Celebrities Who Died in 2025

DJ Unk (Anthony Platt), 42

This Atlanta rapper introduced snap music to the plenty because of his hit 2006 songs “Stroll it Out” and “2 Step.”

Anthony Platt, higher identified by his stage title DJ Unk, was a fixture within the Atlanta rap scene within the late Nineties. He DJed at every little thing from pep rallies to proms.

He launched his first album, “Beat’n Down Yo Block!” in 2006 and located big acclaim on account of his two large hit songs, “Stroll it Out” and “2 Step.”

“Stroll it Out” bought 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 arduous partying, DJ Unk suffered a coronary heart assault.

DJ Unk died on January 24. His spouse, Sherkita Lengthy-Platt, mentioned in a Fb submit that he died in his sleep after struggling a cardiac arrest.