Silentó received a 30-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to killing his cousin in 2021. The case highlights the young artist’s history of facing mental health challenges. He broke his silence ...

DECATUR, Ga. — Silentó, the Atlanta rapper known for his hit song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” pleaded guilty but mentally ill Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter and other charges in the 2021 shooting ...

Rapper Silento has begun his 30-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to charges connected with his cousin's death. Silento was arrested in 2021, weeks after his cousin, Frederick Rooks III, was ...

Atlanta rapper Silentó has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the aggravated manslaughter of his cousin, Frederick Rooks III, and other charges related to the 2021 shooting. DeKalb County ...

LOS ANGELES, California -- The artist known as Silento has been charged with threatening two strangers with a hatchet at their home in a Los Angeles suburb, prosecutors said Thursday. The rapper was ...

Silento committed to making music and working on himself after being sentenced to 30 years for the 2021 killing of his cousin in Georgia. The rapper, born Ricky Lamar Hawk, was sentenced Tuesday (June ...

Silentó, the rapper known for "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)," has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to his cousin's death in 2021. The 27-year-old Atlanta rapper ...

Atlanta rapper Silentó, best known for "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)," will spend decades behind bars after pleading guilty, but mentally ill, to killing his cousin. Silento was arrested weeks after his ...

In 2015, you could not avoid teenage rapper Silentó’s song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae).” The song was a viral hit, and the music video got over 1.9 billion views on YouTube. Now, a decade later, the ...

Rapper Silentó, whose real name is Richard Lamar “Ricky” Hawk, is serving the next three decades of his life in prison. Fans of the “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” hitmaker were shocked to learn about his ...

Silentó, the rapper behind the 2015 hit song "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)," was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty but mentally ill to voluntary manslaughter and other ...