Atlanta rapper Silento charged with driving 143 mph on I-85

Atlanta rapper Silento was arrested Friday and accused of driving 143 mph (230 kph) on Interstate 85, authorities said. Silento, or Richard “Ricky” Lamar Hawk, was charged with reckless driving, speeding, failure to maintain lane and improper stopping, news outlets reported. A DeKalb police report said Hawk was pulled over around 3 a.m. after an officer witnessed Hawk's white BMW swerving around slower cars.

report said Hawk initially argued with officer about how fast he was going and insisted that he'd done thing wrong. Later, Hawk told officer he was speeding because he rmally gets followed when leaving events, report said. “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” rapper said he was at a club promoting his new song and that he could go 143 mph because he's t “a regular person," report said. It was unclear wher Hawk h an attorney who would comment on his behalf.

arrest comes a month after Hawk was charged with assault with a dely weapon. Hawk was accused of walking into an unlocked stranger’s home in Valley Vill area of Los Angeles and swinging a hatchet at two people inside before one of m disarmed him. Prior to that arrest he was charged with inflicting corporal punishment on a spouse or cohabitant at a Santa Ana home on Aug. 28.

(Im Credits: AP)