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.

 Discography 

 Mixtapes 
TitleAlbum detailsFresh Outta High School Released: August 3, 2018
 Label: BB&R Enterprises
 Format: Digital download, streamingFresh Outta High School 2 Released: December 7, 2018
 Label: BB&R Enterprises
 Format: Digital download, streaming Skyrolyrics Released: October 14, 2020
 Label: Self-released
 Format: Digital download, streaming Bars Behind Bars Released: March 13, 2021
 Label: BB&R Enterprises
 Format: Digital download, streaming

 Extended plays 
+TitleEP details SilentóMOB: The Doctor's Exclusive Released: May 10, 2019
 Label: BB&R Enterprises
 Format: Digital download, streaming

 Singles 
 As lead artist 
+ List of charted singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US AUS CAN DEN FRA GER NZ SWE SWI UK "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" 2015 3  9  15  16  19  50  11  52  41  19 RIAA: 6× Platinum
 ARIA: 2× Platinum
 BPI: Silver
 MC: Platinum
 RMNZ: Gold  "No Sense"2020——————————Bars Behind Bars

 As featured artist 
+ List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US US AUS NZ DEN NOR SWE "Lightning in a Bottle" (Sunny featuring Silentó) 2015 —  —  —  —  —  —  —  "Dessert" (Dawin featuring Silentó) 68  5  7  6  17  —  —RIAA: Platinum
 RMNZ: Gold
 ARIA: Platinum Dessert "Girl in the Mirror"(Sophia Grace featuring Silentó) 2016 —  —  —  —  —  —  — rowspan=4  "Emoji"(Sicko Mobb featuring Silentó) —  —  —  —  —  —  — "Spotlight"(Samuel featuring Silentó) —  —  —  —  —  —  — "Slide"(ELS featuring Silentó) 2017 —  —  —  —  —  —  — "Like It Like It"(Marcus & Martinus featuring Silentó) —  —  —  —  —  16  48 Moments

 Promotional singles 
+ List of singles Title Year Album "Get Em" 2016 

 Guest appearances 
+ List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Volcano" 2015 The Vamps Wake Up "Juicy Fruit" 2018 Night & Day (Day Edition)

 Awards and nominations 
 Year Award Category Work Resultref 2015Teen Choice Awards Rap/Hip-Hop Track "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" rowspan="2" MTV Video Music AwardSong of the SummerSoul Train Music AwardsBest Dance Performance2016Billboard Music AwardsTop New Artist2016 BET Awards YoungStar Award 2017 26th Seoul Music Awards Global Collaboration Award "Spotlight" w/Punch  

References

Category:1998 births
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century American rappers
Category:21st-century American singer-songwriters
Category:American hip hop singers
Category:American people convicted of murder
Category:American songwriters
Category:American pop rappers
Category:Rappers from Atlanta
Category:Singers from Atlanta
Category:Writers from Georgia (U.S. state)