Why Rich Homie Quan Returned To The Rap Game With A New Outlook

Quan’s now back with his his first project in years, “Family & Mula.”. During the long layoff, Quan admits he lost both his confidence and heart for rapping. He refused to quit on himself during the down period, and recented both with his art and business..

This eight-track EP is the first under his independently-owned Rich Homie Entertainment label. Now ten years into his career, most of which spent under a label, Quan felt now was the time to go independent. Not only for the creative freedom, but also for the CEO role that comes with it.

I caught up with Quan to reflect on his career and how he sees the next ten years as an indie artist and a CEO. Here’s everything we covered:

1:31 Reflecting on the loss of Takeoff
2:54 What Quan misses about his “come up” years
4:03 Why Quan went independent at this stage of his career
5:20 Taking on a CEO role
6:50 Why Quan doesn’t like his hit record “Flex”
9:21 New partnership with Troy Carter and Suzy Ryoo’s Venice
13:40 Differences between Quan the CEO and Quan the artist
14:37 Rising as an artist before the streaming era took off
16:21 Distinctions between album, EP, and mixtape
17:53 Quan’s non-music business pursuits
20:08 How pandemic re-motivated Quan to do music
22:18 Quan wants more credit for influencing Atlanta sound
25:45 How Quan got his heart for music again
29:36 Quan’s 10-year vision for himself
33:57 Did Quan start “deluxe” project drops?

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