The family of an Atlanta hip-hop pioneer who died on Friday revealed his cause of death. DJ Unk, whose real name was Anthony Leonard Platt, died in his sleep from a heart attack, his wife Sherkita Long-Platt told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Two days after the death of DJ Unk, the Atlanta rapper behind the 2006 snap hit "Walk It Out," his wife has revealed the cause of his passing. Sherkita Long-Platt, DJ Unk's widow, confirmed on Friday (Jan.

The wife of Anthony Leonard Platt, the man better known as Atlanta hip-hop icon DJ Unk, has revealed the cause of his death.