The late Atlanta rapper’s family and team announced the album just hours ahead of its release
Rich Homie Quan’s family and team have released the late Atlanta rapper’s first posthumous album, a 35-song effort titled Forever Going In.
The album was announced on Instagram Thursday and arrived at midnight, Oct. 4. The announcement was accompanied by a note that appeared to be written in Quan’s voice: “34 listed songs ironically that’s the age I… 🕊️🙏🏿😔bonus 1 extra, because tomorrow will forever be a celebration! My GIF to my Fans.”
Forever Going In includes the previously released “Song Cry,” which dropped at the end of September and came with a video that featured old footage of the rapper as well as some scenes from his funeral. The album also includes collaborations with 2 Chainz, Lil Tjay, Plies, Quicktrip, Sukihana, Vvsnce, Skilla Baby, and Duuo.
In an interview with WSB-TV in Atlanta not long after Quan’s death, the rapper’s father, Corey Lamar, mentioned that his son had “just completed a 20- or 25-song project” and was in the process of scheduling a pair of video shoots with 2 Chainz and Plies. Lamar also suggested there would be much more music to come.
“Quan had probably over 2,000 unreleased songs,” he said. “But once he gets in a mode to record, those songs become old to him. And when they become old he wants to focus on the new stuff. He has a catalog in the vault. He has a ton of music that the fans need to hear.”
Quan — whose real name was Dequantes Devontay Lamar — died Sept. 5. His death was recently ruled an accidental drug overdose according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office. They found a mix of fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine, promethazine, and THC in his system.
