RAPPER Silento soared to stardom after his "Watch Me" music video was viewed more than a staggering one billion times.
The 23-year-old performer has been accused of fatally shooting his cousin in Georgia.
How many people have viewed 'Watch Me'?
Silento's music video Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae), which premiered in 2015, has been viewed 1,790,297,735 times as of February 2.
The addictive song also included a dance that would go viral on social media.
He performed a version for Nickelodeon to promote their Labor Day weekend lineup, according to Deadline.
The song would hit number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2015.
The rapper was just 16 when he rose to fame.
He describes himself on his Instagram page as an artist, songwriter, ex producer, actor and mentor.
What are the lyrics to 'Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)'?
Silento
"Now watch me whip (kill it!)
Now watch me nae nae (okay!)
Now watch me whip whip
Watch me nae nae (want me do it?)
Now watch me whip (kill it!)
Watch me nae nae (okay!)
Now watch me whip whip
Watch me nae nae (can you do it?)
Now watch me
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Do the stanky leg, do the stanky leg
Do the stanky leg, do the stanky leg
Do the stanky leg, do the stanky leg
Do the stanky leg, do the stanky leg
Now break your legs
Break your legs
Tell 'em "break your legs"
Break your legs
Now break your legs
Break your legs
Now break your legs
Break your legs
Now watch me (bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop)
Now watch me (bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop)
Now watch me whip (kill it!)
Now watch me nae nae (okay!)
Now watch me whip whip
Watch me nae nae (want me do it?)
Now watch me whip (kill it!)
Watch me nae nae (okay!)
Now watch me whip whip
Watch me nae nae (can you do it?)
Now watch me
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Now watch me you
Now watch superman
Now watch me you
Now watch superman
Now watch me you
Now watch superman
Now watch me you
Now watch superman
Now watch me duff, duff, duff, duff, duff, duff, duff, duff (Hold on)
Now watch me duff, duff, duff, duff, duff, duff, duff, duff, duff
Now watch me (bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop)
Now watch me (bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop)
Now watch me whip (kill it!)
Now watch me nae nae (okay!)
Now watch me whip whip
Watch me nae nae (want me do it?)
Now watch me whip (kill it!)
Watch me nae nae (okay!)
Now watch me whip whip
Watch me nae nae (Can you do it?)
Now watch me
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh watch me, watch me
Ooh ooh ooh ooh"
Why was Silento arrested?
The rapper, whose real name is Richard Lamar Hawk, was charged with murderin the January 21 fatal shooting of his cousin Frederick Rooks, 34.
Police found Rooks with several gunshot wounds in Panthersville, Georgia, which is about 10 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Surveillance footage captured at least one gunshot and several vehicles driving away from the site.
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Cops found eight bullet casings at the scene.
The motive of the shooting was not immediately clear.
Silento, who has a history of arrests, was charged with murder.
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