Images: Ajani BrathwaiteIt’s been almost 12-months since the world lost A$AP Yams, founder and co-owner of A$AP Worldwide and one of the great hip-hop masterminds of the last decade.Amongst a long list of achievements, Yams, born Steven Rodriguez, engineered A$AP Rocky's rapid rise in the hip-hop world with managerial and Internet nouse. A 2013 profile in The New Yort Times compared him to Damon Dash to Rocky’s Jay Z or the Puff Daddy to his Biggie.He was also known for his social media savvy and wry tweets that were often ruthlessly funny.To commemorate Yams Day on Jan. 18, the one-year annivereray of his death, Bronx photographer Ajani Brathwaite has published A$AP Yams Gems, a book that celebrates the most memorable of these tweets.The book can be pre-ordered now for US$40 will all the proceeds donated to A$AP Yams' family.On January 18, A$AP Rocky and the A$AP Mob, Joey Bada$$, Flatbush Zombies, A$ton Matthews, The Cozy Boys, Joey Fatts, and Lil Uzi will celebrate the life and legacy A$AP Yams at Terminal 5 in New York.
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