‘He was an innovator and a genius … and a very dear friend,’ Mark Hoppus says in Connecticut.By Eric Ditzian Blink-182′s Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker (file) Photo: Chris Weeks/ WireImage Following the sudden passing of DJ AM on Friday, Travis Barker and band Blink-182 took the stage as planned on Saturday night (August 29) [...]
‘With AM, It wasn’t a party; it was an experience,’ DJ Green Lantern tells MTV News.By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Jayson Rodriguez DJ AM Photo: Chris Weeks/ WireImage DJ AM was one of the biggest marquee names when it came to the turntables for a reason: talent. He could hold down the duties [...]
‘I’ll let my actions and activities I’m involved in speak for me,’ rapper tells MTV News of bringing 30 buses of New Yorkers to a theme park.By Jayson Rodriguez 50 Cent at Family Day in Jackson, New Jersey, on Saturday Photo: MTV News JACKSON, New Jersey — 50 Cent transported nearly 30 buses from his [...]
Bandmembers had DJed with AM in Las Vegas just last week.By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Matt Elias The Black Eyed Peas’ Taboo, apl.de.ap and Fergie at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco on Saturday Photo: MTV News At the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in San Francisco on Saturday [...]
‘U were an amazing friend/DJ/human being,’ Barker tweets on Saturday.By Jem Aswad with MTV News staff DJ AM and Travis Barker Photo: Kevin Mazur/ Getty Images Just over 24 hours after DJ AM was found dead by police at his New York apartment, his friend and collaborator, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, commented on his death [...]
‘Everyone has love for DJ AM. … He made other DJs proud!’ DJ Khaled told MTV News.By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Jayson Rodriguez DJ AM Photo: Rob Loud/ Getty Images There’s no sector in hip-hop that was hit harder by the death of Adam Goldstein, better known as and DJ AM, than his [...]
More tests are required, results are not expected for several weeks.By Gil Kaufman DJ AM Photo: Robyn Beck/ AFP/ Getty Images Less than 24 hours after police found DJ AM (real name: Adam Goldstein) dead in his New York apartment, the Medical Examiner’s office announced that an autopsy on the DJ’s body failed to determine [...]
Ex-girlfriend says her ‘true friend’ will be ‘missed beyond words.’By Gil Kaufman Mandy Moore and DJ AM in 2008 Photo: Chris Weeks/ Getty Images One of DJ AM’s former girlfriends, singer/actress Mandy Moore, expressed her grief on Saturday (August 29) about a man she said was a true friend. “I am absolutely heartbroken,” Moore said [...]
Actress Hayley Wood broke up with AM a few days ago, sources say.By Jocelyn Vena DJ AM and Hayley Wood Photo: Noel Vasquez/ Getty Images In the days before his death on Friday, DJ AM was “completely devastated” over his recent breakup with model Hayley Wood, according to anonymous sources quoted in TMZ and People.com. [...]
Adam Goldstein, who survived a plane crash with Travis Barker last year, was 36.By Larry Carroll, with additional reporting by Jayson Rodriguez DJ AM Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images DJ AM was found dead in his New York City apartment on Friday (August 28), his rep confirmed to MTV News. He was 36. “Adam ‘DJ [...]