“Walk It Out” Rapper DJ Unk’s Cause of Death Revealed

DJ Unk’s cause of death has been revealed. Two days after the hip-hop artist died, his widow, Sherkita Long-Platt, publicly shared what led to his passing. Long-Platt told TMZ that Unk, who was born Anthony Platt, died in his sleep after suffering a heart attack. He was 43. She also addressed rumors that her husband’s death was drug-related. Long-Platt told the outlet that she and her family are aware of the speculation. However, she insisted that Unk did not do drugs. That, she said, is the reason she wanted to reveal what really led to her husband’s death. Unk’s fatal heart attack wasn’t his first cardiac issue. He suffered a heart attack in 2009. Later, he told XXL that the medical issue was due to “not eating the right food,” and admitted that he had “stopped taking care of myself.” “I got to get healthy not just for my sake, but also for my kids and for my wife,” he said at the time, adding that he’d “calmed down on the drinking, on the beer, the smoking” in the wake of the scare. Remembering DJ Unk Long-Platt first shared news of Unk’s death on Jan. 24. In a Facebook post,...