Atlanta’s Beloved Rapper Rich Homie Quan Mourned After Tragic Passing

Vibrant Career Cut Short

The music world is mourn­ing the loss of Atlanta rap­per Rich Homie Quan, who passed away at the young age of 34 in his hometown. 

The Ful­ton Coun­ty Med­ical Exam­in­er con­firmed the artist’s death on Thurs­day, though the cause remains unknown pend­ing an autop­sy sched­uled for Friday.

Rich Homie Quan, whose real name was Dequantes Devon­tay Lamar, rose to fame in the mid-2010s with hits like “Type of Way” and “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh).”

He earned mul­ti­ple nom­i­na­tions at the BET and BET Hip Hop Awards, cement­ing his sta­tus as one of Atlanta’s most promi­nent mod­ern rappers.

Tributes from the Rap Community

News of Rich Homie Quan’s pass­ing has sparked an out­pour­ing of trib­utes from across the hip-hop world. Fel­low Atlanta artist 2 Chainz took to Insta­gram, express­ing his con­do­lences and recall­ing plans to shoot a music video togeth­er. Singer Jacquees called Quan a “leg­end” and said, “I love you for Life.”

Pro­duc­er Alex Tumay, who col­lab­o­rat­ed with the rap­per over the years, described Quan as “one of the nicest peo­ple I ever worked with and a true artist.” Qua­vo, anoth­er acclaimed Atlanta rap­per, post­ed a pho­to of him­self with Quan and oth­er artists, writ­ing, “May God be with us, nev­er saw this being apart of our journey.”

Overcoming Adversity

Rich Homie Quan’s life sto­ry was one of resilience and deter­mi­na­tion. Born in 1989, he was raised by a sin­gle par­ent and orig­i­nal­ly dreamed of becom­ing a pro­fes­sion­al base­ball play­er. How­ev­er, he encoun­tered legal trou­bles in his ear­ly 20s, spend­ing 15 months in jail for his involve­ment in a series of burglaries.

After his release, Quan threw him­self whole­heart­ed­ly into his music career, ulti­mate­ly find­ing main­stream suc­cess and becom­ing a promi­nent fig­ure in the Atlanta rap scene. His open­ness about his past strug­gles and his ded­i­ca­tion to his craft endeared him to fans and fel­low artists alike.