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Luke Caswell (born June 27, 1972 in Worcester, Massachusetts), known as Cazwell, is an American rapper and songwriter.[1] He is best known for his explicit lyrics and collaborations with Amanda Lepore. His work focuses on gay and bisexual urban themes and content and his music and videos are heavily played on LOGO. Cazwell himself is openly gay.[2]
Career
Cazwell released an album in 2006 named Get Into It. The lead single, "All Over Your Face", was banned from LOGO due to explicit lyrics and sexual imagery portrayed in the music video directed by Francis Legge and edited by Cayle Ryan Pietras. Cazwell is known for hosting and djing at parties, including BoysRoom in New York City, with guests such as Ladyfag, Amanda Lepore, Dj Adam, Raquel Reed and her brother Stephen Reed.
During the summer of 2007, Cazwell was a part of the multi-artist True Colors Tour, which traveled through 15 cities in North America.[3] The tour, sponsored by LOGO, was hosted by comedian Margaret Cho and headlined by Cyndi Lauper and included Rufus Wainwright, The Dresden Dolls, Rosie O'Donnell, Indigo Girls, Stephen Reed and other special guests. Profits from the tour helped to benefit LGBT organizations Human Rights Campaign, PFLAG and The Matthew Shepard Foundation.
He released a single in September 2008, titled "I Seen Beyoncé..." featuring Jonny Makeup. The video was directed by Francis Legge and Bec Stupak. In 2009, he appeared in the final episode of RuPaul's Drag Race and released a new single "Tonight," which sampled Give Me Tonight by Shannon. His second album, Watch My Mouth was released on September 1, 2009, containing all of his previous singles as well as a few songs from his debut.
In 2010, Cazwell released a new single, "Ice Cream Truck" and the video premiered on YouTube on July 30, 2010 and received over 1 million views in its first week. It was directed by Marco Ovando.
Discography
Albums
- Get Into It (2006)
- Watch My Mouth (Peace Bisquit) (2009)
Singles
- All Over Your Face (2006)
- Watch My Mouth (2007)
- I Seen Beyoncé... (2008)
- Tonight (2009)
- Ice Cream Truck (2010)
Featured Singles
- Colton Ford "That's Me" (Featuring Cazwell and Stephen Reed) (2006)
- Peppermint "Servin' it Up!" (Featuring Cazwell) (2006)
References
- ^ Ochalla, Bryan (December 26, 2006), "Ten Minutes with Cazwell", GayWired.com, retrieved 2010-08-08
- ^ Rule, Doug (February 14, 2008), "Champagne Taste", Metro Weekly, retrieved 2008-02-28
- ^ True Colors Tour