Recently, the New York Times published an introspective feature detailing both the personal and professional relationship between A$AP Rocky and the late A$AP Yams.

Described as inseparable, the NYT relates how an initial meeting in '07 eventually led to a financially successful partnership and even more rewarding friendship. Rocky proclaims Yams as his "truest, bestest friend."

As with many friendships that morph into brotherhood, the pair knew of one another's struggles. Rocky said of Yams' addiction, "He always had a struggle with drugs. That was his thing."

According to the NYT, Rocky confronted Yams about his drug use in 2011 and since then, Yams "went out of his way to hide it." Baring his soul, Rocky offered, "I caught him a bunch of times, but he would still hide it. He was kind of private about it. He didn't want his mom to know, he didn't want me to know."

Rocky also reflected on the circumstance of Yams' last stint in a rehab facility last summer, recalling that he headed to treatment after having to be pushed off a plane confined to a wheelchair because he was so high. "He looked like Pac when Pac got shot," Rocky said. "I hated to see him like that. That was it, man. It was like, 'You got to go to rehab.'"

Rocky also spoke on the fateful night they discovered Yams' body. He was hanging out at the Brooklyn apartment that Yams shared with A$AP Lou when Lou pulled him aside and said there was something terribly wrong with Yams.

Recalling that Yams wouldn't wake up and there was vomit on the bed, the guys turned him over. "I just look at his face. I look at Lou. You could just tell. We knew," Rocky said. "I was scared," he said. "I was wilding on everybody, like, 'Who let him do drugs?,' even though you can't blame nobody."

Unfortunately, A$AP Yams' untimely death came before his sustained sobriety. Recently the office of NYC's chief medical examiner concluded that Yams' death was caused by accidental acute mixed drug intoxication, including opiates and benzodiazepine.

A$AP Yams' contribution to the genre will forever be enshrined in the A$AP Mob's body of work.

Source: New York Times