ATLANTA — Rapper Wealthy Homie Quan died from an unintentional drug overdose, the medical expert’s workplace in Georgia confirmed.
The reason for loss of life for the hip-hop performer, born Dequantes Devontay Lamar, was from a slew of medicine akin to fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine and promethazine, in line with a Fulton County medical expert’s report obtained by Individuals Journal on Tuesday.
The report stated that Quan confirmed no indicators of trauma when his physique was discovered. His loss of life was dominated an accident.
His brother informed police that he thought Quan was asleep on the ground by the kitchen earlier than he picked up the rapper and put him on the sofa, saying it was “very uncommon” to see meals nonetheless in his mouth.
Later that morning, police had been referred to as by a lady who seen that Quan’s physique was chilly and he was not respiration.
Quan, 33, who died at an Atlanta hospital on Sept. 5, was one of many largest names in hip-hop within the mid-2010s. He gained mainstream fame by the lure singles “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” and “Sort of Manner,” which grew to become so successful that a number of different rappers jumped on the remix, together with Jeezy and Meek Mill.
Quan appeared on a YG monitor with Jeezy and launched the London on da Monitor-produced music “Life-style” by his Wealthy Gang rap collective that included Younger Thug and Birdman.
Quan adopted up with “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh),” a music produced by DJ Spinz and Nitti Beatz. It grew to become his highest charting solo single at No. 26 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart. He was additionally featured on Lil Dicky’s viral “$ave Dat Cash.”
In 2018, Quan debuted his first and solely studio album “Wealthy as in Spirit,” which principally went with none options — aside from “Assume About It,” a single with Rick Ross.
