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‘Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)’ Rapper Silento Charged With Murder of Cousin
February 2, 2021
He had a hit song that had everyone dancing along, but today he’s behind bars, accused of killing a member of his family. Ricky Hawk, 23, is charged with murder in connection to the shooting death of his cousin in a suburb of Atlanta last month according to the DeKalb County Police Department. Hawk is better known as Silento, and his hit song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” was a viral sensation in 2015. Inside Edition Digital’s Mara Montalbano has more.