Atlanta rapper Silentó, best known for "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)," will spend decades behind bars after pleading guilty, but mentally ill, to killing his cousin. Silento was arrested weeks after his ...

The "Party Up (Up In Here)" rapper died at age 50 on April 9, 2021 Jessica Sager is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in ...

Ricky Lamar Hawk, 27, a rapper known professionally as Silentó, pleaded guilty to charges for the 2021 shooting death of his cousin, DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston announces Wednesday.

A decade after skyrocketing to viral fame with his debut single “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” Atlanta rapper Silentó will spend decades behind bars after pleading guilty to killing his cousin. According ...

The "Party Up (Up In Here)" rapper died at age 50 on April 9, 2021 DMX died on April 9, 2021, leaving behind a music catalog that made an indelible mark on hip-hop. Born Earl Simmons on Dec. 18, 1970, ...

The rapper Silentó, who scored a major hit with his 2015 single “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” — and the two dance crazes it combined — has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for charges related to the ...