Ephraim Lewis

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Ephraim Lewis
Background information
Born	(1967-11-27)27 November 1967 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Died	18 March 1994(1994-03-18) (aged 26) Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Soul, R&B
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, acoustic guitar
Labels	Elektra Records

Ephraim Lewis (27 November 1967 – 18 March 1994) was an English soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He died after falling from a balcony after being tasered during a police pursuit, with only one album to his name, Skin. The album peaked at number 185 on the Australian ARIA charts, with the lead single "Drowning in Your Eyes" peaking at number 145.^[1]

On 18 March 1994, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) responded to reports of a "naked black man acting crazy" at 1710 Fuller Avenue, the apartment where Lewis was living. They reported that Lewis had tried to escape the officers, and began climbing the outside balconies. When he reached the top floor there was an altercation. While on the top balcony, the police had used a taser on Lewis three times.^[2]

Naomi Hobbs, Lewis's cousin, who is a barrister, said:^[2]

Ephraim was murdered by the police. Words fail me as to why they used a stun gun on someone standing on a balcony. They didn't just use it once but three times and as soon as they used that gun Ephraim was bound to fall and bound to die. It was so reckless

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Allmusic	[3]

• Ephraim Lewis discography at Discogs