Jewell Caples was a singer that recorded on numerous multi-platinum R&B and Hip-Hop albums, mostly on Death Row Records. She was signed from 1992 to 1996. She was called “The First Lady of Death Row Records.”
In 1994, she covered Shirley Brown’s song “Woman to Woman” which reached 72nd on the Billboard Hot 100[citation needed] and peaked at #16 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs list. She also released “Love or Lust,” featured in Bill Duke’s film, Deep Cover (miscredited in movie end-credits as “Jewel”).and is featured on two songs on 1994 Above the Rim soundtrack.
She has referred to herself and has been called “The First Lady of Death Row Records”.
In 2011, Jewell co-authored and self-published a memoir authored with Felicia St. Jean titled My Blood My Sweat My Tears, notably encouraging rumors of Dr. Dre’s homosexuality and of people involved with Tupac Shakur’s murder.
On May 6, 2022, it was announced that she had passed away at the age of 54. Jewell’s death was first reported by former label-mate Daz Dillinger in an Instagram post. Her cause of death has not yet been revealed.