Rapper Silentó was arrested and charged with murdering his cousin Frederick Rooks in Georgia on Monday, February 1.The “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” rapper, 23, was taken into custody on Monday morning and booked into DeKalb County Jail on one felony charge count of murder, according to inmate records and a statement from the DeKalb County Police Department via Twitter.Silentó (born Richard Lamar “Ricky” Hawk) was arrested after police investigated the recent death of Rooks, who was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds at a home in Panthersville, Georgia, on January 21.
He was 34.Police spokesperson Michaela Vincent told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that after a “thorough investigation” the rapper was identified as the victim’s cousin
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