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Female rapper Eve; better known as a 'Pitbull in a skirt' in the hip-hop culture, is starring in her own sitcom. The show allows her to reveal a side not usually associated with the hard-core rapper image that made her famous.

"The part that people know the least about her comes across most in this show: There's a seriously girlie-girl side to her," says co-star Jason George.

He cites her fondness for frilly slippers, little dogs and movies such as "The Sound of Music" to explain the flip side of a woman who described herself as "a pit bull in a skirt" in one of her early raps.

Eve plays fashion designer Shelly Williams, the central character on UPN's "Eve" -- about a group of friends struggling with modern attitudes about romance. Now in its second season, the series airs Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m..

When Eve first signed on to star in the series, "Eve" was titled "The Opposite Sex." She acknowledges being uncomfortable when the network decided to name it after her. "What if it fails and my name was on it?" she recalls thinking at the time.

The network eased her doubts, explaining the importance of letting audiences know it was her show and that viewers wouldn't find it confusing to have the title name not match the name of the main character. (Classic examples cited were "The Cosby Show," starring Bill Cosby as Dr. Cliff Huxtable, and "The Bob Newhart Show," in which Newhart played Dr. Robert Hartley.)

Eve, of course, is used to name changes. She was born Eve Jeffers 26 years ago in Philadelphia, and when she first started rapping, she was known as Eve of Destruction.

Then "I looked at myself as an artist and decided I didn't want any title," she explains. "I just wanted to be myself." So she settled on just one name, Eve, "the name my mother gave me."

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