Israel Casado is a Dominican merengue and tropical musician connected to Santo Domingo whose career has contributed to the popular music landscape of the Dominican capital. Working within the merengue and tropical traditions that define Dominican popular entertainment, Casado has been part of the active community of Santo Domingo musicians whose recordings and performances have kept these genres vital for audiences at home and in the diaspora. His music reflects the energy and festive spirit that merengue carries as the national music of the Dominican Republic, and his work within the tropical idiom demonstrates a commitment to the broader Caribbean popular music tradition of which Dominican music is a proud and central part.