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DJ Unk (whose actual identify was Anthony Leonard Platt) has handed away on the age of 43.
DJ Unk attends the BET Awards 2023 at Microsoft Theater on June 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by Paras Griffin/Getty Photos for BET)
DJ Unk’s Explanation for Loss of life
“Please respect me and my family. I just lost my husband and my kids just lost their father,” Sherkita wrote on Fb Friday evening.
“Our life will never be the same. I LOVE YOU ANTHONY FOREVER,” her publish concluded.
Platt’s explanation for demise has not been revealed, however the hip hop legend has been open about his lengthy battle with varied well being points.
DJ Unk peforms onstage as Druski hosts first-ever âCoulda Festâ Comedy and Music Competition at State Farm Enviornment on September 07, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photograph by Paras Griffin/Getty Photos)
“I had some medical issues going on from not eating the right food and that just come from when I stopped taking care of myself. I got to get healthy not just for my sake, but also for my kids and for my wife,” Platt informed XXL in 2010 (through USA Immediately).
“It comes from not exercising, from not eating right. Basically man, I work hard everyday. Everything I do every day I try to make something happen in my household,” he continued.
“I constantly be on the go, I constantly be on airplanes, in different weather and you know it just took a toll on me. It was stress.”
It’s unclear, at the moment, if Platt’s passing was a results of these well being points.
DJ Unk attends the BET Awards 2023 at Microsoft Theater on June 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by Bennett Raglin/Getty Photos for BET)
An Icon In His Area
Platt is finest identified for his 2006 hit “Walk It Out.”
The track rose to quantity 10 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 and quantity two on the outlet’s hip hop and R&B chart.
“Walk It Out” made Unk a family identify amongst hip hop followers. A later remix featured verses by Outkast and Jim Jones.
A follow-up single, “2 Step,” additionally carried out effectively on the charts.
Unk continued to carry out dwell till his remaining days, most just lately taking the stage on the Coulda Fest in his native Atlanta in September of final 12 months.
Our ideas exit to Unk’s family members throughout this enormously troublesome time.
