The rapper of Atlanta who had success with “ Walk It Out ” and “2 Step” was 42

DJ UNK, the rapper of Atlanta who had a single pop 10 with “Walk It Out” in 2006 and followed with the Hit R&B “2 Step”, died on Friday. He was 42 years old. His wife Sherkita Long-Patt has published the news on social networks but has not provided the case or place of death.

“Please respect me and my family,” she wrote on Facebook. “I just lost my husband and my children have just lost their father. Our life will never be the same again. I love you Anthony forever.

Born on November 28, 1982 in the Georgia Capital, DJ Unk (real name Anthony Platt) burst into the music game in the South Style DJs based in Atlanta. He then signed with the local label Big Oomp and recorded his debut Beat’n in your block!Who has become the label’s first album to be distributed as part of a new agreement with Koch Records.

The disc clicked, fueled by the single “Walk it out”, which went to the n ° 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the n ° 2 on its total of Hot R & B / Hip Hop songs. Outkast appeared on a track remix, which he played at Bet Hip Hop Awards that year. It was also presented in a dance scene of the 2007 film of the film Tomp the courtyard. Watch the video of “Walk it out” here:

The UNK monitoring single was “2 step”, which reached the pop top 30 and hit the n ° 4 of the table of hot rap slopes. Released in early 2017 in early 2017, his remix included T-Pain. The two tracks were shot down Beat’n in your block!which just the upper half of the 200 200 billboard.

It would be the greatest national successes of UNK’s career. His second album 2 seconds season Arrived at the end of 2008 and included the single “show out”, which made the top 50 of pop and the top 20. Until 2015, none of which it was mapped.

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The rapper played his two great successes at the live event of the 2019 Super Bowl in Centennial Olympic Park, which was held at the Mercedes-Benz stadium in Atlanta. He continued to visit the university circuit.

Information on survivors other than UNK’s women and children was incomplete.