Rapper Casanova

Casanova pleaded guilty to a series of crimes involving federal drug, robbery and gun charges as part of his leadership role in the Untouchable Gorilla ...

“If you haven’t heard from me that’s why.” The “Don’t Run” rhymer was charged with attempted murder in November and has remained in Westchester County Jail’s custody since December 2020. View this post on Instagram

In November 2019, Casanova's star was on the rise. The rapper, whose real name is Caswell Senior, played a Tidal-sponsored festival at Barclays Center and ...

“She said she was going to post it and that’s when I reached for the phone.” A Gorilla Stone member who was with him choked the woman unconscious. “I didn’t tell him to do it,” Senior said. “It was a tussle,” Senior said. He was “sitting in a diner with a bunch of girls” when a woman started to record him. “I lost,” Senior said with a laugh. When it came time to formally confess, Senior admitted that he plotted with others in Gorilla Stone to commit crimes, such as agreeing “to possess and sell” 100 kilos of marijuana. Senior told Halpern that he was in the restaurant with others when a woman started to record video of him with his phone. “They put me on suicide watch a couple of days ago,” Senior said matter-of-factly. “Very comfortable, your honor,” Senior replied. In a court document, prosecutors also claimed that Senior “closely coordinated his artistic endeavors to benefit the gang,” sharing some of his money with Gorilla Stone’s founder, Dwight Reid, who is serving a 50 years-to-life prison sentence for a 2014 murder. “I been in the belly of the beast, thinking of suicide. The rapper, whose real name is Caswell Senior, played a Tidal-sponsored festival at Barclays Center and energized the venue, as Rolling Stone noted, “in a way only a hometown Brooklyn hero can.” Senior also seemed ready to tackle his demons head-on.

He is the 13th person to plead guilty in the case. As part of the racketeering conspiracy offense, Senior admitted to participating in a shooting in Florida on ...

He also said that as part of an August 5, 2018 robbery in Manhattan, a victim was restrained and suffered serious bodily injury. As part of the racketeering conspiracy offense, Senior admitted to participating in a shooting in Florida on July 5, 2020, a robbery in New York City on August 5, 2018, and conspiring to traffic over 100 kilograms of marijuana. According to the indictment, between 2004 and 2020, Senior was part of a racketeering conspiracy with the Gorilla Stone gang.

The 35-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Caswell Senior, admitted to shooting someone at a party in Florida in 2020 over a gambling dispute, ...

The Brooklyn rapper's lawyer claimed that charges of attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon were dropped.

“Like twelve of his co-defendants, Caswell Senior, an accomplished recording artist and performer, now stands convicted of playing a leadership role in Gorilla Stone, a particularly violent Bloods gang that operates throughout New York and across the country,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement. The maximum prison sentence of the two counts is 60 years, with a mandatory minimum of five years in prison. He also admitted to participation in marijuana trafficking and a 2018 robbery.

Brooklyn rapper Casanova has pleaded guilty in a federal racketeering case, in which the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York stated the ...

“Like twelve of his co-defendants, Caswell Senior, an accomplished recording artist and performer, now stands convicted of playing a leadership role in Gorilla Stone, a particularly violent Bloods gang that operates throughout New York and across the country,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement. Casanova’s lawyer, James Kousouros, told reporters that previous charges of attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon were dismissed prior to the trial. Brooklyn rapper Casanova has pleaded guilty in a federal racketeering case, Rolling Stone reports.

Roc Nation rapper Casanova turned himself in to federal authorities in December 2020 after his arrest in a sweeping indictment with 17 other accused members ...

"Like 12 of his co-defendants, Caswell Senior, an accomplished recording artist and performer, now stands convicted of playing a leadership role in Gorilla Stone, a particularly violent Bloods gang that operates throughout New York and across the country," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said. Prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan allege the Roc Nation emcee, 35, born Caswell Senior, led the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation, an affiliate of the national Bloods gang. Rapper Casanova pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal drug and racketeering charges in which he also admitted to being a leader of an interstate gang known as Gorilla Stone Nation.

Following a 2020 indictment, rapper Casanova has pleaded guilty in the gang-related racketeering case that accused him of drug dealing and robbery.

Defense attorney James Kousouros said the government dismissed more serious charges as part of the plea. He had surrendered in 2020. Senior, 35, admitted to participating in offenses including a robbery in New York City and to conspiring to traffic marijuana, prosecutors said.