Rapper Silento charged with murdering cousin in DeKalb

[Loudninja]

Atlanta rapper Silento, known for his hit song and viral dance craze "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)," was arrested Monday in DeKalb County and charged with murder in the shooting death of his cousin, authorities said.

Ricky Lamar Hawk, 23, was arrested Monday after DeKalb police investigated the recent death of 34-year-old Frederick Rooks. Hawk was booked into the DeKalb jail on one count of murder, police spokeswoman Michaela Vincent said in a statement. He was being held without bond late Monday, jail records showed.

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Police responded to a shots fired call Jan. 21 around 3:30 a.m. in the Panthersville area, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously reported. They found Rooks dead at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds, according to DeKalb police Lt. Rod Bryant.

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https://www.ajc.com/news/police-dek...led-by-his-cousin/S3QWGI2UQJDA5GAQGWYBBJHXTM/

 

[bonch00ski]

Silentwho?

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Quit biting off Snoop, assholes

 

[mreddie]

His one song was a threat

 

[Hero Prinny]

Damn, thats crazy, by his own family too

Silentwho?

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Its right in the first post, do you really want that +1in your post history that bad?

 

[Truly Gargantuan]

Silentwho?

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It's right there in the OP. Here's your attention.

 

[KujoJosuke]

he has the right to remain Silento

 

[CostcoCousteau]

I thought that was a cheese brand

 

[Saiyaman]

Silento been in a worrisome state for a while now, and it's a shame that it's come to this. Rest in peace to the victim.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

This is crazy! And his own cousin too.

 

[Deleted member 5865]

Sad to see this is where he ended up

 

[smurfx]

wonder what led up to this. i can't imagine ever wanting to kill any of my cousins.

 

[Spanglo]

Was the cousin a recent lotto winner?

 

[Polyh3dron]

Silentwho?

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You already know who it IS

 

[psynergyadept]

Now that's a name I haven't heard in a minute.....whelp enjoy prison I guess.

 

[TaySan]

Just listened to his one hit the other week. What a shame he went down on this road instead.

 

[Deception]

This was a planned framing by the big dirty industry!

 

[TheMadTitan]

The shit about him doing 140 on the highway got me too.

But your cousin my dude? You had to have been getting some sort of residuals off of that song; you could've just coasted and ghosted.

 

[XenodudeX]

How do you kill members of your own family man. Jesus thats fucked.

 

[hwarang]

this is sad.

 

[Nightwing123]

This is not what I expected to read today...

 

[Powdered Egg]

LOL didn't know his stage name was Silento.

Wth at this crime.

 

[julia crawford]

Damn... what a world to live in where you can consider and go through with shooting your cousin.

 

[inner-G]

Damn cuz

 

[Mecha Meister]

Damn, that's really sad. Your own family? Damn. RIP.
I've heard the song, but I didn't know who the artist was behind it, at 1.7+ billion views on YouTube it seems to have been huge, I had no idea it was that big!

It looks like he has been doing dangerous stuff since last year, with multiple arrests until now. I've done some research, and according to his publicist it seems that his mental health has seriously deteriorated. This also adds up with him revealing his struggle with depression sometime in 2019.
It's a shame that it had to reach such a violent conclusion. What the hell happened?

 

[Hollywood Duo]

Shooting your own cousin? Man that's messed up. Wonder what went down.

 

[cw_sasuke]

That's incredible messed up, don't wanna know what the family is going through right now.

 

[Baji Boxer]

Damn that's sad. Also, wtf at the first page jokes?

 

[JonesiiiFromtheMoon]

How come every time something like this happens with a rapper y'all always make the same jokes. This shits sad.