The news of A$AP Yams dying hit the hip-hop community hard this morning. There were many allegations that Yams died because of a drug overdose. Drug abuse has been a problem for the co-founder of A$AP Mob but both A$AP Ant and Joey Fatts confirmed that wasn't the cause of his death.

DJ Vlad got in contact with Ant via phone and had a discussion about the drug overdose allegations. Ant quickly shut down the overdose rumors. Listen to it above. Joey Fatts went on Twitter to also confirm that drug use was not the cause of death (See below).

Yams was 26 when he passed away.

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