Figures of Speech

{{short description|American hip hop group}}

{{About|the hip hop group|the rhetoric term|Figure of speech}}

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Figures of Speech is a hip hop group consisting of emcees "Eve" (Ava DuVernay) and Jyant.{{cite web |last1=Setaro |first1=Shawn |title=Before She Was Directing Blockbusters, Ava DuVernay Was an 'Excellent' MC |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2018/03/another-reason-to-love-ava-duvernay-used-to-be-a-rapper |website=Complex Networks |accessdate=8 August 2020 |date=8 March 2018}} They performed at the Good Life Cafe in the early 1990s {{cite news |last1=Hardy |first1=Ernest |title=Middle Of Nowhere Director (and Former Rapper) Ava DuVernay on the Future of Black Film |url=https://www.laweekly.com/middle-of-nowhere-director-and-former-rapper-ava-duvernay-on-the-future-of-black-film/ |accessdate=8 August 2020 |work=LA Weekly |date=11 October 2012}} and were featured on the Project Blowed compilation.{{cite web |last1=McKinney |first1=Jessica |title=Before She Was A Famous Director, Ava DuVernay Used To Rap |url=https://www.vibe.com/2018/03/ava-duvernay-rap-group-figures-of-speech-before-directing |website=Vibe |accessdate=8 August 2020 |date=8 March 2018}}

Eve went on to direct the feature-length documentary about the Good Life open-mic nights titled This Is the Life (2008). She later directed the feature films Selma, 13th, and A Wrinkle in Time, as well as the Family Feud music video for Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé.