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On January 18, 2015, ASAP Mob revealed that ASAP Yams had died of acute mixed drug intoxication.
This gets the timing wrong: A$AP Mob announced Yams’ death on January 18, 2015, but his cause of death was still unknown then and was only later ruled acute mixed drug intoxication in March 2015.
Full reasoning
The sentence combines two events that happened at different times.
- On January 18, 2015, reporting on Yams' death said the cause of death was unknown.
- On March 20, 2015, Pitchfork reported that New York City's chief medical examiner had determined he died of "an acute mixed drug intoxication."
So it is inaccurate to say that on January 18, 2015, ASAP Mob revealed that he had died of acute mixed drug intoxication. What was revealed that day was his death; the overdose finding came later.
3 sources
- A$AP Mob Founder A$AP Yams Has Died | Pitchfork
January 18, 2015 ... A$AP Mob founder and A$AP Worldwide co-owner A$AP Yams has died ... His cause of death is unknown.
- A$AP Yams Died of A Drug Overdose, Medical Examiner Confirms | Pitchfork
March 20, 2015 ... A$AP Yams ... who was found dead in his apartment on January 18, died of "an acute mixed drug intoxication" ... according to a spokeswoman for New York City's chief medical examiner.
- Cause of Death Still Unknown For A$AP Yams, NYPD and Medical Examiner Confirm | The FADER
January 20, 2015 ... The cause of death for Steven Rodriguez, known as A$AP Yams, is still unknown ... the cause and manner of death are pending further studies.
On March 26, 2018, ASAP Press was shot and killed.
This is incorrect. ASAP Press was shot in August 2016, survived the initial shooting, and died in March 2018 after seizures linked to that earlier gunshot wound.
Full reasoning
Contemporary local reporting says Pressie Taylor Jr. (A$AP Press) was shot on August 28, 2016, not on March 26, 2018. He survived the shooting, later moved to Houston, and then died in March 2018 after seizures that police and the medical examiner linked to the 2016 head wound.
That means March 26, 2018 was the date of his later death, not the date he was "shot and killed."
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- Man Shot 2 Years Ago In Harlem Dies From Seizures, Police Say | Harlem, NY Patch
Taylor died in March after suffering seizures related to the injuries from a 2016 shooting ... Taylor was found suffering a gunshot wound to the head on the day of August 28, 2016.
- Men Sentenced In Rising Harlem Rapper's Shooting Death: DA | Harlem, NY Patch
While Taylor Jr. survived the initial shooting, he suffered a seizure that was later attributed by a medical examiner to the shooting at a music festival in Houston, Texas in March 2018.
The killers of ASAP Press were sentenced to 20 years in prison.
This understates the sentence. The two men convicted in ASAP Press’s killing were sentenced to 20 years to life in state prison, not simply 20 years.
Full reasoning
Reporting on the sentencing states that Chester Taylor and Darius Hastings were each sentenced to 20 years to life in state prison. A separate New York court opinion involving Chester Taylor also describes his sentence as 20-years-to-life imprisonment.
So saying they were sentenced to only 20 years in prison is inaccurate because it omits the life tail of the sentence.
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- Men Sentenced In Rising Harlem Rapper's Shooting Death: DA | Harlem, NY Patch
Chester Taylor, 37, of Manhattan, and Darius Hastings, 37, of the Bronx, were sentenced to 20 years to life in state prison in connection with the shooting of Pressie Taylor Jr., also known as ASAP Press.
- People v Taylor (2024 NY Slip Op 24308)
The People then recommended that the court impose a sentence of 20-years-to-life imprisonment, the minimum authorized sentence for the defendant as a persistent violent felony offender on the first-degree assault charge.