Rapper Silento, who’s best known for his 2015 hit “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” is now facing felony assault charges after allegedly attacking two strangers with a hatchet.Prosecutors claim that Silento walked into a stranger’s home in Los Angeles that was unlocked on Saturday and then began swinging a hatchet at two people.
Eventually, one of the residents disarmed him.Richard Lamar Hawk, which is the singer’s birth name, was arrested and charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.Silento was already out on bail for an earlier arrest when the incident happened, prosecutors noted.
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