articleLOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 25: Rich Homie Quan performs during the inaugural 2024 Gazebo Festival at Waterfront Park on May 25, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images)
FULTON COUNTY, Ga. – Atlanta rapper Rich Homie Quann, whose real name is Dequantes Devontay Lamar, has died. He was 34.
The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the death to FOX 5.
Social media began blowing up with the news the rapper’s death early Thursday afternoon.
Thugger Daily, who has become an armchair expert on the Young Thug and YSL trial, was one of the first to post the news.
Since then, many others have begun expressing their condolences online.
TMZ reported they were told by Lamar’s family that he died Thursday in his home.
Multiple reports say Quann died from a drug overdose. However, that information has not been confirmed.
An autopsy is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 6.
When did Rich Homie Quan’s career begin?
Rich Homie Quan began rapping in 2011 and his first mainstream success was “Type of Way” in 2013. His 2015 single, “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” was also well received.
He was nominated for various BET Hip Hop awards, including Best New Artist and Best Club Banger, in 2014 and 2015. He was also nominated for iHeartRadio Music Awards’ Hip Hop Song of the Year in 2016.
He also joined Young Thug on the Cash Money Records project, “Rich Gang,” and often collaborated with rappers 2 Chainz and Jacquees.
Lamar was born in Atlanta and played baseball while attending Ronald McNair Sr. High School, with the aspiration of playing professionally. He briefly attended Fort Valley State University before reportedly dropping out because of money.
In 2014, Lamar’s father, Corey Lamar, was shot at his barbershop.
Why has he been mentioned in the Young Thug/YSL RICO trial?
The former star witness in the Young Thug and YSL RICO trial, Kenneth “Lil Woody” Copeland, admitted on the stand that he and his friend known as “Threat” were responsible for the shooting. The state’s prosecutors were trying to tie the crime to Young Thug, but Copeland said that he had nothing to do with it.
In 2017, Lamar was stopped by police in Louisville, Georgia. Police found multiple drugs in his vehicle and he was charged with felony drug possession with intent to distribute. The case was later dismissed, according to TMZ.
