As the Hip Hop industry mourns the death of fallen co founder A$AP Yams, A$AP Rocky took some time to discuss his thoughts on the tragedy, while debuting his big acting role in ‘Dope’ during the Sun Dance Film Festival.

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Rocky took to Billboard to speak on the recent death of A$AP co founder A$AP Yams, and has been overwhelmes with the outpuring of love from fans as well as others from the music industry including Drake, Wiz Khalifa, Azelia Banks and more.

Rocky who was in UTAH for the premiere of his debut film ‘Dope’ debuting during the Sundance Festival, also performed 2 hits before swiftly exiting the stage. Rocky explained of his non-celebratory demeanor:

“That performance — that was just going to stop me from crying,” Rocky said, speaking for the first time in detail about Yams’ death. “I had to address it, because the whole time I was rapping and I wasn’t into it, which is sad, but I just gotta keep it real. I can’t front. It’s even harder knowing that I gotta fly out in less than an hour just to go bury him. That’s the part that eats at me.”

Rocky continued to discuss and clear the air of any rumors surrounding the cause of death of the co-founder, by stating:

“People were saying that Yams overdosed on drugs — he didn’t overdose on any drugs,” Rocky said, though he declined to discuss the real cause of Yams’ passing. “I feel like people feel that way because that’s all he’s in pictures doing. When you see A$AP Yams you see Hennessey or purple drink, you see some type of controlled substance or illegal narcotic.”

A$AP Yams will be laid to rest today Jan. 25th at ‘Frank E Campbell 1076 Madison Ave New York NY 10028 and will go on until 1pm.’.

Rocky did spill some of the beans on his upcoming Sophmore album, revealing that Yams officially co-executively produced the project alongside Grammy award winning Danger Mouse.