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Rich Homie Quan, who hit the airwaves big with his single “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh),” has reportedly died according to several reports and messages from those close to him. As this is a breaking story, we will update this post repeatedly as more details emerge.
Rich Homie Quan, real name Dequantes Lamar, was born on October 4, 1989, in Atlanta, Ga. After a stint as a college baseball player and spending 15 months behind bars, Quan began taking music seriously around 2012 and continued to grow his artistry. In 2013, Quan scored his first hit, “Type Of Way” from his mixtape Still Goin In: Reloaded. He followed that with another gold-selling single “Walk Thru” with Problem the following year.
In 2015, the aforementioned “Flex” became Quan’s signature song and to date has sold over 3 million copies. He was also a member of Birdman’s supergroup Rich Gang with Young Thug.
From what we’re able to gather, the news was first broken by R&B singer Jacquees, who has collaborated with Rich Homie Quan and the wider Rich Gang collective on several tracks. Jacquees also shared an image of the pair, referring to his fallen comrade as a “legend.”
Rich Homie Quan’s name was also recently mentioned during the still-ongoing Young Thug and YSL trial in Georgia after YSL Woody curiously name-dropped the rapper while on the stand sending attendees inside the court including Thug himself into a fit of laughter.
On X, formerly Twitter, the news of Rich Homie Quan’s passing is still moving through the timeline. We’ve captured some responses and will return with more details as we have them.
Rich Homie Quan was 34.
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Another familiar face is about to make an appearance at Young Thug’s RICO trial. Rich Homie Quan has been called to testify.
As reported by HipHopDX the former Rich Gang member will see his former collaborator in person in court. According to the X, formerly known as Twitter, account @ThuggerDaily, a fan account that provides daily updates on Young Thug, Rich Homie Quan has been formally subpoenaed by the State of Georgia to testify. “He is expected to take the stand in the upcoming few weeks. Just to be clear – this does NOT mean he cooperated or will cooperate” the caption read. The post also included a screenshot of the subpoena which reads confirms the Lieutenant Investigator’s serving of Dequantes Lamar, Rich Homie Quan’s government name.
This subpoena should not be taken as a sign that Rich Homie Quan will be taking the stand against Young Thug. A subpoena is simply a written order that requires an individual to appear before a court during a legal proceeding. The two previously collaborated during their run at Cash Money Records with their biggest being “Lifestyle”. Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug would go their separate ways but Quan has always spoken highly on Thug.
In an interview with VladTV he revealed those were some of the best years of his life. “Even now I don’t have no bad blood with [Young] Thug or Bird [Man]. We were all in a great place in our life and that’s what it is about. At any time we can press play and do it again” he said.
It is unclear when Rich Homie Quan will testify.
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Roddy Ricch, one of the young stars of the current generation, and Rich Homie Quan, a talented artist in his own right, got into some mild back and forth online. However, the two rappers patched up their differences but not before Twitter got some hot takes off.
Roddy Ricch, 24, exploded on the scene in 2018 with his gold-selling mixtape Feed Tha Streets II and in 2019 with his double-platinum debut studio album Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial. Rich Homie Quan, 33, has a number of plaques on his wall for “Type Of Way,” “Flex (Ooh Ooh Ooh),” and big features with the likes of YG, Lil Dicky, and others.
As we understand it, Rich Homie Quan hopped on social media to question why Roddy Ricch removed his verse from a DJ Drama track (“FMFU”) that was due to come out and challenged his rapping peer to a VERZUZ battle to the tune of millions of dollars. This prompted an unfortunate battle of generations who forgot Quan had joints on the radio long before Roddy Ricch, who definitely isn’t a slouch himself.
As it stands, both Roddy Ricch and Rich Homie Quan settled this mock meat tussle like men and hopped on the phone with Quan posting to his Instagram Stories that the pair “settled it like men” and apologized for going at the young star.
Hopefully, this translates into new music coming from the pair as there is enough room for both of these greats to eat out there.
Check out reactions from all sides in the tweets collected below.
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