{"id":674731,"date":"2025-06-12T18:10:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-me-whip-nae-nae-rapper-silento-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T18:10:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:10:29","slug":"watch-me-whip-nae-nae-rapper-silento-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-me-whip-nae-nae-rapper-silento-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWatch Me (Whip\/Nae Nae)\u201d rapper Silent\u00f3 sentenced to 30 years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a412b2a34c1d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1125835796_talzpr\/watch-me-whip-nae-nae-silento-manslaughter-sentence.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1125835796_talzpr\/watch-me-whip-nae-nae-silento-manslaughter-sentence.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"\u201cWatch Me (Whip\/Nae Nae)\u201d rapper Silent\u00f3 sentenced to 30 years in prison\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Photo by Paras Griffin\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271531\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Silent\u00f3, the musician best-know for his 2015 song \u201cWatch Me (Whip\/Nae Nae),\u201d was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty voluntary manslaughter on Wednesday. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/silento-prison-ricky-hawk-cousin-whip-naenae-d4237361edf30754a0349f8c211f8448\">Associated Press<\/a> reports that  the 27-year-old artist, whose real name is Ricky Lamar Hawk, pleaded guilty but mentally ill for the 2021 killing of his cousin, Frederick Rooks III.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            As part of his plea deal, Hawk pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, possessing a gun while committing a crime, and concealing the death of another. An additional murder charge was dropped by DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Courtney L. Johnson.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Frederick Rooks III was discovered by police with gunshot wounds in his leg and face on January 21, 2021. Security footage showed a white BMW SUV, traceable to Hawk, speeding away shortly after the gunshots were fired. He was arrested and confessed to the killing 10 days later.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            In the decade since \u201cWatch Me (Whip\/Nae Nae)\u201d was released Hawk has been arrested on violent offense charges while also talking openly about his mental health issues.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            In August 2020, Hawk was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/newsbeat-55900380\">arrested in Santa Ana, California, on a domestic violence charge<\/a> after witnesses said he entered a stranger&#8217;s home while looking for his girlfriend and swung a hatchet at two people. In October that same year he was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-arrests-atlanta-silento-126b8b44897e86cafa5a964b070b9737\">arrested for speeding<\/a> in DeKalb County.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            In a 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance on <i>The Doctors<\/i> he revealed that he struggled with depression, since he was a child, saying \u201cI don\u2019t know if I can truly be happy. I don\u2019t know if these demons will ever go away.\u201d On the day of his arrest, Hawk\u2019s then-publicist said that he had been \u201csuffering immensely from a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of mental health illnesses\u201d in recent years.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">David Renshaw<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Photo by Paras Griffin\/Getty Images Silent\u00f3, the musician best-know for his 2015 song \u201cWatch Me (Whip\/Nae Nae),\u201d was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty voluntary manslaughter on Wednesday. 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