ATLANTA — Family members have reportedly shared the cause of death for DJ Unk, the Atlanta rapper famously known for his hit song "Walk It Out." Fans learned of his passing last week ...

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.

Rapper DJ Unk died of a heart attack, his wife has revealed days after his death at age 43. The attack killed him as he slept, his wife, Sherkita Long-Platt, told TMZ. Long-Platt noted that her ...

DJ Unk died of a heart attack. The passing of the Atlanta rapper - who was best known for his 2006 hits 'Walk It Out' and '2 Step' - on Friday (24.01.25) was confirmed by his wife, Sherkita Long ...

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 ...

DJ Unk passed away on January 24 -- Photo Credit: Facebook/sherkita.platt In an interview with the news outlet, the deceased rapper’s wife, Sherkita Long-Platt, said he suffered the January 24 ...

Sherkita says Unk did not do drugs. DJ Unk's death was first revealed by Sherkita via social media on Jan. 24. "Please respect me and my family," she shared in a post on Facebook. "I lost my ...

DJ Unk’s death shocked the hip-hop community over the weekend. But just a couple of days after his passing, we’re finally learning what led to the Atlanta rapper no longer being with us.

Just days after the announcement of the death of DJ Unk, the Atlanta rapper known for mid-2000s hits like “Walk It Out” and “2 Step,” his wife has revealed the cause of his death. On Sunday, the ...

DJ Unk's Big Oomp Records label and his wife, Sherkita Long-Platt, revealed he died on Jan. 24 Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.