Keep rapper in jail, feds urge court

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 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.

“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 “Dick Wolf” Reid, who is serving 50 years to life for the pointblank execution in 2014 of a 33-yearold 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 Dick Wolf, the gf of all apes,” Casanova wrote in a text message, allegedly referring Reid’s status as godfather of the gang.

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.

In one text message in August, Casanova invited people to a “mandatory” end-of-summer barbecue and basketball tournament in New Rochelle that prosecutors called a “gang meeting.”

“This is a mandatory event & all must be in attendance,” Casanova wrote. “All know shows [sic] will be taken as a direct act of disrespect & you will be wiped down immediately...Please come in peace and ready to have a good time with your family.”

Attorney James Kousouros argued that Casanova deserved $2.5 million bail because he was not a flight risk. The rapper turned himself into authorities two days after the indictment was unsealed.

A judge will rule on Casanova’s request for bail.