Casanova sentenced in federal court to 188 months (15 years) in prison for racketeering and narcotics offenses

Casanova sentenced in federal court to 188 months (15 years) in prison for racketeering and narcotics offenses.

In May of 2022, New York rapper Casanova — responsible for viral hits like “So Drippy,” featuring Young Thug and Gunna, as well as “Woah” with Jeremih — pleaded guilty to the charges against him, which included firearm possession, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, racketeering, and attempted murder. It was a rough trip, including being wanted by the FBI and denied $2.5 million bond.

As of Tuesday, June 27, Casanova has received his prison sentence, and it includes 188 months — translating to over 15 years — behind bars, according to a press release from Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. 

“Caswell Senior is not just a notorious recording artist, but he is also a high-profile leader of a vicious street gang and a magnet for gang violence,” Williams said. “At a crowded Miami house party, Senior personally fired a gun that seriously injured and could have killed a victim, inciting a shootout. Further, Senior’s stature in the community was central to Gorilla Stone’s successful recruitment and nationwide expansion. Today’s sentencing — along with the other significant sentences that have been imposed in this case — shows once again that gang life is not worth it and will lead to many years in prison.”

Casanova admitted to being one of the leaders in the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation Bloods Gang (“Gorilla Stone”). GS is described as a “brutally violent street gang with a national presence that was founded by Casanova’s co-defendant Dwight Reid, aka, “Dick Wolf.”

According to the Indictment, public court filings, and statements made in court, Casanova participated in gang activity. Cas, alongside his co-defendants were also charged with various frauds, a large-scale narcotics conspiracy, firearms offenses, and numerous acts of violence, including a daytime murder of a juvenile in the middle of a Poughkeepsie street; multiple attempted murders and shootings, including two in Florida in which SENIOR was involved; a gunpoint drug-related robbery; and a brutal slashing.