Silentó

**Richard Lamar Hawk** (born January 22, 1998), better known as **Silentó** () or **Prince Silentó**, is a retired American rapper, singer and convicted criminal. He is best known for his first single "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)". The song charted at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100.

On February 1, 2021, he was arrested in DeKalb County, Georgia and charged in the murder of his cousin, Frederick Rooks. On June 11, 2025, a judge sentenced Hawk was to 30 years in prison after Hawk plead guilty but mentally ill to the charge of voluntary manslaughter. He was also given a consecutive five-year sentence for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after firing a gun in the direction of two other people.

### Mixtapes

|Title|Album details|
| --- | --- |
|* Released: August 3, 2018 * Label: BB&R Enterprises * Format: Digital download, streaming||
|* Released: December 7, 2018 * Label: BB&R Enterprises * Format: Digital download, streaming||
|* Released: October 14, 2020 * Label: Self-released * Format: Digital download, streaming||
|* Released: March 13, 2021 * Label: BB&R Enterprises * Format: Digital download, streaming||

### Extended plays

|Title|EP details|
| --- | --- |
|* Released: May 10, 2019 * Label: BB&R Enterprises * Format: Digital download, streaming||

#### As lead artist

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col" colspan="10"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"|Certifications|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2015|3|9|15|16|19|50|11|52|41|19|* RIAA: 6× Platinum * ARIA: 2× Platinum * BPI: Silver * MC: Platinum * RMNZ: Gold||
|2020|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||_Bars Behind Bars_|

#### As featured artist

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col" colspan="7"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:11em;"|Certifications|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|2015|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||
|68|5|7|6|17|—|—|*RIAA: Platinum * RMNZ: Gold * ARIA: Platinum|_Dessert_|||
|rowspan=3|2016|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan=4|
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|rowspan=2|2017|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||
|—|—|—|—|—|16|48||_Moments_|||

#### Promotional singles

|scope="col" style="width:16em;"|Title|scope="col" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2016||||||

### Guest appearances

|scope="col" style="width:22em;"|Title|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Other artist(s)|scope="col"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2015|rowspan="2"|The Vamps|_Wake Up_|||||
|2018|_Night & Day (Day Edition)_|||||||

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Award|Category|Work|Result|ref|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|2015|Teen Choice Awards|Rap/Hip-Hop Track|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|"Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)"|rowspan="2"||
|MTV Video Music Award|Song of the Summer|||||||
|Soul Train Music Awards|Best Dance Performance|||||||
|2016|_Billboard_ Music Awards|Top New Artist||||||
|2016|BET Awards|YoungStar Award||||||
|2017|26th Seoul Music Awards|Global Collaboration Award|style="text-align:center;"|"Spotlight" w/Punch||||

## Infobox (criminal)

- **child**: yes
- **criminal status**: Incarcerated
- **conviction**: Voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault
- **penalty**: 30 years in prison


## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Silentó
- **image**: Sinento (2018).png
- **caption**: Silentó in 2018
- **birth name**: Richard Lamar Hawk
- **birth place**: Stone Mountain, Georgia, U.S.
- **origin**: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
- **years active**: 2015–2021
- **website**: module            = **Criminal information**