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general info

NAME: cassius christopher cain.

GOES BY: ca$h, ca$hgod. 

NICKNAMES: ca$h.

ORIENTATION: tragically heterosexual. 

ZODIAC: aries sun, virgo moon, scorpio rising.

background bullets

(tw: drugs, violence, death) 

originally from manchester, cassius cain grew up dirt poor.

the middle child - cash was exceptionally close to his older brother colt. only two years apart, they were thick as thieves growing up. his younger half-sister wasn’t born until he was fifteen. 

money was always tight in the cain residence and as a result, colt began selling drugs and running with gangs at sixteen. not wanting to be left out, cash insisted on joining in as well. 

at fifteen, cash was apprehended for the first time and placed in a young offender’s institution. 

from then on, cash was in and out of detention centers.

both cash and colt were constantly being released and apprehended again. although the stakes were high, it almost didn’t feel real. too young to fully realize the implications of their actions, it wasn’t until colt was arrested and charged as an adult that it began to sink in.

with the addition of a new baby sister and colt in prison, cash began to take his life and responsibility to his family more seriously. although still dealing drugs, he dialed back on the violence - channeling it into boxing instead of stupid street fights. 

he was eighteen when he met his girlfriend (open connect on the main!) and she actively disapproved of his lifestyle. she encouraged him to try to make an honest name for himself.

she was the one who recognized his talent with freestyling and rapping and helped him mix his first beats and upload his first tracks. 

but he was still dealing drugs, and it was about to catch up with him.

the main source of income for his family, although his mother was horrified at the way he made money, she was in no position to turn him down when he offered to pay her bills. 

although he was determined now to be able to support himself through rapping, he wasn’t there yet. 

without his knowledge, his girlfriend reached out to a popular radio show host and shared links to cash’s music. he liked what he heard and invited cash in to freestyle. the radio host was the one who suggested cash put a dollar sign in his name ‘to be ironic’ (bc obviously england doesn’t use dollars)

CA$H was all set to make his debut a few days later, but before he could, he was arrested once again, this time as an adult on more serious charges. 

while ca$h was in prison, several things changed: 

(for the sake of time and my sanity i’m glossing over several big bullets bc otherwise this would be... ridiculously long)

his brother died in a prison riot :(

spurred on my the radio host, people began streaming ca$h’s music. 

his mother got remarried to a.. horrible man.

his gf waited for him and promoted his music. 

needless to say, this was an exceptionally emotional time for ca$h and he was a different person by the time he got out.

when he reentered the world, life as he had known it had changed entirely. 

he was a local celebrity and his numbers on youtube were only rising. 

the death of his brother and his inability to mourn his death properly while in prison had left him much, much colder. 

and with his mom’s new husband calling the shots, he had nowhere to go when he got out. 

spurred on by his gf, ca$h used the last of the money he’d saved (read: hidden) to rent a studio for a week.

for that week, he lived there and worked around the clock tirelessly to produce his first e.p.

at the end of the week, he sent the songs over to the radio host and uploaded them on youtube for free.

that started his mainstream fame. 

the next few years were a blur. 

his lifestyle changed entirely. soon, he was flying all over the world in private jets, getting designer clothes for free, being invited to the most exclusive parties. he hadn’t blown up internationally yet, but he was kind of the ‘cool unspoken secret’ of the music industry. 

rappers (especially american rappers) who wanted to show their knowledge of ‘the culture’ would often have him featured on a track. (real life examples would be drake & a$ap featuring skepta) 

now, at the precipice of worldwide fame and global recognition, ca$h has signed to cadence.

tl;dr

ca$h comes from humble beginnings and a troubled past. prompted by an ex girlfriend, he began making music and rose to fame while incarcerated. known for a certain ‘underground cool-factor,’ if you will, ca$h is on the precipice of world-wide fame. 

if u want to listen to ONE skepta song that will encapsulate what ca$h is all about / his sound, etc - NO SECURITY - SKEPTA. 

personality

pros: staunch, dutiful, responsible, loyal, hard-working, reverent, confident.

cons: merciless, aggressive, reticent, untrusting.