DJ Unk, born Anthony Leonard Platt ... The rate fell from 80.1 deaths per million people in 1999 to 44.3 per million people in 2012. But then it reversed course, climbing 8.8% overall from 2012 to ...

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ATLANTA — Family members have reportedly shared the cause of death for DJ Unk, the Atlanta rapper famously known for his hit song "Walk It Out." Fans learned of his passing last week ...

Rapper DJ Unk, who was best known for the bouncy early-2000s crunk hit “Walk It Out,” has died. The musician’s wife Sherkita Long-Platt announced his death Friday morning on Facebook.

Rapper DJ Unk died of a heart attack, his wife has revealed days after his death at age 43. The attack killed him as he slept, his wife, Sherkita Long-Platt, told TMZ. Long-Platt noted that her ...

DJ Unk died of a heart attack. The passing of the Atlanta rapper - who was best known for his 2006 hits 'Walk It Out' and '2 Step' - on Friday (24.01.25) was confirmed by his wife, Sherkita Long ...

Rapper DJ Unk, best known for his hits “Walk It Out” and “2 Step,” died after suffering a heart attack, his wife has revealed. The Atlanta musician died in his sleep on Friday, his wife ...

DJ Unk’s cause of death has been revealed. The Atlanta rapper, best known for his 2006 hits ‘Walk It Out’ and ‘2 Step’, died at the age of 42 last Friday (January 24) as confirmed by his ...

Sherkita says Unk did not do drugs. DJ Unk's death was first revealed by Sherkita via social media on Jan. 24. "Please respect me and my family," she shared in a post on Facebook. "I lost my ...

DJ Unk’s death shocked the hip-hop community over the weekend. But just a couple of days after his passing, we’re finally learning what led to the Atlanta rapper no longer being with us.

DJ Unk's Big Oomp Records label and his wife, Sherkita Long-Platt, revealed he died on Jan. 24 Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.