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Blink-182 Hold Moment Of Silence For DJ AM During Concert
August 30, 2009 by admin
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‘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 for a concert in Hartford, Connecticut, and paid tribute to their fallen friend.
“This night is really hard for us onstage,” bassist Mark Hoppus said to the crowd, according to YouTube footage of the show. “We lost a dear friend yesterday. His name was Adam Goldstein. You probably know him as DJ AM. He was an innovator and a genius and he loved music more than anything else. Above all he was a very dear friend.”
He then requested a moment of silence from the crowd and asked for the arena lights to be dimmed as they sought to honor AM. The band then dedicated the song “Down” to Goldstein’s memory. As guitarist Tom DeLonge began to sing the first verse, tears could be seen rolling down the bandmembers’ faces, according to People.com.
Drummer Travis Barker - who had performed with AM as TRV$DJAM (they were the house band at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards), and escaped a fiery plane crash with him last year that killed four people - did not interact with the crowd. According to Rolling Stone, Barker skipped his usual levitating drum solo during the encore. At the end of “Down,” he was said to rub his eyes and hold his head in his hands.
Shortly before the Saturday’s show, Barker had tweeted a tribute to AM.
“Don’t know how i am gonna play 2night but i am for AM. My brother is gone.i love u and miss u, i’ll never forget all the good times we had. …
“I’ll never forget everything we’ve been thru and every time i play the drums i’ll think of you. U were an amazing friend/DJ/human being. …
“Rest In Peace my brother, this really f—s me up.”
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DJ AM Remembered By Khaled, Premier, Other DJs
August 30, 2009 by admin
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‘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
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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 fellow turntable generals. The DJ community is heartbroken about the loss of one their most talented and popular comrades.
Producer Jermaine Dupri was too grief-stricken to comment, while DJ Jazzy Jeff expressed his sorrow on Twitter.
“Words cannot express the hurt I’m feeling right now,” Jeff wrote about his fellow Philadelphia native. “I’m still waiting for this to be a terrible joke.”
“I almost crashed my car when I heard that he was found dead,” DJ Whoo Kid remembered on Saturday (August 29). “My homey was a legend!”
“It’s sad, we lost an amazing DJ,” DJ Khaled told MTV News. “Everyone has love for DJ AM. … He made other DJs proud! DJ AM we will miss you. R.I.P. Every DJ will keep your name alive!”
“Adam lived life to the fullest,” the DJ’s good friend DJ Irie said. “Anything he set his mind to, he not only accomplished but conquered. His stamp on the music industry will endure through time. DJs across the world will make sure his legacy lives on.”
Clinton Sparks commented, “He was an original, an innovator and his influence will forever live on in our culture. Whether they know it or not, all DJs have been influenced by him. Thank you DJ AM.”
“We are extremely saddened about the loss of DJ AM,” Play N Skillz said in a joint statement. “He was a great person who cared and loved for everyone around him and his spirit will live on through the many people he touched. We started out as DJs and DJ AM has always been an inspiration to us, his dynamic ear for music made him legendary in the industry and he will be greatly missed.”
Almost every DJ you ask about AM will not just remark on his success and kindness as a person but on his undeniable skill. He possessed a tremendous instinct for song selection, and no one can deny the skill he had on turntables. He and Travis Barker would have live shows where they would remix songs right there on the spot.
“AM not only helped take DJing to a new frontier as the first true mainstream celebrity DJ, he opened the doors for me and many others by taking DJing as a culture, business, and lifestyle to the next level,” DJ Skee said. “I send my deepest thoughts and condolences to his family.”
“It’s a sad day. DJ AM was a great person and a great turntablist. He took DJing to another level by playing outside the box,” DJ Envy concurred. “He will always be missed and remembered.”
“This is crazy,” ATL-based OG Greg Street told MTV News. “I was just asking for people on Twitter to have him hit me about three or four days ago. The real crazy part is he just survived a plane crash and now this. A lot of people don’t understand the stress that others deal with day to day.”
DJ Premier said he’d known AM for over 14 years and spoke about their relationship on his radio show last night.
“I met him when he was 14 years old at a Cypress Hill, House of Pain, Hooligans show. He was with Alchemist and Scott Caan, James Caan’s son … and we took pictures. The other day, he sent me the pictures, and I’m gonna make a T-shirt of that.
“I already heard people are trying to hate like he wasn’t important, like he wasn’t a dope DJ,” Primo added. “Let me tell you something: He is the f—in’ sh–. This dude’s a f—in’ maniac on turntables, for real. You have to experience this dude’s tactics on turntables — he’s sick with it. And if I cosign it, f— any DJ who disagrees. You either haven’t seen him spin … and this dude’s history, his knowledge of music, was intense.”
DJ Stretch Armstrong, a longtime friend of AM’s, told MTV News: “I was trying to think of an analogy in music to AM and the only group I could really think of is the Beatles. Everything the Beatles did, they knocked down a door. Every year there was something new, whether it was what they were recording or the technology and techniques they were employing. And it’s kind of like that with AM. He knocked down and opened so many doors that had never even been knocked on by DJs. These doors might be open but there’s no one that can walk in them right now, and who knows if there will be? He was a singular talent in that way.”
And DJ Drama told MTV News on Friday, “Knowing AM and watching him and seeing the heights that he’s reached the last couple years has been great. One, because he’s a DJ. And when the incident [plane crash] happened last year, every time I saw him afterward, he was just a real good dude. He accomplished a lot, man. The hip-hop world lost a good one. DJs, we really lost great one.”
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Fergie, Black Eyed Peas Pay Tribute To DJ AM
August 30, 2009 by admin
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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 and Arts Festival in San Francisco on Saturday night, Fergie and the Black Eyed Peas spoke with MTV News about their shock after hearing the news of DJ AM’s sudden death on Friday, and their recollections of hanging out with their friend.
Peas rapper Taboo revealed that the band spent time with AM just days before he passed away. “Oh man, we were shocked [when we heard],” he said. “We couldn’t believe it. We were just with him [last] Friday in Las Vegas. We DJed with him and we took a couple pictures, and to hear it is devastating.”
Fergie has recollections of AM that date back more than a decade. “I just have great memories of him DJing at all the clubs I used to go to — sometimes with a fake ID! — and when I got old enough to go,” Fergie said.
Before she joined the Peas, Fergie recalled, she once practiced her dance moves during a low-key club night with AM behind the turntables. “I remember going to this club called Firehouse back in the day,” she said. “It was, like, the summer of ‘98 and he used to spin there. It’s a big dance club and this one night I remember there was basically 10 people in the club, but I really wanted to dance that night. It was the perfect night for me to practice dancing because not a lot of people were there and he was spinning, and they kept the club open and he kept spinning really good music. He was so cool like that.”
“He’s been a good friend of ours,” added Peas member Apl.De.Ap. “Our prayers go out to his family. We’re gonna miss him.”
While BEP were at Outside Lands to perform an hour-long set on Saturday, DJ AM, who survived a plane crash last September with Blink-182’s Travis Barker, remained in the band’s thoughts.
“He was just so talented and just such a cool, good-spirited person,” said Fergie. “There wasn’t a mean bone in that guy’s body, and it’s just really sad after what happened with him and Travis and now this, it’s really sad.”
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DJ AM Found Dead
August 29, 2009 by admin
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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 AM’ Goldstein was found deceased this afternoon in his New York City apartment,” reads a statement from AM’s rep. “The circumstances surrounding his death are unclear. Out of respect for his family and loved ones, please respect their privacy at this time.”
TMZ, citing a police source, reported that DJ AM (real name: Adam Goldstein) was found in his apartment at 5:20 p.m. ET on Friday. Citing “sources,” the site also claimed that prescription medication bottles had been found near his body. The site said that friends who had previously gone to check on Goldstein had received no response. When police broke in the door, they reportedly found Goldstein’s body.
The news comes just under a year after Goldstein and Travis Barker survived a plane crash that killed four people. Leaving from Columbia, South Carolina, after a performance by the duo, the small Learjet they were on crashed upon takeoff — giving the two musicians serious burns and leaving them in critical condition. AM and Barker performed as the house band at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, just weeks before the plane crash.
Born in Philadelphia, Goldstein gained fame as a member of the band Crazy Town, best known for their hit song “Butterfly.”
He performed on albums with the likes of Madonna, Will Smith and Papa Roach, played in concert with Jay-Z, and made a name for himself on the private club circuit while DJing at private parties for the likes of Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Lopez and Leonardo DiCaprio. Most recently, he had an exclusive contract with a Las Vegas nightclub, and had continued to collaborate with Barker after the crash.
Before his death, Goldstein had filmed a substance-abuse intervention show with MTV called “Gone Too Far” that aimed to warn young people about the perils of drug abuse. The show was scheduled to premiere in October.
The last post on DJ AM’s Twitter account,
dated August 25, quotes Grandmaster Flash’s 1983 classic “New York New York”: “New york, new york. Big city of dreams, but everything in new york aint always what it seems.” Posts from two days earlier wrote about his throwing out the first pitch at a New York Mets game, which was reportedly his last public appearance. “I made it to the plate! DEF not the best pitch, but I didn’t bababooey it, so I know it wasn’t the worst! Still was an honor,” he wrote.
Goldstein was a frequent tabloid target because of his relationships with Mandy Moore and Nicole Richie. He was engaged to Richie but the couple split late in 2005.
In a brief interview with TMZ at his birthday party in March, Goldstein referenced the plane crash when asked what his best birthday gift was: “Life.”
MTV News will have more on this story as it develops.
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Michael Jackson’s Death Ruled A Homicide
August 29, 2009 by admin
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Report cites ‘acute propofol intoxication’ as leading factor.
By Gil Kaufman
Michael Jackson
Photo: Jim Spellman/WireImage
The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office announced the official cause of death in the Michael Jackson case Friday (August 28), citing “acute propofol intoxication” as the leading factor in the singer’s June 25 passing. With police still investigating the singer’s death, the coroner’s office is withholding the final autopsy report pending the completion of the police probe.
According to TMZ, the coroner’s statement also says that another condition contributing to Jackson’s death was “Benzodiazepine effect.” The latter refers to a group of tranquilizers such as Valium, Xanax and Versed that are used to treat anxiety and insomnia.
The manner of death is ruled as a homicide, and the report notes that the surgical anesthetic propofol and the tranquilizer Ativan were found to be the “primary drugs responsible for Mr. Jackson’s death.” Among the other drugs detected in his system were: Midazolam (Versed), Diazepam (Valium), Lidocaine (topical anesthetic) and Ephedrine (used to treat hypotension associated with anesthesia).
In a statement released shortly after the coroner’s announcement, the Jackson family said through a spokesperson: “The Jackson family again wishes to commend the actions of the Coroner, the LAPD and other law enforcement agencies, and looks forward to the day that justice can be served.”
The homicide ruling is tied to the coroner’s determination that a fatal combination of drugs was given to Jackson in the hours before his death. No charges have been filed in the case to date, but Jackson’s personal physician, cardiologist Dr. Conrad Murray, is reportedly the focus of a manslaughter investigation. A recently unsealed search warrant revealed that Murray told investigators he gave Jackson a series of injections of the drugs listed in Friday’s release in the hours before the singer’s death.
[This story was originally published on 8.28.09 at 3:25 p.m. ET]
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DJ AM Remembered By Katy Perry, Lindsay Lohan, More On Twitter
August 29, 2009 by admin
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Shanna Moakler, Pete Wentz, Perez Hilton, Ashton Kutcher and other friends and fans also pay tribute online to the late DJ.
By Jocelyn Vena
DJ AM
Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ Getty Images
Just as news broke about the unexpected death of DJ AM, who was reportedly found in a New York City apartment Friday afternoon (August 28), friends and fans paid tribute to the 36-year-old DJ online.
Travis Barker’s ex-wife, Shanna Moakler, took to her Twitter page: “My deepest condolences for DJ AM, you were a great artist and will be severely missed. My thoughts and Prayers to his family and friends.” Katy Perry, who performed with AM and Barker at the VMAs last year when the duo acted as the night’s house band, tweeted, “Rest in peace friend.”
“I can’t believe this,” Lindsay Lohan wrote on her Twitter page. “I’m in shock. why? why? r.i.p. adam.” Perez Hilton recalled talking to DJ AM about his planned substance-abuse intervention show on MTV, “Gone Too Far,” noting that he was “so excited” for it. “I’m tempted to feel angry at the world/God right now, but I can’t. I won’t. I choose to believe Adam is free of his demons now and at peace.”
Other stars, like Heidi Montag, kept their tweets simple: “My thoughts and prayers are with DJ AM’s family and friends.” John Mayer wrote, “In complete shock. I really want to use words right now but I can’t get em. F***.”
Emmy Rossum wrote, “RIP AM … You were loved and respected and will be missed.” “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest had kind words about AM. “So sad to hear about Adam,” he wrote. “A very kind and generous guy.”
Solange Knowles wrote, “DJ AM Thoughts and Strength goes out to friends and family…. Such a hard year.” “Wizards of Waverly Place” star David Henrie recalled a recent encounter with the DJ in his post on Twitter. “DJ AM!!? No f***king way. I was shaking his hand like two weeks ago praising him.”
Ashton Kutcher tweeted, “Love to my boy AM.” Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz wrote, “R.I.P… I’m sorry to loved ones. So unexpected. Tell the people around u that u love them. Randomly.”
“I don’t even kno wut to say right now,” Kid Cudi wrote on Twitter. “A true talent and supporter of mine since day 1. RIP to the big homie forever, DJ AM.” Producer Jermaine Dupri wrote, “RIP MY MAN DJ AM I CANT BELIEVE THIS.”
In DJ AM’s last Twitter post written Tuesday, he recalled a line from a Grandmaster Flash song: “New York, New York. Big city of dreams, but everything in New York ain’t always what it seems.”
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