Rapper DJ Unk’s wife reveals his cause of death

Rapper DJ Unk died of a bosom attack, his woman has revealed days aft his decease astatine property 43.

The onslaught killed him arsenic helium slept, his wife, Sherkita Long-Platt, told TMZ.

Long-Platt noted that her husband, whose fixed sanction was Anthony Platt, did not bash drugs, dispelling rumors his decease was substance-related.

She revealed the quality connected Sunday, the aforesaid time family, friends and fans honored him astatine a vigil and balloon release successful Atlanta’s Central Park. They remembered him for his charity and kindness arsenic good arsenic his artistry, arsenic WXIA-TV reported.

DJ Unk had had a heart onslaught successful 2009 erstwhile helium was conscionable 27, helium told hip-hop quality website XXL successful a 2010 interview. The “Walk it Out” and “2 Step” rapper attributed that to atrocious eating habits and moving himself into the crushed with a punishing circuit schedule.

“I perpetually beryllium connected the go, I perpetually beryllium connected airplanes, successful antithetic upwind and you cognize it conscionable took a toll connected me,” helium told the outlet. “It was stress.”

Unk said the acquisition had inspired him to modify his habits. On Friday Long-Platt broke the devastating news, posting connected Facebook that she had “just mislaid my hubby and my kids conscionable mislaid their father.”

His signaling label, Big Oomp Records, paid tribute with an Instagram station encouraging radical to ablution virtual flowers connected a station from website Atlanta Culture, which called DJ Unk an creator whose enactment “brought vigor that defined an era.”

“Today, we observe the beingness and bequest of DJ Unk,” Big Oomp said. “Put your flowers successful the comments arsenic we grant his interaction connected Atlanta and beyond.”

Unk was known for his “Beat’n Down Yo Block” debut album, which deed No. 21 connected the 2006 Billboard R&B and Hip-Hop chart. “Walk It Out” took the federation by creation storm, and “2 Step” went gold.

That debut medium “didn’t conscionable springiness america hits, they gave america culture,” Atlanta Culture said successful its station honoring the fallen rapper. “From nine floors to artifact parties, his euphony made everyone move.”