“GENIUS!”-CHUY GOMEZ, 106.1 KMEL

“THE MAN HAS A WAY WITH WORDS”-CRAYONBEATS.COM

“LITERALLY A BEAST ON THE MIC”-SF EXAMINER

For anyone who has been following the Bay Area, CA’s own Rafael Casal over nearly the past decade, it is no surprise that he continues to remain one of the prominent and forever-reaching artists of our time. From humble beginnings championing the National Poetry Slam as a teen, featuring on 3 seasons of Russell Simmon’s Def Poetry on HBO, & performing at hundreds of Universities and venues all over the country, Casal declared himself early as a force to be reckoned with. In recent years he has released 2 full-length music projects THE MONSTER LP and THE BAY BOY MIXTAPE, spent 3 years teaching poetry and theater to undergraduates as Creative Director of the First Wave program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. There he oversaw the artistic careers of 60 students, directed 19 stage productions, designed the first 4-year undergraduate Hip Hop Theater diversity scholarship curriculum, and developed/premiered his first 1-act commissioned solo work The Limp. His music has featured on MTV’s The Buried Life and Showtime’s The Real L Word, and most recently his written work has been published in The Handbook of Social Justice by Bill Ayers and The Limp was presented in excerpt by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in SF this December. Casal has shared the stage with music heavy hitters like Common, Kanye West, Ludacris, Lauren Hill, and George Clinton, and continues to cultivate and capture his audience through mediums like youtube, where over 2 million have witnessed his music, poetry, and creative shorts.  

in 2011, Casal was named one of the Bay Area’s Freshmen 10 musicians to watch for by leading radio station 106.1 KMEL, and featured at SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas, provoking a surge of local/national support that inspired Casal to get back into the studio and begin recording his 2nd solo album, entitled MEAN ONES which dropped this Feb 2nd. Rafael recently relocated to Los Angeles, CA, where he is pursuing his writing, directing, and music.

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