DJ Unk’s Cause Of Death Revealed: Cardiac Arrest At 43

The hip-hop world is mourning the loss of DJ Unk, the Atlanta rapper who gave us timeless hits like Walk It Out and 2 Step. Two days after his passing, his wife, Sherkita Long-Platt, revealed that Unk died peacefully in his sleep from cardiac arrest. He was 43 years old. Sherkita addressed the tragic news on social media, writing, “Please respect me and my family. I just lost my husband, and my kids just lost their father. Our life will never be the same. I LOVE YOU ANTHONY FOREVER.” She also spoke to TMZ to dispel rumors of substance abuse, confirming that Unk did not struggle with drugs, as some had speculated. – Advertisement – Born Anthony Leonard Platt, DJ Unk rose to fame during Atlanta’s snap music wave in the early 2000s. His 2006 debut album, Beat’n Down Yo Block!, became a defining project for the era, producing two massive hits: Walk It Out and 2 Step. Both songs were club anthems that transcended the snap movement, thanks in part to their star-studded remixes. Walk It Out (Remix) featured André 3000, Big Boi, and Jim Jones, while 2 Step (Remix) included T-Pain, E-40, and Jones again. Unk often expressed...