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 shining moment injected fun back into a scene in transition.

The wife of Anthony Leonard Platt, the man better known as Atlanta hip-hop icon DJ Unk, has revealed the cause of his death.

DJ Unk passed away after he suffered from a heart attack. The Atlanta rapper's wife, Sherkita Long-Platt, confirmed his cause of death to TMZ on Sunday, January 26. She said Unk suffered a heart attack while he was asleep and never woke up.