Wealthy Homie Quan — born Dequantes Lamar — reportedly died Thursday (Sept. 5) at 34 years outdated. The reason for the Atlanta rapper’s loss of life stays unknown.
TMZ first confirmed the information, citing household and the Fulton County Morgue, and Rolling Stone confirmed with a member of the family. Billboard has reached out to Quan’s supervisor and the Fulton County Morgue for affirmation.
Earlier than the information experiences, although, an abundance of artists paid tribute to Quan on social media, with Boosie Badazz, Jacquees and extra sending their condolences to the “Sort of Method” rapper.
Boosie was one of many first to ship the information on X. “JUST GOT WORD @RichHomieQuan JUST [DIED]. JUST TALK TO WUAN THE OTHER DAY,” he wrote. “JUST TALKED TO YOU BRA #tipQUAN By no means go overlook yo smile n the best way talked n in fact yo music.”
Jacquees, who has been a detailed collaborator of Wealthy Homie Quan’s for the final decade, wrote on X: “Relaxation in peace my brother Wealthy Homie Quan. I Love you for all times. #Richgang,” he shared alongside a photograph with Quan.
Fellow ATLien Playboi Carti additionally posted clips and images to his Instagram Story on Thursday of Quan and Younger Thug.
Quavo added in images of the Migos with Quan and Thugger to his Instagram Story and emotionally wrote in tribute to his late nephew TakeOff and Quan: “Could god be with US by no means noticed this as a part of our journey.”
Wealthy Homie Quan emerged alongside Younger Thug as a part of a tidal wave that cemented Atlanta because the rap capital of the world within the mid-2010s. He made a splash along with his debut on the charts in 2013 when his “Sort of Method” anthem peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Sizzling 100.
Quan netted a pair of prime 20 Sizzling 100 wins along with his assists on platinum information like YG’s “My Hitta” (No. 19) that includes Jeezy and Wealthy Gang’s ubiquitous “Life-style” (No. 16) with Thugger, which has earned 926.8 million on-demand official U.S. streams, based on Luminate.
Quan earned his solo peak on the Sizzling 100 with “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh).” The sleek Nitti-produced banger hit No. 12 on the chart in July 2015 and has amassed 608 million on-demand official U.S. streams, per Luminate.
Quan returned to the Sizzling R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart this week because of his visitor look on Travis Scott’s “Mamacita,” which hit No. 26 after being re-released to streaming for the primary time in celebration of the tenth anniversary of La Flame’s 2014 Days Earlier than Rodeo mixtape.
Motown Information got here calling and inked Quan to a deal in 2017, the place he launched his Again to the Fundamentals mixtape (No. 84 Billboard 200) and adopted up along with his Wealthy As in Spirit debut album (No. 32 Billboard 200) in 2018.
Up to now, based on Luminate, Quan’s catalog has compiled 3.34 billion on-demand official U.S. streams. Extra just lately, he independently launched singles similar to “Ah’chi” with 2 Chainz and “Genuine” earlier in 2024. His final undertaking got here with Household & Mula – Reloaded in 2022 by way of Wealthy Homie Leisure.
Jack Harlow recruited Quan to carry out at his debut Gazebo Pageant, the place he took the stage in Louisville again in Could.
This story first appeared on Billboard.com.
