[Music] rap star Rich Homie Quan has died at his home in Atlanta Florida on Thursday the American Musician whose real name dequ Devonte Lamar and released tracks including type of way and lifestyle was just 34 family members of the star have explained they are shattered and heartbroken by his sudden death thought MZ broke news of the musicians passing writing that his family are shattered and heartbroken by his sudden death no cause of death has been reported and they're desperately searching for answers while tributes to the late musician have been issued by those close to him and others in the music industry singer Jack quis a frequent collaborator of riches took to X to share condolences posting rest in peace my brother Rich Homie Quan I Love You for Life # G and friend Richard Stark shared an Instagram story post that stated I'm devastated following the shock news of Rich's death Rich was signed to mtown records and first started releasing music in 2012 with his debut mixtape titled I go on every song It wasn't until 2018 that he released his debut album titled rich as in spirit the record included singles changed and 34 his biggest hits were type of way which was released in 20133 and flex ooh ooh ooh which was released in 2015 his track ride out which featured kid in Tiga whale and W was his only charting track in the UK and reached number 70 and was taken from the soundtrack Furious 7 original motion picture soundtrack the musician had four Sons including his eldest Devon who was born in 2006 but the singer wasn't informed about until 5 years later I in 2022 Rich shared his happiness over the fact he had released his first new music since 2019 he told all hipop it feels good to have the project out I hadn't dropped a project in like 3 years so it feels good um the team feels strong I'm in a great space mentally so it's easy to record it's easy to create I just feel like a new artist to be honest expanding on the gap between releases the music star added I was going through a litigation with my former label TIG at the time and I couldn't put out new music for two and a half a years I couldn't drop music so when the litigation was over that's when I signed with Motown capital