{"id":35195,"date":"2026-07-02T11:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T09:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.throwup.it\/?p=35195"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T09:02:22","slug":"casablanca-the-gawd-we-want-to-make-grown-men-rap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.throwup.it\/en\/music\/interviews\/casablanca-the-gawd-we-want-to-make-grown-men-rap\/","title":{"rendered":"Casablanca The Gawd: \u00abWe want to make grown men Rap\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"question\">Today, thanks to Griselda and the Buffalo Bills, all eyes are on Buffalo. But your story in the streets started way before the hype around the city. At 15, you were already out there, going through tough times where survival wasn&#8217;t guaranteed. How did those scars and that urgency make it shape your music? Can you take us deeper into the streets of Buffalo and share what your life was really like, along with the specific events that made you who you are?<\/h4>\n<p>I started early, at 15 as you mentioned, in the streets. Broken home, single parent. Still, mom was strong enough, just wasn\u2019t enough of her; there would\u2019ve had to be two of her to keep me out the streets, where the dealers was the MVPs. They had the jewelry, cars, and women. If you came from the inner city, the hood, who didn\u2019t wanna be a hustler?<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Casablanca the Gawd &quot;Animosity \/ Cargo&quot; (Official Video) - Explicit\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Ly4RLb80wc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Back then I was thinking: make money to trick on chicks, so I was destined to do it. Too much money changing hands, I\u2019m thinking I need parts. So I moved with my grandma, because after a couple of knocks late night at my mom&#8217;s, she tossed me and the coke out. So I started trapping out the vacant house across the street from my grandma&#8217;s house until she moved, and I trapped out of that when she did. Downtown, Smith St. to be exact.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Casablanca the Gawd - Loosie\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jp8sFj1R6GA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"question\">Do you remember the exact moment you penned your first bar or gripped a mic? What was the catalyst\u2014that specific switch\u2014when you realized rap was no longer just an outlet for the streets, but a legitimate hustle and a craft you needed to take seriously?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Battle of the 64 Emcees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014I remember it like yesterday. I won it three times, two of them straight back-to-back. You see, I always wrote rhymes, but I wrote them the way a battle rapper would. That\u2019s how I started. I wanted to out-bar anybody I came around, because cyphers were huge in Buffalo at the time. Basically, I wrote rhymes just to destroy cyphers. After winning a couple of times, my producer and partner, <\/span><b>Doc Martin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, told me: &#8216;You gotta elevate this. You have a thing and it needs to be heard.&#8217; That&#8217;s when I switched gears to being the artist Casablanca the Gawd.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"question\">How did you come up with &#8220;Casablanca&#8221;? And does &#8220;The Gawd&#8221; stem from the Five-Percent Nation influence? If it does..How did you connect with the Nation of Gods and Earths?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was born into an already established Muslim family. My father taught lessons. My mom turned Christian halfway through, but when they split, he taught me Islam and how to do the knowledge for and of self. I studied the <\/span><b>5% Nation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on my own because I wanted to seek further knowledge of self; you can hear it at times in my music. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I got the name studying Africa\u2014it\u2019s one of the holy cities in Morocco. I started out as Casablanca The Don early on, but as I progressed lyrically I grew into, or should I say I was Born into, Casablanca The Gawd.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4 class=\"question\">Looking back at your catalog, what were the very first projects you consider true milestones for your journey? The ones where you felt you finally locked into your identity and your signature sound?<\/h4>\n<p><b><i>Book of Niggalations Vol.2<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was unique because it was mostly old material that <\/span><b>Doc<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> still wanted to put out which made me realize the worth behind the work\u2026 These were old but near and dear to me.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Book of Niggalations, Vol. 2\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4SH6Niqu02eQh2DzAEXgNF?si=Dorw8YimRZ-g26pNnOAQRw&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"question\">The &#8220;Book of Niggalations&#8221; series is the core of your catalog and sounds like a raw street gospel, inspired by the Book of Revelations. What &#8220;revelations&#8221; or life lessons were you trying to drop in these chapters? When and how was it born?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not gonna hold you, my life story is a movie. With the things I\u2019ve been through, to still be here is a blessing. The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Book of Niggalations<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> series actually began as a one-off\u2014it is literally the gospel of Casablanca. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wanted to give the listener an up-close and personal experience with the music, creating it exactly as I lived it. So, a lot of it was old material that narrates the very beginning of the story of Casablanca. Grown Man Music shit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Casablanca the Gawd - Where You From feat. Eto (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sWKzz523YMc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"question\">Today you&#8217;re pushing your music independently through your own label, Compass 120 Entertainment. We all know the industry is cutthroat, especially for an artist who refuses to compromise. How tough is it to navigate this game on your own, and what are the biggest day-to-day challenges a true independent artist has to face?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This game is not for the weak, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[laughs]<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But I\u2019m fortunate to have my guy, who I started this whole thing with, helping and guiding me through this, so it makes the blow a little softer, so to speak. His experience and knowledge alone is a breath of fresh air. He\u2019s my cheat code. Shout out <\/span><b>Doc Martin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"question\">You often define your style as &#8220;Grown Man Music.&#8221; In a market obsessed with fleeting trends and social media gimmicks, what does it mean to you to make music that actually requires a certain level of maturity to be fully understood?<\/h4>\n<p>We wanted to create a lane for the music and sound we established. Really, it\u2019s all forms of hip hop. We wanted something that adults don\u2019t have to hide or feel embarrassed about\u2014they still have a cool side.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We made this culture, we were birthed into it, so we just wanted to give that listener a specific lane.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Casablanca the Gawd  &quot;Price Tag&quot; [Official Video]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vuiPvpF3VXQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"question\">Throughout your journey, you\u2019ve locked in with underground heavyweights like Eto (on Where You From), V-Don and Che Noir (on Readings on the Wall). How did those connections come about, and how important is it for you to join forces with artists who share your exact same drive and dedication to raw lyricism?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s a &#8216;reach out and touch&#8217; system. A lot of back-door politics, for sure. I had a connection with <\/span><b>Che<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through mutual friends. We had another project together, but that got pushed back, so we reached out again to make it happen. Thankfully, she was with it\u2014shout out to <\/span><b>Che Noir<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Upstate Queen. With <\/span><b>V-Don<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it was basically a &#8216;business is business&#8217; approach. I really wanted something from him, so <\/span><b>Doc<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> made it happen. I think collabs are important for an artist to grow his or her audience; it can put your music in ears that otherwise wouldn\u2019t have heard of you.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"question\">What can we expect next from Casablanca the Gawd? Are there any new official projects or upcoming collaborations on the horizon you can hook us up with?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course. Aug 20th we are dropping my first album, <\/span><b><i>You&#8217;re Now About To Witness<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It&#8217;s gonna be special: all new music, crazy production. This project is a special one we are bringing to the people. 1st single, &#8216;Greatest Weapon&#8217; prod by <\/span><b>Scottzilla<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, dropping on all DSPs soon, so be on the lookout. Also tour with <\/span><b>Onyx<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in October, and a host of events before that. Check the Casablanca the Gawd page for all info; the page is loaded and you can see where we will be next. And thank you for the look.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Casablanca the Gawd &quot;On The Radar&quot; Freestyle\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kgBcsSIGUOc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guidato dall&#8217;ambizione da hustler, Casablanca The Gawd ha navigato le fredde strade di Buffalo prima di trasformare le sue cicatrici in barre. In questa intervista senza filtri, sviscera l&#8217;essenza della sua &#8220;Grown Man Music&#8221;\u2014un crudo street gospel radicato negli insegnamenti della 5% Nation e in una rigorosa etica indipendente. 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