DJ Am

About

Born Adam Michael Goldstein in 1973, DJ AM handled turntables for the popular rap-rock group <a href="spotify:artist:4iSKnRZAxkmqNok6tv10Se">Crazy Town</a> during the late '90s. He also became one of the most in-demand disc jockeys in Los Angeles, lending his scratching skills to albums by <a href="spotify:artist:4RddZ3iHvSpGV4dvATac9X">Papa Roach</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:41qil2VaGbD194gaEcmmyx">Will Smith</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:6tbjWDEIzxoDsBA1FuhfPW">Madonna</a> while maintaining several high-status relationships, including a brief engagement to Nicole Richie. Former <a href="spotify:artist:6FBDaR13swtiWwGhX1WQsP">blink-182</a> drummer <a href="spotify:artist:4exLIFE8sISLr28sqG1qNX">Travis Barker</a> and DJ AM began a series of collaborations during the early 2000s, a partnership that brought DJ AM's abilities to a wider audience. Following a collaborative show in September 2008, however, the two experienced a brush with death as their plane crashed upon takeoff, killing all occupants onboard except for the two musicians. AM, a former drug addict, relapsed as a result of his pain medications and suffered a fatal overdose one year later. ~ Andrew Leahey, Rovi