COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (Atlanta Information First) – The funeral for Atlanta rapper Wealthy Homie Quan was held Tuesday with 1000’s exhibiting as much as pay their respects.

Public viewings had been ticketed for 7-8 am, 8-9 am, and 9-10 am, and doorways to the World Changers Church Worldwide in Faculty Park closed at 10 am

Household, buddies and the individuals who labored with the rapper, whose actual title is Dequantes Lamar, spoke on the funeral.

“Let’s keep in mind Quan for the sunshine he was and the inspiration, love, creativity and pleasure he delivered to this world,” Girvan ‘Fly’ Henry stated.

Henry is the CEO of Suppose It is a Sport Information and spent many hours within the studio with Lamar.

“The Wealthy Homie’s period was so epic to the tradition,” he stated.

Members of the Atlanta Metropolis Council additionally attended the funeral and proclaimed September seventeenth as Wealthy Homie Quan Memorial Day within the metropolis of Atlanta.

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On Sept. 5, Atlanta police stated they assisted in response to a medical name round 11:22 am to a Hampton Forest Drive residence the place they discovered Quan — actual title Dequantes Devontay Lamar — unresponsive. He was taken by ambulance to Grady Memorial Hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless.

An official explanation for dying has not been decided; the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Workplace is main the investigation. The incident report states the responding officer didn’t see any indicators of foul play.

Wealthy Homie Quan was born in Atlanta on Oct. 4, 1989. He was scheduled to carry out at Atlanta’s State Farm Area on Sept. 19, 2024.

Starting his profession in 2011, Lamar first noticed mainstream success together with his 2013 single “Kind of Manner,” which peaked at quantity 50 on the Billboard Scorching 100. His 2015 single “Flex” noticed additional success at quantity 26 on the chart.

In September 2014, Quan’s father, Corey Lamar, was injured when his barbershop was focused in a taking pictures. Fulton County prosecutors have been attempting to hyperlink the incident to an alleged felony gang led by Young Thugwho’s now on trial in Atlanta on a number of felony and gang-related prices.

A number of weeks in the past, Kenneth Copeland (aka Lil’ Woody) admitted he and a pal opened fireplace into the barbershop.

When requested about his motive by Fulton County Deputy District Legal professional Symone Hilton, Copeland stated the taking pictures was “to ship a message” that “we ain’t those to play with.”

Copeland had been a cornerstone in prosecutors’ case in opposition to Jeffery Williams, Younger Thug’s actual title. Nonetheless, Copeland has repeatedly testified he lied to police in 2015 as they constructed their case across the alleged Younger Slime Life or Younger Stoner Life gang.

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