Rapper He silent – Better known for his successful song “Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae)” – was sentenced to 30 years in prison for having killed his cousin.
Civilian, real name Ricky Lamar Hawkpleaded guilty but mentally ill on Wednesday, June 12, in the county of Dekalb, in Georgia, on accusations linked to the fatal shooting in 2021 of his cousin, Frederick Rooks, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constution.
Rooks was found dead because of several ball injuries in a house in Panthersville, Georgia, January 21, 2021. He was 34 years old.
According to the Atlanta Journal-ConstutionSilentó, 27, pleaded guilty to a reduction in the accusation of voluntary homicide as part of a advocacy agreement. He also pleaded guilty of serious assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and to hide the death of another. An accusation of criminal murder was abandoned, said the point of sale.
Silentó was initially accused of malicious murder during his arrest in February 2021. “Today, Ricky Hawk, 23, was arrested for the murder of his cousin Frederick Rooks, 34. X at the time.
The rapper’s sentence will include a credit for the time purged since his initial arrest in February 2021.
After his arrest, the publicist of Silentó at the time, Chanel HudsonShared via social media that the rapper had dealt with mental health problems.
“Please send positive vibrations to my Silento client,” said Hudson, by Complex. “In recent years, Ricky has suffered a lot from a series of mental illnesses. We will continue in his treatment efforts, but we ask while waiting for the public to raise him and his family in immediate prayer and positive energy !! Ricky is a beautiful soul, and we hope that the same people who came Whippin ‘and Nay Naying with him, continue to support him.
Silentó had many entries with the law in the months preceding his arrest in February 2021. In August 2020, he was arrested twice for domestic violence and assault with accusations of fatal weapons in California. In October of the same year, he was arrested for speeding in the county of Dekalb. (We do not know what has become of these charges.)
The native of Georgia became famous in 2015 with the song “Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae)”, whose video has raised more than 1.9 billion views on Youtube. The track also reached No. 3 on the Display panel Hot 100.
