Rapper Silentó has been sentenced to thirty years in prison. The 27-year-old American, known for his hit Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae), pleaded guilty to killing his cousin.
In 2021, Silentó was arrested after his cousin Frederick Rooks was found dead. The rapper has been in prison since then.
It was not the first time that the rapper had come into contact with the police. Silentó had previously been arrested for domestic violence and for allegedly attacking people with an axe.
The rapper scored a major hit in 2015 with Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae). In several countries, the song reached the top ten of the charts. In the Netherlands, the song reached seventeenth place. In the years that followed, he failed to score any more hits.