The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office told The Epoch Times in an email earlier in the day that they could neither confirm nor deny any information about Lamar at the time and did not respond to a follow-up request after they were cited by AP later in the afternoon.
Quan became known in the hip-hop scene in the mid-2010s with his hit 2013 song “Type of Way” which peaked at no. 50 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Other popular songs from the artist included a 2015 hit “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” which peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July of that year.
In 2018, Quan released his only studio album, “Rich as in Spirit,” which included a feature with rapper Rick Ross.
Quan said in 2022 after an abrupt hiatus that he had been going through litigation with an independent label, but was preparing to make a comeback.
During the same time, Quan ended up in a feud with fellow rapper Young Thug, who was among a group indicted on charges of conspiracy to violate Georgia’s RICO Act and was also accused of participation in a criminal street gang.
At the time, he said there was no feud between the two and was open to a conversation with his former collaborator, adding he did not want to see Young Thug locked up because of his belief that rappers were being targeted by law enforcement.
“I wouldn’t say unfairly targeted because at the same time, some of these rappers are putting guns in videos and, you know, it’s like social media—it goes back to the social media thing,” he said at the time. “I think we showing too much, I think they’re showing too much, you know what I mean. Like that’s the difference in my music, I’ma tell a story but I ain’t going to tell you how I did it. It’s still Black art, but we’re definitely being targeted. So that’s why I’m mindful of what I say in my music.”
