Unhappy information in the present day out of the music world:
Wealthy Homie Quan, the platinum-selling rapper whose actual title was Dequantes Devontay Lamar, handed away on September 5 in his Atlanta residence.
He as 34 years previous.
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.
No reason for demise has been introduced presently, though an post-mortem has been scheduled for Friday.
TMZ, nevertheless, obtained the recording of a 911 name positioned by the star’s girlfriend on Thursday afternoon… through which she says the artist just isn’t respiratory and doesn’t have a heartbeat.
She additionally mentioned Wealthy Homie Quan was unresponsive on a sofa of their house — and that he started foaming on the mouth when she tried to maneuver him.
Particularly well-known and beloved in his native metropolis of Atlanta, the musician burst onto the scene in 2013 with the monitor “Type of Way.”
He adopted it up with fan favorites akin to “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” and “Ride Out,” “Lifestyles” and “Save Dat Money.”
His debut album, “Rich as in Spirit,” was launched in March 2018 and peaked at number-32 on the Billboard 200 chart.
The rapper at one joined Younger Thug on the Money Cash Data challenge, “Rich Gang” and was was a frequent collaborator with fellow Atanta residents 2 Chainz and Jacquees.
“Dam lil brother, we just spoke about shooting a video,” 2 Chainz wrote in the present day on Instagram after studying of this tragedy. “Special prayer for you and your family, and pray for any and everybody that’s dealing with something. My condolences bru.”
One other rapper, Boosie, additionally acknowledged reviews of an overdose inflicting Lamar’s demise in a sequence of message posted on Twitter.
“JUST TALKED TO YOU BRA,” he mentioned on this platform. “#tipQUAN Never go forget yo smile n the way talked n of course yo music.”
In a follow-up submit, Boosie added:
“WE GOT SOME GOOD ASS MEMORIES TOGETHER N THAT GO ALWAYS BRING A SMILE TO MY FACE #restupquan WE WAS COOKING UP SOME S— TOO.”
Lamar was father to 4 sons — two shared with Amber “Rella” Williams, plus two from a earlier relationship. Might he relaxation in peace.
