Rich Homie Quan Confirmed Dead At Age 34

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 speculation about his passing began circulating on social media on Thursday afternoon (September 5).

While they did not reveal 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 #gomissun-gga.”

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 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 reflecting his career, particularly his lyrics.

Speaking with Sway’s Universe in 2022, Quan revealed that he had rethought how he writes his lyrics in the wake of his former collaborator’s legal troubles, mostly because he doesn’t want his children to get the wrong idea about their father.

“Well, for one I really feel that we should protect Black art,” he 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, 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. 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, to which Quan replied: “Everything don’t gotta be shoot ’em up bang bang. You make ’em shoot ’em up bang bang then you put a target on your back before you made a RICO. 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.