Rich Homie Quan dies at 33 years old: What was the cause of the rapper’s death?

The American rapper Rich Homie Quan, who had a major hit with the 2013 single “Type of Way”, has died at the age of 33.

Not known how Quan died

Quan, whose real name was Dequantes Devontay Lamar, was confirmed dead on Thursday in a statement issued to the media by the Fulton County Medical Examiner.

Jimmy Sadler, Fulton County’s senior medical examiner investigator, told the Associated Press that the artist died at an Atlanta hospital, with an autopsy scheduled to take place on Friday.

Details of Quan’s cause of death have not been revealed.

Was foaming at mouth, per 911 call

The celebrity-news outlet TMZ has obtained a recording of the 911 call made by Quan’s girlfriend, Amber Williams, after she discovered him unresponsive at his Atlanta home.

Williams told the dispatcher that he had been asleep on the couch when she took her son to school, and that she had returned to find he hadn’t moved. “I don’t feel a heartbeat, I don’t see him breathing”, Williams said, per TMZ, adding that he appeared to be foaming at the mouth.

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Born in Atlanta in 1990, Quan not only enjoyed chart success with “Type of Way”, but also his 2015 single “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)”. He released one studio album, Rich as in Spirit, in 2018.

During his career, the rapper was nominated for a BET Award for Best New Artist, and for a total of four BET Hip Hop Awards.