Rich Homie Quan died from an accidental drug overdose involving fentanyl and codeine The artist was killed by the combined toxic effects of fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine, and promethazine, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner.
Atlanta rapper Rich Homie Quan died last month in Georgia from an accidental drug overdose
The manner of death was an accident, as per the reports of the medical examiner.
On Sept. 5, the medical examiner said: “Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital had notified its personnel of the rapper’s death.”
The incident report also said police spoke to his brother. He was the one who found the artist asleep on the kitchen floor with food in his mouth. Seeing to this, the brother lifted him up and put him on the couch.
Rich Homie Quan has spoken candidly about his drug use on the hip-hop podcast “My Expert Opinion.”
He spoke on the podcast about how he was additced to a heavy drug use after his 2013 smash, “Type of Way.” At first, he said his drug use began because of how often he was performing and how he needed to stay up late.
He began using the street drug ecstasy, known as Molly, and drinking lean, a mix of codeine cough syrup and soda.
“I was on Molly every day. Geeked up,” he said. “I feel like I couldn’t do a show or a song without being on Molly.” He later said on the podcast, “I was lost in the sauce.“
In 2014, Rich Homie Quan was named to rap publication XXL’s coveted inaugural Freshman Class, Variety reported. Others named by the magazine include Chance the Rapper, Ty Dolla $ign and Kevin Gates.
During his career, he was nominated for several BET and BET Hip Hop Awards. The awards included best new artist and people’s champ award, Variety reported.