DJ Unk
‘Stroll It Out’ Rapper Useless at 43
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Atlanta rapper and DJ Unk has died … TMZ has discovered.
Unk’s spouse, Sherkita Lengthy-Platt, posted on Fb Friday afternoon … “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”
Unk — authorized identify Anthony Leonard Platt — began out within the late Nineties, ultimately forming Southern Model DJs with DJ Montay and DJ Jelly, throwing events round Georgia. Unk acquired signed to Huge Oomp Information in 2000, together with Montay.
Unk’s platinum single “Walk It Out” from the 2006 album “Beat’n Down Yo Block!” cracked the highest 10 on the Billboard 100, and the monitor “2 Step” from the identical album was licensed gold.
He was coping with unspecified well being points in 2009, affecting his profession exercise. He launched a pair extra singles within the following years, and was featured on the 2K Sports activities NBA 2K9 online game.
Unk was 43.
RIP
