CASISDEAD

CASISDEAD is the oft-masked alter ego of a British rapper who is stern and unflappable whether he's rhyming over boom-bap, synthwave, drum'n'bass, or vintage slow jams. Representing Tottenham, he first appeared in the mid-2000s as Castro Saint -- alternately Castro and Cas -- and after a few years of activity left music for half a decade, only to reappear in 2012 as CASISDEAD. Prolific over the next couple years, he issued a flurry of singles, the grim "All Hallows'" among it, that was compiled on the 2013 mixtape The Number 23. A collaboration with Giggs on the 2016 single "501 (Hollow & Heston)" put him in the U.K. Top 40 for the first time. After a steady flow of singles over the next several years, CASISDEAD delivered his unrelenting Top Ten debut album, Famous Last Words, in 2023.