We look back on the stars who died this year, including David Lynch, Irv Gotti, Bob Uecker, Leslie Charleson, Jeff Baena, and ...

According to reports from TMZ and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, DJ Unk's wife, Sherkita Long-Platt, revealed that he died of a heart attack in his sleep. She dispelled other claims circulating ...

DJ Unk, the rapper/producer best known for his smash dance hit, "Walk It Out" suffered a heart attack and passed away at the ...

As the songs exploded locally and then nationally, the hits on Unk's debut album, Beat'n Down Yo Block!, resuscitated Big Oomp Records as a model for self-sustained success. Throughout the 1990s ...

The rapper and DJ, who died over the weekend at 43, was the biggest hit for the indie label Big Oomp Records. Its brief but ...

Anirudh has been instrumental in bringing a new sound to Tamil cinema music. The composer is known to experiment with techno music and integrate actors' real-life personas for the background score ...

The family of an Atlanta hip-hop pioneer who died on Friday revealed his cause of death. DJ Unk, whose real name was Anthony Leonard Platt, died in his sleep from a heart attack, his wife Sherkita ...

Unk grew up in Atlanta and got his start with Big Oomp Records in 2000. Six years later, his debut album, “Beat’n Down Yo Block,” reached No. 21 on Billboard’s R&B and Hip-Hop chart.

Rapper DJ Unk, who was best known for the bouncy ... That same year he released “Beat’n Down Yo Block,” his debut album. Platt was also known for the 2006 single “2 Step” and released ...