Guns and ganja: Feds reveal new details about NYC rapper Casanova’s ties to Gorilla Stone Bloods
By
STEPHEN REX BROWN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
JAN 07, 2021 AT 1:01 PM
Rapper Casanova attends 2017 Roc Nation Pre-Grammy Brunch at a private residence on February 11, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Brooklyn rapper Casanova “has access to numerous firearms” and dealt large amounts of weed for the Gorilla Stone Bloods gang, the feds charged in a new court filing, arguing he remain in jail while awaiting trial.
Images from Casanova’s phone showed an assault rifle and an assortment of handguns and a rifle, prosecutors wrote in a Manhattan Federal Court letter filed late Wednesday. The rapper’s text messages revealed his branded marijuana, 2xtra, served as a revenue stream for the Gorilla Stone Bloods, the feds charged.
Incarcerated rapper Casanova possessed guns and dealt massive amounts of marijuana for the Gorilla Stone Bloods gang, the feds charge in a court filing, arguing he should stay locked up. (Court Evidence)
“The defendant left little doubt that the wealth and notoriety he accrued would be used to promote a street gang that was committed to violence,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Shiva Logarajah wrote.
Casanova and 17 others were
busted last month in a takedown of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation. Prosecutors say the gang is run from behind bars by its founder, Dwight “**** Wolf” Reid, who is serving 50 years to life for the point-blank execution in 2014 of a 33-year-old man inside a Harlem bar. Prosecutors alleged that Casanova saw himself as a high-level gangster in Gorilla Stone’s
elaborate hierarchy, which is divided into a “prison lineup” and “street lineup,” each of which has different units referred to as “caves.”
“I’m under **** Wolf, the gf of all apes,” Casanova wrote in a text message, allegedly referring Reid’s status as godfather of the gang.
Incarcerated rapper Casanova possessed guns and dealt massive amounts of marijuana for the Gorilla Stone Bloods gang, the feds charge in a court filing, arguing he should stay locked up. (Court Evidence)
Casanova, whose real name is Caswell Senior, gave a large amount of weed to help a gang member “get on his feet” after release from prison in May, the feds said. Other gang members trafficked Casanova’s 2xtra reefer, prosecutors charged.
“He saw himself as a steward and leader of the violent organization Reid started,” Logarajah wrote.
Brooklyn rapper Casanova “has access to numerous firearms” and dealt large amounts of weed for the Gorilla Stone Bloods gang, the feds charged in a new court filing, arguing that he rem…
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