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Atlanta rapper Silentó sentenced to 30 years in cousin's deadly shooting

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Atlanta rapper Ricky Lamar Hawk pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and other charges.

He was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to his cousin's death in 2021 .

A murder charge was dropped as part of the plea agreement.

The rapper was a high school junior in suburban Atlanta in 2015 when he released " Watch Me ".

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