Once again female rap and hip-hop artist Eve is having to deal with the ‘sleazy’ side of stardom.

The beautiful rap, hip-hop, R&B artist/actress and TV star is once again the target of some Internet voyeurs who do not know how to ‘respect’ a persons privacy or for that matter respect a woman – period.

It seems some internet surfers are feasting their eyes on a homemade sex tape she made when she was 21. The footage shows Eve and her then-boyfriend, Bad Boy Entertainment producer Stevie J. The clip, dated Nov. 20, 1999, lasts only 30 seconds,

A spokeswoman for Eve, the star of "Barbershop" and UPN's "Eve" says the "personal tape" was made "years ago with her boyfriend of over two years. The fact that a private moment is being made public is a violation, and we would hope that people would respect her privacy as they would their own. Legal action has been taken to have it removed immediately."

A friend of the singer confides, "She's devastated by this. She's hired a private investigator. She can''t figure out how this got out. [Stevie J.] says he has nothing to do with it and is also horrified because he has kids."

Two years ago, someone was peddling a photo that appeared to show Eve engaging in an intimate act with another woman. At the time, she told us: "I used to strip, so it could be me. Or it could not be me."

Yesterday, a source said that, while Eve did pose for a nude photo, the other woman had been been "Photoshopped" into the picture.

The ‘price’ of being famous should not include these kinds of actions. Eve is a class act and does not deserve this kind of ‘abuse’.