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My Take
Rich Homie Quan occupies a special place in my mental map of 2010s Atlanta rap. His melodic, half-sung delivery on 'Type of Way' and 'Flex' helped normalize the singing-rapper hybrid that now dominates the genre, and I don't think he gets nearly enough credit for that. He was a stylist more than a technician, but style is exactly what moves hip-hop forward. His death in 2024, at just thirty-four, felt like losing a chapter of the culture mid-sentence. When I revisit his peak run, I hear an artist whose influence quietly outgrew his chart numbers, and that is the mark of someone who mattered.
Overview
Dequantes Devontay Lamar (October 4, 1989 – September 5, 2024), known professionally as Rich Homie Quan, was an American rapper. Beginning his career in 2011, Lamar first saw mainstream success with his 2013 single "Type of Way", which peaked at number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100. His 2015 single, "Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)", saw further success at number 26 on the chart.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rich Homie Quan
- Name (Japanese)
- リッチ・ホーミー・クアン
- Reading
- りっち・ほーみー・くあん
- Born
- October 4, 1989 – September 5, 2024
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Snake
- Origin
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- rapper / singer / songwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- McNair High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://richhomiequan.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/richhomiequan/
- Xhttps://x.com/RichHomieQuan
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich%20Homie%20Quan
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.