Eva B Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography & More
Eva B Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography & More
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Quick Infoā
Education: Bachelor Of Arts
Hometown: Lyari, Pakistan
Bio/Wiki | |
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Nickname | Faeva check sources Eva B-Instagram |
Other Name(s) | Hijabi Rapper check sources International The News , Gully Girl check sources The Guardian , Eva Baloch check sources Eva B- YouTube |
Profession | Rapper |
Physical Stats & More | |
Height (approx.) | in centimeters**- 160 cm** in meters**- 1.60 m** in feet & inches**- 5ā 3ā** |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Black |
Career | |
Debut | Original Song: Gully Girls (2019) ![]() TV: Coke Studio (2022) for the song "Kana Yaari" ![]() |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 11 March |
Age | Not Known |
Birthplace | Lyari, Karachi, Pakistan |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Hometown | Lyari, Karachi, Pakistan |
School | Al-Qadir Model English School, Lyari |
College/University | Government College for Women, Karachi, Pakistan |
Educational Qualification (as of 2022) | Pursuing BA check sources The Indian Express |
Ethnicity | Eva B was born into a family belonging to Pakistanās Baloch minority. check sources The Guardian The Baloch or Baluch are Iranian people hailing from Balochistan. |
Tattoo(s) | ⢠A tattoo inked on her right hand reads āmotherā in Urdu ![]() ⢠A crown tattoo, with her mother's name in Urdu under it, is inked on her right hand ![]() |
Family | |
Siblings | Brother- Name Not Known Sister- Uneek B ![]() Note: She has a younger brother. |
Favourites | |
Singer(s) | Billie Eilish, Eminem |
Poet(s) | Saadat Hasan Manto , Jaun Elia |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Eva B
Eva B is a Pakistani rapper. She struck stardom with the Pakistani music TV series āCoke Studioā (2022) in which she rapped for the song āKana Yaariā alongside Kaifi Khalil (the lead vocalist) and Wahab Ali Bugti (Tambura player).
She spent her childhood in the notorious neighbourhood of Lyari, which is known for its violence, gangsters, and drugs.
Eva Bās childhood picture
Eva Bās parents separated during her early childhood, and she was often bullied for it at school. In an interview, while talking about her school days, she said,
My parents are separated. We would have to hear taunts about that. I have been expelled from two schools, in Class 5 and Class 9, for fighting with girls who made mean comments about my family.ā
Once, during her teens, she went to pay a household bill. When she put her hand across the counter to hand over the cash, the man at the other end grabbed it. Although she screamed seeking to call attention to the manās audacity, no one spoke up for her. Such incidents, where she witnessed patriarchy and discrimination against women build up a rage inside her, which she converted into words and started writing raps.
Growing up in Karachiās urban-slum area of Lyari, she was introduced to rap music via a folder on her second-hand computer, which consisted of songs by the popular American rapper Eminem . In an interview, she talked about her first encounter with Eminemās songs and said,
I was blown away and fascinated by what I had heard. I went on to ask my friends what this music is really about. I never thought that music could be like thisā
Intrigued by Eminemās songs, she dreamt of becoming a rapper one day, but the conservative society of Lyari became a barrier in her musical journey. In an interview, she said,
Through my rap I wanted people to hear my story and the story of women in Lyari. I come from a place where only a few girls got to work and my society doesnāt consider a girl who raps to be respectable ā I wanted to challenge that.ā
In 2014, Eva B began her career as a rapper after learning the basics of the musical genre through the internet.
On the contrary to her supportive mother, her brother opposed her decision to become a rapper claiming that rapping wasnāt a womanly profession.
Determined to fulfil her dream, she started a YouTube channel, but every time she posted a video featuring her freestyle raps, her brotherās friends would tease him for having a rapper sister. This resulted in endless quarrels at her home. As a consequence of her brotherās disapproval, in 2015, she quit her profession for a while.
Despite discontinuing her career as a rapper, the zeal to create music and write about societal restrictions on girls in her did not fade. One of her raps includes the lines,
Socha rap chhod dun, kalam tod dun, par kalam mein tou meri khoon ki siyahi hai (I thought I would give up rap, snap my pen, but the pen has the ink of my blood).ā
She made a come back to the rap circuit through the Pakistani music streaming platform āPatariā in 2019. Patari had approached Eva B to write and perform a song for it.
Lack of music and audio equipment led Eva B to record her first official song titled āGully Girlsā (2019) using her mobile phone. Featured on Patari and produced by the record producers Sunny Khan Durrani and Zari Faisal (CEO of Patari), the song was immensely appreciated by the audience.
Instead of her real name, the rapper used the pseudonym Eva B to release her song. Using a pseudonym gave her a sense of security from her orthodox conservative brother who wanted her to quit rapping. Thereafter, she started lying to her family to go to rehearsals. In an interview, she said,
I Ā would have to lie to my brother if I had to go for recordings. I would say I was going to universityā¦I lied back home about having to attend a friendās wedding. I would ask everyone to schedule me before nightfall so I could make an excuse at home more easily.ā
āGully Girlsā was inspired by the 2019 Indian musical drama film āGully Boy.ā In the song, Eva B questioned the gender and social norms that restricted her dream to pursue the male-dominant profession of rapping. She performed alongside the Pakistani singer Momina Mustehsan at the Lux Style Awards (2019). At the award show, Momina Mustehsanās song āRuke na wo rukeā was collaborated with Eva Bās rap from āGully Girls.ā
Eva B performing with Momina Mustehsan at the Lux Style Awards (2019)
Other songs released under her independent label include Quarantine Baji (2020) and Turondāe Gap (2021).
Other popular songs by Eva B include āQalam Bolegaā (2020) and āTera Jism Meri Marziā (2021).
Eva Bās song Qalam Bolega (2020)
The rapper is signed with the Pakistani Record label āNo Limit Muzikā (as of 2022), which released her songs Mukhtasir Baatein (2021), Bayani Rog (2022), and Khushnawees (2022).
Khushnawees (2022) by Eva B
She collaborated as a rapper with the Pakistani rapper-singer Mudassar Qureshi for his songs Kehndi (2020) and Siyasi (2021).
In 2022, she rose to prominence with the 14th season of āCoke StudioāĀ in which Eva B collaborated as a rapper with the Pakistani vocalist Kaifi Khalil and Tambura player Wahab Ali Bugti for the song āKana Yaari.ā
Although after watching Eva Bās popularity her brother came on board with the profession, he put forward the condition of wearing a hijab and continue to rap anonymously. A type of veil or head covering, a hijab is worn by some Muslim women in public to retain their modesty.
Eventually, the veil became a part of her personality and she decided to continue wearing it. In an interview, she said,
I donāt feel comfortable or canāt perform well if I donāt wear it. The veil just covers my face; it cannot cover or take away the talent I have.ā
In an interview, she revealed that her pseudonym āEvaā is derived from the āEve.ā Just like āEveā was the first woman on Earth, Eva B is the first female rapper from Pakistan. check sources The Guardian On the other hand, the letter āBā represents her Baloch roots.
The rapper was slammed for wearing a hijab for doing āharamā (forbidden in Islam). She garnered criticism from the conservative population of Pakistan for wearing a garment linked to religion to rap. check sources The Indian Express While talking about the same in an interview, she said,
But it is not like I put on the hijab only to sing. I have been wearing it since Class 7. For Balochi people, hijab and burqa are cultural things too. Little girls wait for the day they can grow up to wear one. Why should I have to remove a part of my identity to pursue my passion?ā
She also said,
IĀ may reveal my identity someday, but I will not remove the hijab. Wearing it comes naturally to me, it is a part of who I am.ā
Her pet catās name is Simba.
Eva B with her cat, Simba
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