Rich Homie Quan, the Atlanta rapper known for his hits “Type of Way” and “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” and his collaborations with Young Thug, has died. Rolling Stone and TMZ report, citing family members of the musician. A cause of death was not disclosed, and a representative from the Fulton County coroner declined to comment to Pitchfork. Rich Homie Quan was 34 years old.

Rich Homie Quan was born DeQuantes Devontay Lamar in Atlanta, Georgia. As a child, Quan excelled at baseball and eventually became a star at Ronald E. McNair High School in DeKalb County, where he also learned creative writing. In a 2018 essay for Talkhouse, he particularly thanked his teacher, Miss Butch, for his inspiration. “She always said, ‘I just want you to write. Close your eyes and just think about what you’re writing about,'” he wrote. “And every time I closed my eyes, they turned to poetry.”

Quan ended up in prison after high school and during his time in prison he focused on reading, writing and becoming a real rapper. “When I was locked up, I started thinking about everything I was good at,” he said. XXLin 2014 after being accepted into the publication’s highly acclaimed freshman class. “As a kid, I loved reading. Literature was my favorite subject. I loved creative writing classes. When I was incarcerated, I read my first book in prison. I’ve been reading for years, but my first book in prison I read with understanding. When I learned to really read a book, it took my mind to another place. After that, I started writing poetry, and after that, my poems didn’t sound like poems anymore, they sounded like rhymes. I thought, ‘Let’s see if I can put it in a beat.'”

Rich Homie Quan released his first mixtape, I go with every songin 2012, and shortly thereafter Still there And Still Goin In – ReloadedThe latter project featured his breakthrough hit “Type of Way,” an irresistible piece of melodic Atlanta trap that reached No. 50 on the Billboard Hot 100.

“Type of Way” showcased the richness and texture of Rich Homie Quan’s voice, at once triumphant and dripping with pathos. And in just a few words, he summed up the often indefinable feelings at the heart of many great songs: “Some type of way, make you feel some type of way.”