Silento Sentenced to 30 Years

Four years ago 'Watch Me [Whip / Nae Nae]' rapper Silento was indicted on murder charges after being accused of gunning down his own cousin in a metro Atlanta intersection in broad daylight [click here if you missed that].

Silento has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to 30 years in prison...

From WSBTV

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 is known for the song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae).”

Hawk pleaded guilty but mentally ill to voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and concealing the death of another in connection to the death of Frederick Rooks III in unincorporated Decatur.

DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Courtney Johnson, who presided over the plea hearing, sentenced Hawk to 30 years in prison.