Okay, so here's the real deal with Silento and his 30-year sentence. Silento blew up with "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" a while back, which everyone was doing at school dances, but his life took a really dark turn. In 2021, he shot and killed his cousin, Frederick Rooks III. The cops had a ton of evidence, like surveillance footage and some stuff he said during police interviews, and he admitted he did it.

Now, the thing people are talking about is how the court factored in his mental health. Silento actually pleaded "guilty but mentally ill," which is different from just being found guilty. He had struggled with depression and untreated mental health stuff, and even his publicist talked about how he wasn't getting any real help before this happened. So, while his cousin's family wanted a harsher sentence, the judge took his mental state into account and gave him 30 years. It's messed up for sure, but it makes you think about how mental health can be ignored until something really bad happens. I kinda wish he'd gotten the help he needed before it ever got to this point.

If you're curious about how the justice system deals with stuff like this, this case is a wild example. It really makes me wonder if things would've been different if there was more mental health support out there.