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Walk It Out Rapper DJ Unk's Tragic Cause Of Death Revealed

Walk It Out Rapper DJ Unk's Tragic Cause Of Death Revealed

We now know the story behind DJ Unk‘s tragic and untimely death.

As we reported on Saturday, the iconic Atlanta-based rapper — who rose to national prominence with his catchy hit Walk It Out back in the 2000s — died at just 43 years old. His wife Sherkita Long-Platt shared the news on social media that he’d passed away a couple days ago. The sad reveal quickly went viral as music lovers from all over mourned the tragic loss of the popular rapper and groundbreaking DJ who helped push the Atlanta rap music scene to the forefront during its golden age just after the turn of the century.

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Now, we know more about what happened — and specifically, we have learned Unk’s cause of death. According to TMZ early on Sunday morning, the Georgia-based DJ and rap star died in his sleep after suffering cardiac arrest. Ugh. So awful. And of course, the heart attack news is all the more shocking considering his relatively young age, as we noted above.

Plus, that outlet also reports that they spoke directly to Long-Platt about her husband’s passing. That’s because she wanted to set the record straight on the incident after hearing rumblings and rumors from people who are apparently NOT in the know that Unk supposedly died of drug-related causes. He didn’t do drugs, his spouse told TMZ, and so all the speculation about what might have happened on that end is totally baseless.

The real cause of death is much more basic than that. But it’s equally as sad: to think that a heart attack that claimed Unk’s relatively young life while he was sleeping.

Per that same outlet, Long-Platt says the family will be holding a candlelight vigil to celebrate DJ Unk’s life, music, and legacy on the Atlanta rap scene later on Sunday in the neighborhood where he lived.

Even now a few days after it happened, we’re still reeling over Long-Platt’s extremely sad reveal of Unk’s death. As we reported at the time, his grieving wife wrote this crushing statement on social media abruptly announcing the unexpected tragedy:

“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. I LOVE YOU ANTHONY FOREVER”

Just a gut punch.

We continue to send our condolences to Unk’s family, children, friends, fans, and other loved ones.

Rest in peace…

[Image via HipHopDX/YouTube]

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Jan 26, 2025 10:36am PDT