Rapper Silento sentenced to 30 years for killing his cousin
Fierce Silentó – The best known for his hit number “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” – has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing his cousin.
Silentó, real name Ricky Lamar HawkPleated guilty but spiritually ill on Wednesday 12 June in Dekalb County, Georgia, on accusation with regard to the fatal shooting in 2021, Frederick Rooks reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Rooks was found dead by several shot wounds in a house in Panthersville, Georgia, on January 21, 2021. He was 34.
According to the Atlanta Journal ConstitutionSilentó, 27, argued guilty of a reduced accusation of voluntary manslaughter as part of a plea. He also argued guilty of serious abuse, possession of a firearm while committing a crime and hiding a death of another. A charges for crime was withdrawn, the outlet said.
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The rapper’s punishment contains credit for the time served since his first arrest in February 2021.
After his arrest, at the time the publicist of Silentó, Chanel HudsonShared via social media that the rapper had had to deal with psychological problems.
“Send my customer Silento a number of positive vibrations,” said Hudson, per Complex. “In recent years, Ricky has been suffering from a series of mental disorders. We will continue with his efforts of treatment, but in the meantime we ask that the public and his family increase him in immediate prayer and positive energy !! Ricky is a beautiful soul, and we hope that the same people who came up whippin ‘and Naying with him, support him.
Silentó had countless run-ins with the law in the months prior to his arrest of February 2021. In August 2020 he was arrested twice for domestic violence and was mistreated with a deadly weapon in California. In October of that year he was arrested for speeding violations in Dekalb County. (It is not clear what has become of these charges.)
The resident of Georgia was announced in 2015 with the song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)”, the video for which more than 1.9 billion views on YouTube collected. The course also reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
