Love Island sign up huge rapper famous for legendary noughties hit

27 June 2024 , 08:49
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She joins an exclusive list of villa guest stars
She joins an exclusive list of villa guest stars

LOVE Island bosses have signed a US superstar to perform in the villa.

Rap legend Eve, who's best known for her 2001 smash hit Let Me Blow Ya Mind with Gwen Stefani, will drop bars in Mallorca later in the series.

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Rapper Eve will guest star in the Love Island villa this summerCredit: Getty
Eve and Gwen Stefani have collaborated on some huge hits
Eve and Gwen Stefani have collaborated on some huge hitsCredit: Getty

A source said: "Eve's a fan of the show so jumped at the chance to perform.

"She's a pop legend and the islanders will go wild when she performs in the villa."

In 1999 Eve, 45, became just the third female hip hop artist in history to top the Billboard 100 album chart, following Lauryn Hill and Foxy Brown.

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She had a number six hit in the UK in 2001 with Who's That Girl, before teaming up with No Doubt frontwoman Gwen for their Grammy-winning mega-hit.

Completing a hat-trick of UK top 10s, Eve released Gangsta Lovin' with Alicia Keys in 2002.

Three years later she collaborated with Stefani again on the top 10 hit Rich Girl.

She's branched out into TV and film since, appearing in US roller derby comedy Whip It with Drew Barrymore and Elliot Page and hosting CBS chat show The Talk.

Her last album, Lip Lock, was released in 2013, and she made a stunning cameo at Hyde Park's British Summer Time event last year as a guest during Gwen Stefani's comeback set.

Every series a famous act surprises contestants in the Love Island villa, performing an intimate set of hits.

The All Stars series earlier this year saw Craig David appear for a second time when he teamed up with ex-contestant-turned-musician Wes Nelson.

And the show has gone international before with its cameos.

R&B legend Ne-Yo graced the villa last summer while Sean Paul raised the temperature in the winter edition back in 2020.

Love Island's Luca Bish cosied up to stunning blonde at New Year's Eve partyLove Island's Luca Bish cosied up to stunning blonde at New Year's Eve party
The contestants have no idea what's in store
The contestants have no idea what's in storeCredit: Eroteme

Felicity Cross

Love Island

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