The wife of Anthony Leonard Platt, the man better known as Atlanta hip-hop icon DJ Unk, has revealed the cause of his death.

Unk, the Atlanta rapper known for the hits “Walk It Out” and “2 Step,” has died, according to social media posts from his wife, Sherkita Long-Platt, and one of his former labels, Big Oomp Records. A ...

The album’s follow-up single “2 Step” reached Number 24 on the charts. Unk’s second album 2econd Season — featuring guests like Three 6 Mafia, Project Pat, Ying Yang Twins, and Sean Kingston — arrived ...

Unk dropped his sophomore album, “2econd Season,” in 2008, which peaked at No. 15 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. DJ Greg Street (Gregory Polk), DJ Unk (Anthony Platt) and producer ...

which just the top half of the Billboard 200. Those would be the biggest national hits of Unk’s career. His sophomore album 2econd Season arrived in late 2008 and included the single “Show Out ...

Though these two tracks would become the hallmark of Unk’s career, he continued to explore new musical avenues. His sophomore album, 2econd Season, was released in late 2008, featuring the singl ...

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, Sherkita Long ...

The success of those tracks solidified DJ Unk as a leader of the snap subgenre of Southern hip-hop. His second album, 2econd Season, released in 2008, peaked at No. 15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ...

DJ Unk, the Atlanta rapper behind the 2006 snap smash "Walk It Out," has died at age 43, his family shared on social media Friday (Jan. 24).

DJ Unk, a hip-hop artist known for mid-2000s ... Two years later, his second and final studio album, “2econd Season” — featuring collaborations with Project Pat, Ray J, Sean Kingston ...

He released his sophomore album “2econd Season” in 2008 and it performed slightly better than its predecessor but failed to produce singles that achieved the same success. In Aug. 2009 ...

DJ Unk, the Atlanta rapper who scored a pair of mid-2000s hits with “Walk It Out” and “2 Step,” has died at the age of 43. The rapper born Anthony Platt’s wife announced her husband’s ...