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DJ Unk, ‘Walk It Out’ Rapper, Dead at 43

DJ Unk, the Atlanta rapper who scored a pair of mid-2000s hits with "Walk It Out" and "2 Step," has died at the age of 43.

Atlanta rapper born Anthony Platt also scored a hit in the mid-2000s with "2 Step," and collaborated with artists like Outkast, Three 6 Mafia, and Ying Yang Twins Unk’s second album 2econd Season — featuring guests like Three 6 Mafia, Project Pat, Ying Yang Twins, and Sean Kingston — arrived in 2008. However, the following year, Platt suffered a heart attack — which he attributed to stress, non-stop touring, and an unhealthy lifestyle — that forced him to scale back his career.

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