Atlanta rapper Silentó gets 30 years after pleading guilty to killing his cousin
What happened? Silentó (Ricky Lamar Hawk), known for his viral 2015 hit "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)", pleaded guilty but mentally ill on June 11, 2025, to voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during a crime, and concealing a death in the 2021 shooting of his cousin, Frederick Rooks III en.wikipedia.org+14apnews.com+14the-sun.com+14. Under a plea deal, a murder charge (malice murder) was dropped in exchange for reduced sentencing the-sun.com. Sentence […]