Rich Homie Quan. Photo by Raven Young.
Atlanta rapper and former Rich Gang member Rich Homie Quan has died. A representative of the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the news to Rolling Stone on Thursday evening. He was 34.
Quan was born Dequantes Devontay Lamar in Atlanta on October 4, 1989. He began releasing music in 2012, dropping his debut mixtape, I Go In on Every Song, and its follow-up, Still Going In, the same year. He scored his first major hit with 2013’s “Type of Way.” Shortly thereafter, he teamed up with Young Thug to lead the Young Money/Cash Money supergroup Rich Gang. Their 2014 single “Lifestyle” and mixtape Rich Gang: Tha Tour Pt. 1 are modern classics.
Independently, he released several more hit singles — including the triple-platinum “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” — as well as a dozen-odd mixtapes and EPs. The streak paused for roughly a year and a half starting in late 2015, a period during which he sued his former label TIG over allegedly unpaid royalties, later settling out of court under undisclosed terms. Alex Russell interviewed Quan for The FADER about his comeback and signing to Motown Records in 2017. He dropped his sole studio LP, Rich as in Spirit, the following year.
