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Rapper Silentó Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Fatally Shooting His Cousin
Rapper Silentó was sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatally shooting his cousin in Jan. 2021.
Silentó, the rapper best known for his viral 2015 hit “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to the fatal shooting of his cousin. The musician, whose real name is Ricky Lamar Hawk, pleaded guilty but mentally ill to charges relating to shooting Frederick Rooks in Jan. 2021. The Atlanta rapper was initially arrested after the DeKalb County Police Department found Rooks, 34, with gunshot wounds to his face and leg in January 2021.
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