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Now we have some tragic information to report from the world of music.
DJ Unk (whose actual title was Anthony Leonard Platt) has handed away on the age of 43.
Information of the rapper’s passing involves us courtesy of his spouse, Sherkita Lengthy-Platt.
DJ Unk’s Reason behind Dying
“Please respect me and my household. I simply misplaced my husband and my children simply misplaced their father,” Sherkita wrote on Fb Friday night time.
“Our life won’t ever be the identical. I LOVE YOU ANTHONY FOREVER,” her post concluded.
Platt’s cause of death has not been revealed, however the hip hop legend has been open about his lengthy battle with varied well being points.
“I had some medical points occurring from not consuming the appropriate meals and that simply come from after I stopped caring for myself. I received to get wholesome not only for my sake, but additionally for my children and for my spouse,” Platt instructed XXL in 2010 (by way of USA Today).
“It comes from not exercising, from not consuming proper. Principally man, I work arduous on a regular basis. The whole lot I do every single day I attempt to make one thing occur in my family,” he continued.
“I continually be on the go, I continually be on airplanes, in numerous climate and you understand it simply took a toll on me. It was stress.”
It’s unclear, right now, if Platt’s passing was a results of these well being points.
An Icon In His Discipline
Platt is greatest recognized for his 2006 hit “Stroll It Out.”
The music rose to quantity 10 on the Billboard Scorching 100 and quantity two on the outlet’s hip hop and R&B chart.
“Stroll It Out” made Unk a family title amongst hip hop followers. A later remix featured verses by Outkast and Jim Jones.
A follow-up single, “2 Step,” additionally carried out properly on the charts.
Unk continued to carry out stay till his last days, most just lately taking the stage on the Coulda Fest in his native Atlanta in September of final yr.
Our ideas exit to Unk’s family members throughout this enormously tough time.
