Rapper Silento was arrested Monday for allegedly shooting dead his older cousin outside Atlanta last month, authorities said.
The 23-year-old singer “Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae)”, whose real name is Richard Lamar Hawk, was charged with murder in the shooting death of Frederick Rooks (34) on January 21, according to the DeKalb County Police Department. .
Rooks was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a Panthersville neighborhood, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported, citing police.
According to investigators, several cars showed several cars fleeing the scene and shooting at least one, according to an incident report obtained by the newspaper.
A motive for the fatal shooting remains unclear.
Hawk recently had recent attacks with the law leading to his arrest on Monday, including two busts in one week last year in California, the report said.
In one case, Hawk allegedly broke into a random home in Los Angeles with a battle ax in search of his girlfriend.
The rapper’s hit song “Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae)” from 2015 got nearly 1.8 billion views on YouTube.