Jewell (June 15, 1968 – May 6, 2022); later Jewell Peyton was an R&B singer who was signed to Death Row Records from 1992 to 1996. She was working part-time – though still unsigned – for IV Life Records. She had a video and charting hit “Woman to Woman”, that reached 72nd on the Billboard Hot 100. She was best known for her song, “Love or Lust,” featured in Bill Duke’s film, Deep Cover, as well as for singing choruses to many classic West Coast rap songs such as Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice” and Dr. Dre’s “Let Me Ride”.

Jewell was hospitalized twice in March 2022 due to a self-described “lung injury illness”, during which she had eight pounds of fluid removed from her heart, legs and lungs. She died at age 53 on May 6, 2022.