Rich Homie Quan
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Rich Homie Quan performing during the 2014 Under The Influence Tour
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| Birth name | Dequantes Devontay Lamar |
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October 4, 1989 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Website | richhomiequan |
Dequantes Devontay Lamar (born October 4, 1989) better known by his stage name Rich Homie Quan, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia; signed to independent label T.I.G. Entertainment and Motown Records. Rich Homie Quan was influenced by dirty south rap, including Young Jeezy, Gucci Mane, T.I., Lil Boosie, Lil Wayne, Kilo Ali, Outkast, and Goodie Mob.
In school, Lamar was shy and had an interest in poetry. He had a particular interest in reading. Literature was his favorite subject and enjoyed creative writing classes.
Lamar played baseball for over four years, while he attended at the Atlanta, Georgia's Ronald McNair Sr. High School, with the aspirations to play professionally. As center fielder and leadoff hitter, Lamar began playing at the varsity level during his freshman year and earned a scholarship offer from Fort Valley State University. While Lamar decided to focus his interests elsewhere, he began rapping and got a job at a nearby airport. When he lost his job, Lamar got involved in illegal activities, including stealing that eventually led to him serving into 15 months in prison for burglary. "I never saw myself going this far with music. Music was just a hobby at first. I never saw myself being on stage and rocking out shows. After I got out of jail, I started to take it more serious, and that’s when my dream came true.", he said in an interview to XXL. When he got out of jail, he decided he would be shy no more. "I knew this was all I had and I wanted to go hard at it, so that's what I did", he said. In 2011, Lamar was released from prison.
In 2012, the song, called "Differences" was released as the first single from his mixtape, Still Going In. In 2013, he toured with Trinidad James. He was also featured on Gucci Mane's album Trap House III on songs such as "I Heard", "Can't Trust Her" and "Chasin' Paper", also featuring Young Thug. Reviewing his single, "Type of Way", The New York Times wrote that he was "part of Atlanta’s rising generation of rappers—think Future, Young Thug, Young Scooter—who deliver lines with melody and heart, like singers on the verge of a breakdown". The song peaked at number 50 on the US Billboard Hot 100.Still Goin' In (Reloaded) would be named the tenth best mixtape of 2013 by Rolling Stone.
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