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. "I just lost my husband and my kids lost their father,

The family of an Atlanta hip-hop pioneer who died on Friday revealed his cause of death. DJ Unk, whose real name was Anthony Leonard Platt, died in his sleep from a heart attack, his wife Sherkita Long-Platt told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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DJ Unk, Walk It Out Rapper, Dead at 43 DJ Unk, real name Anthony Leonard Platt, has died. He was 43. The 'Walk it Out' rapper died last week, according to a Facebook post by his wife, Sherkita Long-Platt.