Cyril-Alex Gockel (born July 16, 1984), known by his stage name C-Real, is a Ghanaian hip hop recording artist, entertainer, writer, poet and record producer. In 2009, he won the Ghanaian edition of the Channel O Sprite Emcee Africa talent show and placed second at the show's finals. He is regarded as one of the leading hip hop artists in Ghana. He was featured on "Next Up", a song off Coptic's mixtape The Rising Stars of Gh Vol 1 (2012).