Atlanta rapper Rich Homie Quan dies at 33

Atlanta rapper Wealthy Homie Quan, who burst onto the hip-hop scene in 2013, died in Georgia, authorities mentioned.

The Fulton County Medical Examiner mentioned in a press release that Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital notified its personnel Thursday of the rapper’s demise.

He was 33, the workplace mentioned.

A trigger and method of demise was not launched. An post-mortem has been scheduled for Friday, the health worker mentioned.

The artist, whose given title is Dequantes Devontay Lamar, scored an enormous hit greater than a decade in the past with the track “Kind of Method.” He adopted it up in 2015 with “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh).”

Rapper Boosie Badazz posted about his pal’s demise on social media.

He mentioned the 2 had “GOOD ASS MEMORIES TOGETHER N THAT GO ALWAYS BRING A SMILE TO MY FACE. #restupquan.”

Boosie Badazz mentioned the 2 artists have been collaborating collectively earlier than Wealthy Homie Quan’s demise.

Wealthy Homie Quan’s household and his administration representatives couldn’t be reached for remark Thursday afternoon.

In 2014, Wealthy Homie Quan was named to rap publication XXL’s coveted inaugural Freshman Class, Selection reported. Others named by the journal embrace Likelihood the Rapper, Ty Dolla $ign and Kevin Gates.

Throughout his profession, he was nominated for a number of BET and BET Hip Hop Awards together with greatest new artist and folks’s champ award, Selection reported.

Wealthy Homie Quan additionally collaborated with different notable names within the business equivalent to 2 Chainz, Younger Thug, Gucci Mane and Trinidad James.

CORRECTION (Sept. 5, 2024, 6:12 p.m. ET): A earlier model of this text misstated Wealthy Homie Quan’s age. He was 33, not 34.