Rapper Silento is arrested for 'attacking two strangers with a hatchet after entering the wrong LA home' and faces up to six years in prison if convicted

Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) rapper Silento is accused of attacking two people in a Los Angeles area home with a hatchet last week, according to officials.

The 22-year-old musical artist, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney, stands charged of assault with a deadly weapon, as he's accused of entering an unlocked Valley Village, California home and attacking two people inside the residence, the AP reported.

The Atlanta native, whose real name is Richard Lamar Hawk, aimed his hatchet at the people in the dwelling, one of whom was able to remove the weapon from his grasp, prosecutors said.

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The latest: Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) rapper Silento, 22, is accused of attacking two people in their Los Angeles area home with a hatchet last week, according to officials. He was snapped in Atlanta last year 

According to TMZ, the rap artist was searching for his girlfriend when he walked into the home - but was later informed by a friend that he had entered the wrong home.

Silento departed the residence quickly when his friend told him about the mistake, TMZ reported.

At the time of the incident, authorities said, the Fresh Outta High School artist was free on bail stemming from a separate arrest in Orange County, California.

He was taken into custody on August 28 in connection with felony inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant in a domestic violence incident, People reported, citing records from the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

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Details: The Atlanta native, whose real name is Richard Lamar Hawk, aimed his hatchet at the people in the dwelling, one of whom was able to remove the weapon from his grasp

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Legal woes: At the time of the incident, authorities said, the Fresh Outta High School artist was free on bail stemming from a separate arrest in Orange County, California

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Better times: The musical artist was snapped at the BET Awards in June of 2016

Silento will hear the charges against him in an arraignment on Friday, prosecutors said.

It was not immediately clear if the musical artist has legal representation; he faces up to six years in custody if convicted.