Rich Homie Quan has died in his hometown of Atlanta at the age of 34.
According to TMZ, the news was confirmed by the former Think It’s A Game Records artist’s family as well as a representative for the Fulton County morgue after news began circulating on social media on Thursday afternoon (September 5).
While they did not speak to a cause of death, Rich Homie Quan’s family told TMZ they are “shattered and heartbroken by his sudden death.”
Boosie BadAzz was the first member of the Hip-Hop community to issue a public reaction, writing on X (formerly Twitter): “JUST GOT WORD @RichHomieQuan JUST OD [double exclamation points emoji] JUST TALK TO WUAN [sic] THE OTHER DAY #gomissunigga.”
JUST GOT WORD @RichHomieQuan JUST OD ‼️JUST TALK TO WUAN THE OTHER DAY #gomissunigga
— Boosie BadAzz (@BOOSIEOFFICIAL) September 5, 2024
Born Dequantes Devontay Lamar, Rich Homie Quan first rose to prominence in Hip Hop with the release of his 2013 single “Type Of Way.” Later that year, he delivered a show-stealing performance on YG’s “My N-gga,” paving the way for his inclusion as part of XXL‘s 2014 Freshman Class.
He and Young Thug would then join forces as Rich Gang, releasing their mega hit single “Lifestyle” via Cash Money Records in 2014.
While he’s been less active on the music front in recent year, Thug’s YSL Rico case had Quan revisiting his career in 2022, particularly his lyrics.
Speaking with Sway’s Universe in September of that year, Quan revealed that he has rethought how he writes his lyrics in the wake of the YSL RICO Case, mostly because he doesn’t want his children to get the wrong idea about their father.
Sway asked Rich Homie Quan to share his thoughts on the whole ordeal, and the Atlanta rapper admitted that what’s happening in his hometown has him stressed about creating his art.
“Well, for one I really feel that we should protect Black art,” Quan said. “Music is music. A lot of those songs are made from the third person anyway. I could have saw it, you could have saw it, and I also wanna say free Thugger man. Free YFN Lucci too. ‘Cause at the same time man those guys still got families. They got daughters and mothers that depend on them so I wouldn’t want nobody in them situation.”
He continued: “But I stay away from it. I watch what I say like I said earlier. My kids are getting older they can google me … so I care about what I’m saying in these songs, ’cause I know they’re listening and they gonna be, ‘My daddy Rich Homie, listen to what he said,’ so I don’t want them songs shoot ’em up bang bang.”
Sway then asked how situations like the YSL RICO case can be prevented in the future. “Everything don’t gotta be shoot ’em up bang bang,” Quan said. “You make ’em shoot ’em up bang bang then you put a target on your back before you made a RICO. Man so let’s get back to Hip Hop music.”
HipHopDX extends its condolences to Rich Homie Quan’s family and friends and the entire Atlanta Hip-Hop community.
