Silento, the Atlanta rapper of Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) fame, has been handed a 30-year prison sentence for fatally shooting his cousin. Per FOX 5 Atlanta, the rapper, born Ricky Hawk, was handed the ...

Silentó, the Atlanta rapper best known for the viral 2015 hit “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty but mentally ill in the 2021 shooting death ...

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 ...

Ricky L. Hawk — who, under the stage name Silentó, had a #3 hit with the novelty dance track “Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae)” a decade ago — has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for murdering his ...

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — 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 ...

Richard Hawk, the rapper better known as Silento, was arrested on Monday in Georgia on felony murder charges. According the DeKalb County Police Department, Hawk was booked at 6:35 p.m. ET local time ...

The rapper behind the 2015 viral song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” has been charged with murder. Ricky Hawk, who performs under the name “Silento,” 23, was arrested in the killing of his cousin Frederick ...

Silentó, the artist behind the 2015’s “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after being charged for his cousin’s death. He pleaded guilty but mentally ill on Wednesday.