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Cazwell
Cazwell
Background information
Birth name	Luke Caswell
Born	June 27, 1979 (1979-06-27) (age 30)
Origin	Worcester, Massachusetts
Genres	Rap, Dance, Electronica, Homohop
Occupations	rapper, songwriter
Years active	2000–Present
Labels	West End Records
Website	www.Cazwell.com

Luke Caswell (born June 27, 1979 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 homosexual and bisexual urban themes and content and his music and videos are heavily played on LOGO. Cazwell himself is openly homosexual.^[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.

Recently on the video sharing site, Youtube, Cazwell had a song featured entitled "I Seen Beyonce at Burger King" featuring Jonny Makeup directed by Francis Legge. The single was released in September 2008.

In 2009 he appeared in the final episode of RuPaul's Drag Race. His single Tonight samples Give Me Tonight by Shannon.

Discography

Albums

• Get into It (2006)
• Watch My Mouth (2009)

Singles

• All Over Your Face (2006)
• Watch My Mouth (2007)
• I Seen Beyonce (2008)
• Tonight (2009)

Featured Singles

• Colton Ford "That's Me" (Featuring Cazwell and Stephen Reed) (2006)
• Peppermint "Servin' it Up!" (Featuring Cazwell) (2006)

References

External links

• Official Site
• Official MySpace
• Radio Interview About Cazwell's Explicit Lyrics