1999–05: Career beginnings Starting in the late 1990s, under the name Caswell, he was part of the
hip-hop duo Morplay, which also included female MC Crasta Yo. Morplay started in Boston and moved to New York in 1999. In 2003, Cazwell released his first single
The Sex That I Need with Avenue D.
2006–08: Get Into It In 2006, Cazwell released his debut studio album
Get into It featuring lead single "All Over Your Face" and the four follow-up singles "Do You Wanna Break Up", "I Buy My Socks On 14th Street" and "Watch My Mouth". His debut single "All Over Your Face" was banned from
Logo due to explicit lyrics and sexual imagery portrayed in the music video. Cazwell was featured as a guest rapper on Colton Ford's "That's Me" along with Stephen Reed and Peppermint's "Servin' it Up". During the summer of 2007, Cazwell was a part of the multi-artist
True Colors Tour which traveled through 15 cities in North America. The tour, sponsored by
Logo, was hosted by comedian
Margaret Cho and headlined by
Cyndi Lauper and included
Deborah Harry,
Rufus Wainwright,
The Dresden Dolls,
Rosie O'Donnell,
Indigo Girls, Stephen Reed and other special guests. Profits from the tour helped to benefit
LGBT organizations
Human Rights Campaign,
PFLAG and The
Matthew Shepard Foundation.
2009–12: Watch My Mouth His second album,
Watch My Mouth was released on September 1, 2009, containing all of his previous singles, except "Do You Wanna Break Up". The album was preceded by the single "I Seen
Beyoncé" featuring
Jonny Makeup, released back in September 2008. The video was directed by Francis Legge and
Bec Stupak. In 2009, he released "Tonight", which sampled "
Give Me Tonight" by
Shannon. In 2010, he released the single, "
Ice Cream Truck", In 2012, he appeared on "Something For Everybody", a song by DAB &
Get Far along with Jonathan Mendelsohn.
2013–present: Hard 2 B Fresh Cazwell collaborated with Peaches on the single "Unzip Me", released back on November 8, 2011. On June 19, 2012, "Rice and Beans" was released. The songs appear on Cazwell's third studio album
Hard 2 B Fresh. In 2013, the single "Guess What?" was released, featuring the singer
Luciana. On August 22, Cazwell announced that his third studio album
Hard 2 B Fresh would be released on September 30 and posted the track listing and the cover art on his official site. In summer of 2015, Cazwell released another single from
Hard 2 B Fresh entitled "The Biscuit". Its video featured Middle-Eastern imagery including pyramids, camels, a snake charmer, tan-skinned models wearing keffiyehs, and original music from South African DJ Naaldekoker's track "Ek Smaak Jou". In 2015, Cazwell collaborated with fashion designer
Geoffrey Mac on a range of form-fitting underwear, based on the colours used in the 'Ice Cream Truck' video. In 2017, he released
Loose Wrists, his first single produced by his new music label, Snow Cone. On September 18, 2025, Cazwell released his first compilation album,
HITS ALL OVER YOUR FACE [The Peace Bisquit Collection], a double-album compilation of songs from throughout his career as remastered by
Peace Bisquit, in addition to three previously unreleased singles. ==Artistry==