R&B singer Jewell, also known as the First Lady of Death Row Records, has reportedly died. According to Reggie Wright Jr., she passed away at 5 a.m. on Friday (May 6), roughly two months after she revealed she’d been hospitalized with eight pounds of fluid on her heart, lungs and legs. An official cause of death, however, hasn’t been confirmed.
Jewell was signed to Death Row from 1992 to 1996 and had multiple hits with artists such as Dr. Dre, Tha Dogg Pound, N.W.A and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.
In a 2021 interview with The Art Of Dialogue, Jewell recalled singing on N.W.A’s “I’d Rather Fuck You.” She later followed Dr. Dre from Ruthless Records to Death Row Records where she did some solo work on the Deep Cover soundtrack, as well as “Let Me Ride” and “B*tches Ain’t Sh*t” from Dr. Dre’s The Chronic.
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Jewell followed with “What’s My Name” and “Gin & Juice” from Snoop Dogg’s 1993 debut, Doggystyle and later Tha Dogg Pound’s “What Would You Do?” and Snoop’s “Murder Was The Case.” Jewell’s debut album, Black Diamond, remained shelved until the label sold in the 2000s. After a self-imposed hiatus, she later rejoined Death Row for 2Pac’s All Eyez On Me.
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Speaking on her career, Jewell told The Art Of Dialogue she was “seen but not heard,” which she believed was due to her physical appearance.
“I was never seen, but my voice was heard,” she said. “I was a juicy girl, and they wanted a slim-jim. So you never really saw me in any videos.” She only started getting attention after serving three months for an attempted murder charge during which time she lost weight.
“I was a skinny girl when I came out, so they put me in the ‘What Would You Do?’ video,” she added, “I was never upset with the process, but I was mad that my album really never came out.”
Damn
How you doing Suge, anyone of us that’s real knows for a fact you got fucked over every way possible by all law enforcement,
4-6 max for involuntary manslaughter, (28 years WTF???). look at the video! You went to Tams looking to get what was fair, Period. I respect the success some of your old crew are now ride’n on. However where were ANY of those cats in court when you backed them all to the wall! They may have had a certain level of success without you, however NOWHERE NEAR what they now have. Dr Dre Yes! Bless Terry Carters familia, everyone knows you did not want what happened to him intentionally. Anyone with street knowledge would not have gone alone, you were being set up! If you were there for a beef. You saw who was sneak’n up alongside your truck and what he was carrying, you just wanted out of there without anyone getting hurt. On one of your IG pages someone told me your fiancé could hook us up so we can talk. I want Joel R Isaacson my lawyer to see you. He was one of OJ’s specialists. 1888 Century Park E, Los Angeles, CA 90067 +1 310 881 6800. Suge you remember Thomas Klines office on the whole 5th floor, Security Pacific Bank Building. I brought my crew Dino Saluzio in to mop up the BS Kline was burying himself in. I had to go away for a minute and you and I reunited in Vegas after Tysons
fight that lasted 1.41 seconds lol, before we hit Club 662. I am out of the country now since 2006. Anyone that reads this and is REAL
Suge will want to speak to me. God Bless you brother…
Where are we? Where is Dre?
Damn you’re an idiot
(((Isaacson))) sounds like a small hat alright. Rest assured he is no son of Isaac, none of his people are. They are of khazarian descent.
Dag. She one of the first ones I thought of when Snoop said he bought the label.
God Bless.
Man, things always seem to come out da blue and hit where it hurts, enjoy the new kingdom’s. You’ve earned it.
Man things seem to always come out da blue, enjoy the new kingdom’s ms. You’ve earned it…!!!
We heard you the first time….dumbass!
Death Row dropped the ball with both Nate and Jewell. That is all.
You can’t be fucking serious right now omg not Jewell from legendary death row man how many more legends gotta die first dj kay slay now Jewell double whammy I man I’m telling you this shit is crazy every week somebody is dieing I say all the time people better start giving these legends thier flowers while thier alive done eating till they did and go on a praising party Jewell was mad underrated she had such a beautiful soulful voice she sung on lot of death row classics from
Bitches ain’t shit what would you do let me ride list goes on my fav joint from
Her was gonna give it to you feat Aaron hall on above the rim soundtrack rest in power my sista you may be Gone but your legacy is gonna live in forever classic words of death row like we always do around this time
LOVE U JEWELL…brought beauty with class to DEATH ROW
Say whatever you want, but Death Row had that shit on lock. Everybody played their part from her, Val Young, Nate Dogg, J. Valentine, Danny Boy, and other singers to the musicians flipping samples with live instruments to the production teams from Dre’s ghost team to Johny J to those no-name producers that did tracks here and there. It was the most well-oiled machine in rap history. RIP to Jewell.
Gone too soon
To me she should’ve hailed as the female Nate Dogg. Her voice will definitely ring in my ears forever. Exceptional talent
Two thumbs up bro. Exceptional!!!
Damn!
Her and Danny Boy contributed a lot to Deathrow and got shit on financially. I was hoping Snoop would make it right but it’s too late for her now. Terrible business, sadly, RIP.
Crazy!
Man! Everyone is checking out…..Real Chi-Town artist….Sad to hear this…Gone too early!!
She was a dope fiend groupy point blank. Eazy Cum Eazy Goes…
Dre didn’t give a fuck about Eazy. So you think he going to say something???
And you would know because your a friend? Or Dr.Dre personally told you.? Yea right STOP spreading FAKE NEWS
Dre don’t give a fuck about his own kids lol! He got grand kids he never seen. And this before he blew up!!!
They act like Dre the GodFather of Gangsta Rap. Jimmy Iovine didnt teach him any parent skills.
Why are you hating on this BILLIONAIRE? Dr.Dre must of rubbed you crazy. Its jealousy or envy on your end your starting to sound a bit LOCO. HAVE A CHILL DAY MARIO
It kills me whe people talk about Dr. Dre and his ghost producers who weren’t relevant then or know with no hit records, which like Quincy Jones he is considered a great producer not beat maker very big difference for all you hatin ass fuck-boys.