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.

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,

Two days after the death of DJ Unk, the Atlanta rapper behind the 2006 snap hit "Walk It Out," his wife has revealed the cause of his passing. Sherkita Long-Platt, DJ Unk's widow, confirmed on Friday (Jan.