mike check check check check once again once again hip hop has lost another critical piece to the Talisman of this culture Rich Homie Quan has passed away the Atlanta Titan of music released classic tracks Type of Way Flex lifestyle and many more uh he was a critical piece of Rich Gang and a fantastic solo artist on his own here's how t MZ hip hop reported the passing of Rich homi Quan rich homi Kwan died Thursday in his Atlanta home according to his family in a rep for the Fon County morg Rich homi Quan's family tells TMZ hip hop they are shattered and heartbroken by a sudden death no cause of death has been reported and they're desperately searching for answer answers now there's been a lot of online speculation about the cause of death uh little Boosy uh he said that he was told that it was because of an overdose TMZ also did an update they have the 911 call uh I'm not going to play that for you but I'll read the content of that call per TMZ Rich Homie Quan was foaming at the mouth wasn't breathing and had no heartbeat when his girlfriend called 911 we obtained the emergenc we obtained the emergency call related to the Atlanta rapper's death and his girlfriend Amber Williams is frantic as she talks to the dispatcher Rich Homie Quan's girlfriend says he was on the couch in the morning when she took her son to school so she put a blanket over him but she says when she got home she noticed he hadn't moved she says she didn't feel a heartbeat couldn't see him breathing and turned him over resulting in foaming at the mouth now so far the cause of death remains unclear though his new audio shed some light on the circumstance surrounding Rich Homie Quan's passing you know rich homie Kwan is one of these artists that I think a lot of people uh an entire generation grew up with I mean the massive success of Lifestyle type of way I don't think any of us who've ever heard that song will ever will ever forget those moments where we celebrated to the rich homi Kwan soundtrack in the original story of Rich Homie Quan uh reporting on his passing they also shared something I thought was really interesting giving a giving more context to his frame of mind about the state of Hip Hop at least in the past two years here's a clip from a conversation that they had in 2002 how are you your Legend and a fan how are you what the hell you know we got to ask you how can we make hip-hop fun again I mean I think you had some of the most fun um music back in the day you you know well and current I'm not saying that but I'm saying you definitely had some classic hits um how can we make hip-hop fun again how can we you know like there a lot of bad tragic stuff happen one man we got to get real music real lyrics man y'all got to stop we got to stop uh that Bumble gum music out we got to get back to real lyrics man you know what I'm saying real music real motivational music all that bubble gum [ __ ] out the door we can't like stop stop we got to stop playing bubble gum music if you stop playing bubble gum music brand real that's the only way it's going to work the best artist like uh what's the boy from up here for Buffalo um oh Benny Benny man Benny doest [ __ ] in New York like but they don't want to hear that you want here to snap crack apart so we got to get back to real music that's what it is he said we got to get back to real Musical music motivational inspirational stop with the shoot them up bang bang that [ __ ] out out the door wait you know it's funny I spoke to om Maran we got to get back to real music motivational stop with the shoot them up bang bang that's out the D Richi quana is it wrong about that at all my condolences to his family and friends he will surely and sorely be missed hip hop we lost another one way too soon rest in power Rich Homie Quan it's all [Music] happening Jus Hunt is here it's all happen the mathematical breakdown of this Mighty game of R we in it's systematical culture views radical it's all happening shaking hands and [Music] theop it's here it's all happening it's all happening yes it's all happening just it's here it's all happening it's all happening yes it's all happening