‘Walk It Out’ rapper, Atlanta hip-hop icon DJ Unk’s cause of death revealed

article DJ Unk attends the BET Awards 2023 at Microsoft Theater on June 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET) ATLANTA – The wife of Anthony Leonard Platt, the man better known as DJ Unk, has shared the cause of the Atlanta hip-hop icon’s death.  Platt died on Jan. 24 at the age of 43. MORE: Atlanta remembers hip-hop icon DJ Unk DJ Unk dead at 43 What we know: Platt’s wife, Sherkita Long-Platt announced his death on Friday in a Facebook post. “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,” she wrote. “I LOVE YOU ANTHONY FOREVER.” Speaking to TMZ, Long-Platt said that the influential DJ died in his sleep from a heart attack. She also denied speculation that her husband’s death was related to substance abuse.  What we don’t know: Details about a funeral service for Platt have not been announced. Who was Anthony Leonard Platt? Dig deeper: Born on Nov. 28, 1982, in Atlanta, Platt rose to fame in the mid-2000s with his breakout hit single, “Walk It Out,” which climbed into the top...