New York rapper A$AP Yams died of an accidental drug overdose, according to NYC’s chief medical examiner.

Steven Rodriguez, who was better known as A$AP Yams or Yamborghini, died aged 26 on January 18 at Brooklyn’s Woodhull Medical Centre.

A$AP Yams founded the rap collective A$AP Mob along with fellow New Yorkers A$AP Bari and A$AP Illz.

The New York Times reports that the rapper’s death was caused by acute mixed drug intoxication.

Opiates and benzodiazepines were found in A$AP Yams’ system and it was ruled an accident.

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