ATLANTA — Rapper Rich Homie Quan died of an accidental drug overdose, the Georgia Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed.
The cause of death for the hip-hop artist, born Dequantes Devontay Lamar, was from a variety of drugs including fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine and promethazine, according to a Fulton County medical examiner’s report obtained by People Magazine on Tuesday.
The report said Quan showed no signs of trauma when his body was found. His death was ruled an accident.
His brother told police he thought Quan was sleeping on the kitchen floor before picking the rapper up and putting him on the couch, saying it was “very unusual” to see food still in his mouth.
Later that morning, the police were called by a woman who noticed that Quan’s body was cold and that he was not breathing.
Quan, 33, who died in an Atlanta hospital on Sept. 5, was one of them biggest names in hip hop in the mid-2010s. He gained mainstream fame with the trap singles “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” and “Type of Way,” which became such a hit that several other rappers jumped on the remix bandwagon, including Jeezy and Meek Mill.
Quan appeared on a YG track with Jeezy and released the London on da Track-produced track “Lifestyle” through his Rich Gang rap collective as including Young Thug and Birdman.
Quan followed up with “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh),” a song produced by DJ Spinz and Nitti Beatz. It became his highest-charting solo single at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. He was also involved Lil Dicky’s viral “$ave Dat Money.”
In 2018, Quan debuted his first and only studio album “Rich as in Spirit”, which mostly went without any features – except for “Think About It”, a single with Rick Ross.