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DJ Unk (Anthony Platt), 42
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This Atlanta rapper introduced snap music to the lots because of his hit 2006 songs “Stroll it Out” and “2 Step.”
Anthony Platt, higher identified by his stage identify DJ Unk, was a fixture within the Atlanta rap scene within the late Nineteen Nineties. He DJed at every thing from pep rallies to proms.
He launched his first album, “Beat’n Down Yo Block!” in 2006 and located enormous acclaim on account of his two large hit songs, “Stroll it Out” and “2 Step.”
“Stroll it Out” obtained as excessive as No. 10 on the Billboard charts and went platinum.
His second album, “2econd Season,” was launched in 2008 however did not discover the identical acclaim as his debut.
In 2009, on account of continuous touring and onerous partying, DJ Unk suffered a coronary heart assault.
DJ Unk died on January 24. His spouse, Sherkita Lengthy-Platt, stated in a Fb put up that he died in his sleep after struggling a cardiac arrest.