Silento, rapper known for 'Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),' charged with murder in shooting death - Yet another rapper commits a crime, imagine my shock

[Nguyen Van Phuoc]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/ente...hip-nae-nae-rapper-charged-murder/4351235001/ (archive)

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ATLANTA (AP) — Silento, the Atlanta rapper known for his hit song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” was arrested Monday and charged with murder in the shooting death of his 34-year-old cousin, authorities said.

DeKalb County police said in a statement on Twitter that the 23-year-old rapper whose legal name is Ricky Hawk was arrested in that suburb of Atlanta. The police statement said he is in the county jail, charged with murder in connection with the Jan. 21 death of Frederick Rooks.

The statement didn’t elaborate on the circumstances of the death or Hawk’s arrest.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Hawk was being held without bond late Monday.

The newspaper had reported previously that police responded to a call of shots fired on Jan. 21 about 3:30 a.m. in the community of Panthersville in DeKalb County. The newspaper cited police as saying officers found Rooks dead with multiple gunshot wounds that night.

It wasn’t immediately known if Hawk had an attorney who could comment for him. His manager did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment Monday night.

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Lol this retard was caught beating his girlfriend and speeding because "he's not a regular person" how is he only now going to jail

 

[Full Race Replay]

Ricky Hawk is a cooler name than Silento.

enjoy getting raped in jail fucker.

 

[Jann_Hörn]

Imagine getting 1.7 Billion views on Youtube and going to jail for the rest of your life

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[sleepyfennec]

Dude really nae nae'd his cousin. Sounds like a genuinely terrible guy though, hope he rots in jail.

 

[IbnTaymiyyah]

God DAMN, not even Soulja Boy got arrested this soon.

 

[Idiotron]

Now watch me go!
Go straight to jail, jail!

 

[The Last Stand]

Where's the outcry for this? Cancel him, remove his song off the air. I don't want to support a female beater.

 

[Princess Peaches]

Where's the outcry for this? Cancel him, remove his song off the air. I don't want to support a female beater.

I thought everyone hated his song already. Can’t believe he had more street credit than half of rap’s most famous rappers.

 

[The Last Stand]

I thought everyone hated his song already. Can’t believe he had more street credit than half of rap’s most famous rappers.

It was a meme, so probably not.

 

[TendieGremlin]

should've gone to jail for dropping that trash song

 

[Sonic Sez]

 

[Megaroad 2012]

enjoy getting raped in jail fucker.

Blacks call it homie love in prison.

 

[Muncie Anderson]

I only heard that song on so many Vines back in 2015. Never once on the radio.

As it turned out, that song was similar to so many people on Vine: only tolerable in bursts of seven seconds or less.

 

[Cheerlead-in-Chief]

"Watch me shoot, now watch me evade law~"
That could work for a new edgy remake of his single...

 

[wolfpac92]

Now watch me strip
Now watch them rape rape

 

[tehpope]

Silento gets jail for life but Bobby Shmurda is getting out this year. What a world.

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[General Disarray]

Well, it DID happen in Panthersville. Which I assume is a low-rent Wakanda.

 

[McAfee'sCorpse]

This makes Chris Brown look modest.