Overview
- At the Recording Academy Honors on Jan. 29 in Los Angeles, the Academy presented Eve with a Grammy recognizing her verse on The Roots’ 1999 track.
- CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said the Academy needed to “make it right,” framing the presentation as a formal correction of a past oversight.
- Eve’s verse was uncredited on the album release, which excluded her from the group’s 2000 win for best rap performance by a duo or group.
- In her acceptance remarks, Eve dedicated the moment to “little Eve from Philly,” and the award is her second career Grammy after 2002’s “Let Me Blow Ya Mind.”
- Questlove previously acknowledged the lapse in 2024, Ebro Darden pushed for the fix, and the moment revived discussion of the song’s history, including Jill Scott’s original chorus later re-recorded by Erykah Badu.