Shut upThe American rapper who rose to the stars with global fame with the viral success of 2015 Look at me (Whip/Nae Nae)He was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of his cousin, Federico Rooks III. The final sentence, handed down on June 12, follows the admission of the rapper’s guilt and recognizes a story of mental health problems that preceded crime.
The accident occurred in January 2021 when the police discovered Tower Corps with multiple gun wounds in the county of Dekalb, Georgia. Surveillance filming showed a white BMW SUV, subsequently identified as belonging Shut up (True name Ricky Lamar Hawk), on the run from the scene shortly after listening to the shots. To arrest, Shut up Confessive to the murder and the ballistic evidence combined his firearm with the crumbs found near the body.
Despite his image once glow as a sensation of a teenager, Silentó’s Life has quickly revealed itself in the years following its viral fame. In 2019, he publicly revealed by fighting with a serious depression rooted in a violent education. Only in 2020, he faced more arrests for domestic violence and assault with a fatal weapon, including an accident in which he entered the house of a stranger brandishing an ax. He also tried suicide during this tumultuous period.
In court, it was recognized that Silentó’s Mental health struggles played a role in crime, but the judge eventually sentenced a 30 -year sentence. This decision was accepted with disapproval by Tower family, who claims that the rapper deserved a harder punishment for his cousin “brutal” homocide.
Shut upborn in 1998, he reached meteoric fame at just 17 years of age with Look at mewhich peaks at n. 3 of Billboard Hot 100 and has since accumulated over 1.9 billion views on YouTube. However, he was unable to replicate that success and gradually was faded by the music scene, beating in a tragic fall from grace now engraved in legal history.
