Jean-Michel Basquiat died of a cocaine overdose.
 In 2016, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation placed a plaque commemorating Basquiat's life outside his former residence at 57 Great Jones Street in Manhattan
Since Basquiat's death in 1988, the market for his work has developed steadilyin line with overall art market trendswith a dramatic peak in 2007 when, at the height of the art market boom, the global auction volume for his work was over $115 million

