The “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” rapper, born Ricky Hawk, was sentenced for the 2021 fatal shooting of his cousin, Frederick Rooks III. Rapper Silentó, born Ricky Lamar Hawk, has been sentenced to 30 ...

Ricky Lamar Hawk, 27, a rapper known professionally as Silentó, pleaded guilty to charges for the 2021 shooting death of his cousin, DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston announces Wednesday.

Silentó, the Atlanta rapper best known for the viral 2015 hit "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)," was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty but mentally ill in the 2021 shooting death ...

The "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" rapper—whose real name is Ricky Lamar Hawk—has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after being convicted of voluntary manslaughter and other charges in the 2021 fatal ...

Rapper Silentó, born Ricky Lamar Hawk, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2021 fatal shooting of his cousin, Frederick Rooks III. Hawk, 27, pleaded guilty but mentally ill to voluntary ...