowerment charity of which she is a celebrity ambassador alongside Jamie Foxx.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Marking her long awaited return to music,
<b><i>LIP LOCK</i></b> will be released on May 14<sup>th</sup>. Featuring collaborations from hip hop’s latest and greatest, including
<b>Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg, Dawn Richard, Juicy J </b>and <b>Pusha T,</b> and production credits from
<b>Claude Kelly</b> (Christina Aguilera, Jessie J, Ke$ha) and <b>Swizz Beats</b> (Beyonce, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown) among others, LIP LOCK promises to showcase the hip hop legend at her finest as though she never left.<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="MsoNormal"><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="MsoNormal"><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><a href="http://www.bbbs.org/site/c.9iILI3NGKhK6F/b.5962335/k.BE16/Home.htm" target="_self"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">BigBrothersBigSisters.org</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The Salon Sessions represents the second installment of the 11 part series.
<b>O’Brien</b> kicked off the <b>Salon Sessions</b> in March in honor of women’s history month. Some the other amazing speakers that will make appearances throughout the year include:
</span><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Marsha Vlasic, Music Agent; Jane Rosenthal, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival; Pat Mitchell, President and Chief Executive Officer for the Paley Center; Melanie Fiona, Artist; Beth
Comstock, Senior Vice President and CMO of GE; Heidi Steiger, US Bank; Gail Evans, Executive VP CNN; Amy Sacco, Nightlife & Entertainment Guru; Wendy Leister, Producer</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.<b><i><u><o:p></o:p></u></i></b></span></p>
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