DJ ONK
Cause of death
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DJ ONKThe cause of death has been revealed … The rapper from Atlanta died of a heart attack … TMZ heard.
Unk’s wife, Sherkita Long-Platt TMZ says he died in his sleep on January 24 after a cardiac arrest. She says that the family is aware of different rumors that are circulating about the way he died … and she wants people to know the truth. She tells us that the speculation that he died of drugs is not true, since he did not use drugs.
We are told that there will be a wake near Candlelight later today in his neighborhood in Atlanta.
As we reported … Sherkita shared the news of his death On Facebook wrote on Friday … “Respect me and my family. I just lost my husband and my children have just lost their father. Our lives will never be the same again. I love you, Anthony forever”
He started in the late nineties and eventually founded Southern Style DJs DJ Montay And DJ Jelly. Unk signed in 2000 at Big Oomp Records.
In 2009 he had to deal with non-specific health problems that influenced his career. In the following years he released a few more singles.
He was only 43.
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