Southern Plug Magazine: Leaders of the New School 2017 Volume 2 Issue 1 A | Page 76

Dequantes Lamar dropped the summer hip-hop hit "Type of Way" in
2013 under his teenage nickname, Rich Homie Quan. He first
considered a career in professional baseball, but in 2008, the Atlanta
native dropped the single "Stay Down" featuring the Stack Money Boyz.
Things came to a halt when he landed in jail for a year on burglary
charges, but upon his release in 2011, Quan began to make up for lost
time. Hooking up with the Atlanta crew Loyalty Ova Royalties and
becoming quick friends with member CEO Teezy came next, but Teezy's
untimely death later in the year put a stop to Quan's planned mixtape
debut. He would re-emerge a year later on the T.I.G. label and drop the
mixtapes I Go in on Every Song plus Still Goin' In. The year 2013 began
with a tour opening for Trinidad James, along with a guest appearance
on Gucci Mane's Trap House 3 album. In the summer, he dropped the
infectious club track "Type of Way," which cracked Billboard's Hot 100
chart. Rich Homie Quan released a fistful of mixtapes, and in 2016 he
landed a record deal with Motown. March 2017 saw the release of the
single "Replay," a preview of the upcoming album Rich as in Spirit. The
following month, the rapper dropped the mixtape Back to the Basics,
his debut release for Motown.