ATLANTA (AP) 鈥 Rapper Rich Homie Quan died from an accidental drug overdose, the medical examiner's office in Georgia confirmed.
The cause of death for the hip-hop performer, born Dequantes Devontay Lamar, was from a slew of drugs such as fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine and promethazine, a spokesperson for the Fulton County medical examiner's office said on Wednesday.
Quan showed no signs of trauma when his body was found. His brother told police that he thought Quan was asleep on the floor by the kitchen before he picked up the rapper and put him on the couch, saying it was 鈥渧ery unusual鈥 to see food still in his mouth.
Later that morning, police were called by a woman who noticed that Quan鈥檚 body was cold and he was not breathing.
Quan, 33, , was one of the in the mid-2010s. He gained mainstream fame through the rap singles 鈥淔lex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)" and 鈥淭ype of Way," which became such a success that several other rappers jumped on the remix, including Jeezy and Meek Mill.
Quan appeared on a YG track with Jeezy and released the London on da Track-produced song 鈥淟ifestyle鈥 through his Rich Gang rap collective that and Birdman.
Quan followed up with 鈥淔lex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh),鈥 a song produced by DJ Spinz and Nitti Beatz. It became his highest charting solo single at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. He was also featured on
In 2018, Quan debuted his first and only studio album 鈥淩ich as in Spirit,鈥 which mostly went without any features 鈥 except for 鈥淭hink About It,鈥 a single with Rick Ross.
