Silento the former “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” huge dance craze star from 2015 has been indicted by a Georgia Grand Jury on murder charges for killing his cousin.
He was arrested in early February and has been in jail since for the murder of his cousin Frederick Rooks on Jan 21 of 2021. Those close to him say the former star has been plagued with mental issues.
His song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) garnered over a billion views on youtube and was so huge it was featured in the television shows South Park, The $100,000 Pyramid, and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
It can also be heard in the film The Emoji Movie and the first teaser trailer for Trolls. The track appears in the video game Just Dance 2017, and is playable in the demo for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch, Wii U copies of the demo keep Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” as the playable demo track.