A$AP Yams

Though A$AP Rocky has long been linked to the fashion world, he has recently made headway into another non-musical creative pursuit. Over the weekend, Dope, the Rick Famuyiwa-directed film Rocky stars in, sold for a reported $7 million at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah...

Dope, a film produced and narrated by Forest Whitaker and starring, among others, A$AP Rocky, has reportedly sold for over $7 million, sources say. The film will be distributed domestically by Open Road Films and internationally by Sony; the companies reportedly edged out The Weinstein Co...

Friends, loved ones and fans celebrated the life of the late Steven Rodriguez, also known as A$AP Yams, Sunday evening (Jan. 25). The memorial service took place at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel in New York. That's the same place where Aaliyah, Notorious B.I.G....

A$AP Yams' recent death due to yet to be publicized causes has been a gut punch to the hip-hop community. No doubt, nobody in the rap world is taking the passing harder than his A$AP Mob family. The Harlem outfit has received support and kind words from a number of MCs, but are understandably going through tough times...

New reports are emerging about the tragic and unexpected death of A$AP Worldwide founder, A$AP Yams. While the cause of death is still unknown at this point, the NYPD press relations office spoke to The FADER and gave new details on the 26-year-old's passing ...

"I was supposed to count a million with my nigga." The hip-hop community suffered a blow over the weekend when A$AP Yams passed away tragically at the age of 26. Best known as the architect of the A$AP Mob and, in particular, A$AP Rocky's rise to stardom, Yams was one of the sharpest curators the genre had seen in recent years...

"I thought Tumblr was kind of gay at first," said A$AP Yams, recalling his first impression of the medium he would master and extort for millions of dollars. Of course, he qualifies his attitude: "I was getting pussy off Tumblr." This was Yams--delightfully tactless, delightfully wavy...

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...

Word of A$AP Yams death is quickly circulating the 'Net, leaving many people wondering what happened to the 26-year-old MC. At the moment there are few answers about the circumstances surrounding the A$AP Mob rapper's death, only speculation...

The hip-hop community is in grief today after hearing about the unfortunate passing of 26-year-old Steven Rodriguez, better known as A$AP Yams. Details remain unclear on the death of Yams, but several A$AP Mob members have taken to their Twitter and Instagram accounts to confirm the death of Rodriguez and share with their followers the love they have for their fallen brother...

You were the brilliant mind ,you put us on Game , you changed our lives. You changed my life , you changed the world. R.i.P YAMZ there can never be another one after you . #asapworldwide #asapferg #yamborgini #yamz A photo posted by asapferg (@asapferg) on Jan 18, 2015 at 3:20am PST Early this morning, the hip-hop community was hit with heartbreaking news as word circulated from reliable sources

We have sad news this morning in the hip-hop community. A$AP Yams has passed away, according to reports from Mob members A$AP Rocky and A$AP Ferg. He was 26 years old. Currently little is known about the nature of the passing with Rocky and Ferg only offering heartfelt condolences for their later brother...