The cause of death for Rich Homie Quan has been revealed by medical examiner’s office in Georgia.
The rapper died from a drug overdose which was from a lethal combination of fentanyl, alprazolam (Xanax), codeine and promethazine. The rapper’s death was ruled an accident, the medical examiner said Wednesday. Rich Homie Quan (real name Dequantes Devontay Lamar) died on Sept. 5 in his hometown of Atlanta, news that sent shockwaves in the industry. He was 33.
Rich Homie Quan’s girlfriend Amber Williams told police she found the artist unresponsive before he died at Grady Memorial Hospital, according to the recording of a 911 call obtained.
His brother told police that he thought Quan was asleep on the floor by the kitchen before he picked him up and put him on the couch, saying it was “very unusual” to see food still in his mouth.
A day after the rapper’s death, his father Corey Lamar mourned his son on Instagram, writing he was in “unbearable pain.”
“Lord please please please help me to understand this,” he said on Instagram. “To lose my son( my 1st born, my best friend. Lord please let this be a dream…Yall pray for me and my family.”
He added: “I feel like I’m crushed into a million pieces.”