Unhappy information right this moment 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 stated in an announcement that Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital notified its personnel Thursday of the rapper’s dying.
No reason for dying has been introduced at the moment, 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… by which she says the artist isn’t respiratory and doesn’t have a heartbeat.
She additionally stated Wealthy Homie Quan was unresponsive on a sofa of their dwelling — 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 observe “Kind of Approach.”
He adopted it up with fan favorites resembling “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” and “Journey Out,” “Existence” and “Save Dat Cash.”
His debut album, “Wealthy 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 venture, “Wealthy Gang” and was was a frequent collaborator with fellow Atanta residents 2 Chainz and Jacquees.
“Dam lil brother, we simply spoke about taking pictures a video,” 2 Chainz wrote right this moment on Instagram after studying of this tragedy. “Particular prayer for you and your loved ones, and pray for any and all people that’s coping with one thing. My condolences bru.”
One other rapper, Boosie, additionally acknowledged experiences of an overdose inflicting Lamar’s dying in a sequence of message posted on Twitter.
“JUST TALKED TO YOU BRA,” he stated on this platform. “#tipQUAN By no means go neglect yo smile n the way in which talked n in fact yo music.”
In a follow-up publish, 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.
