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Jewell
Birth nameJewell Caples
Also known asJu-L, Jewell Peyton, Jewell Curtis
Born (1968-06-12) June 12, 1968 (age 56)[1]
Chicago
GenresR&B
OccupationSinger
Years active1987–2006
LabelsK-Tel (1987–1990)
Ruthless Records (1990–1992)
Death Row Records (1992–1999)

Jewell, also known as Ju-L, Jew'ell, Jewell Newton, and maiden name, (born Jewell Caples, June 12, 1968)[citation needed] is a singer that has performed on multi-platinum R&B/Hip-Hop albums.

Jewell was signed to Death Row Records from 1992 to 1996, and she sang on Death Row Records multi-platinum albums and songs, including Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" album "Let Me Ride", "Bitches Ain't Shit", [[Snoop Dogg]]'s Doggy Style album "[[What's My Name? (Snoop Doggy Dogg song)|Who Am I]] (What's My Name)", Tupac's All Eyez on Me album "Thug Passion" and [[Bone Thugs-n-Harmony]]'s "Foe Tha Love Of $".

She refers to herself and has been mentioned as "The First Lady of Death Row Records".[citation needed]

In 1994, Jewell covered Shirley Brown's song "Woman to Woman", reaching 72nd on the Billboard Hot 100[citation needed], and also released "Love or Lust," featured in Bill Duke's film, Deep Cover (mis-credited in movie end-credits as “Jewel”.[2]

Appears on

As Jewell Caples

  • "Back and Proud" (1991) by Bobby Jimmy and the Critters
  • "Muzical Madness" (1991) by Jimmy Z
  • "Are U Xperienced?" (1991) by Yomo and Maulkie
  • "Simply Poetry" (1992) by The Poetess

As Jewell

As Jewell Peyton

  • "Jake Steeds Latest & the Greatest" (2001) by Jake Steed
  • "Until the end of Time" (2001) by 2Pac
  • "No Better Than This" (2001) by Won-G

As Ju-L

  • "4Life Underground 'Vol 1"' (2003)
  • "Lyrical Terrorism" (2006) by Amir

References

  1. ^ Jewell (June 15, 2015). "Happy 47th Birthday to me!pic.twitter.com/BE7KXFopvs". Twitter.com.[non-primary source needed]
  2. ^ "Various - Deep Cover (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Discogs. Retrieved December 30, 2020.