NBA / Aug 31, 2009 / 12:44 pm
We Reminisce: DJ AM
I got to admit I was pretty shocked and saddened when I got the news that DJ AM passed away on Friday. After what he’d been through with the near-fatal plane crash last fall, I was really pulling for him to get his life back on track. Last December, he was nice enough to grant me an interview about his sneaker collection for Bounce Magazine. It wasn’t exactly hard hitting stuff, but it showed he was a big time sneakerhead. Those who followed the Philly-born DJ on Twitter, know how much of a Lakers fan he was. He regularly exchanged tweets with Lamar Odom. He was an extremely talented DJ and will be missed.
August 31st, 2009 at 12:58 pm
weezy f says:
to be honest if it wasnt for the crash i wouldnt have known who he was
August 31st, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Ross says:
Not you too, Dime. Not you too.
August 31st, 2009 at 1:20 pm
POPPI GEE says:
Never really new dude but from what I have read in other reports too he was on the scene and really good.
I read one report where they found a crack pipe next to him? Hope not but in this world you never know.
R.I.P.
August 31st, 2009 at 1:51 pm
bliz289 says:
@ Ross
Man, you haters really can’t help yourselves…You even have hate for a RIP post. Damn.
August 31st, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Kobeef says:
DJ AM gave a lot of young DJ’s something to aim for.
Love him or hate him you have to admit his lifestyle kicked ass (except for the addiction).
August 31st, 2009 at 2:26 pm
dial up says:
Who cares if a crackhead dies?
August 31st, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Ross says:
@bliz289
Reread what I posted. There’s no hate there at all. Damn.
Every trendy website I’ve seen this weekend is talking about him, and I really didn’t expect it from this site. Dime is supposed to be my refuge my those places.
August 31st, 2009 at 3:16 pm
S-SiN says:
RIP
Not that familiar with his work, but why beat on a dead man?If I ain’t got nice shit to say about a man in his death, why say anything at all?
August 31st, 2009 at 3:16 pm
S-SiN says:
I think he used to date Nicole Richie, but I might be wrong.
August 31st, 2009 at 3:31 pm
doc says:
Yeah thats my man from the Illadelph.And yeah our shit aint wash up in the 80’s we still got a crack epidemic.RIP Dog.
August 31st, 2009 at 3:39 pm
control says:
Getting Nicole Richie’s stank on your hang low is surely a very slow and painful way to die…damn she is nasty.
August 31st, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Dime Magazine says:
@ Ross
Yeah I hear you. We’re definitely not trying to go Perez Hilton on you. We aren’t gonna post Jon and Kate updates, but DJ AM did talk to Bounce, so it is relevant.
August 31st, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Brown says:
I’m a huge hip hop head and I never heard about him until the crash either. Was he like a club DJ or something? Or did he DJ for any artists I may have heard of? Why is he famous? Please tell me it’s not because he dated a famous chick…
August 31st, 2009 at 5:46 pm
sh!tfaced says:
Sayonara, DJ AM. Judging from that shirt in your pic, crackheads still do make sense no matter what they say. RIP, dude…
August 31st, 2009 at 6:20 pm
bballinca says:
#13 he is big on doing mash ups. Did work with Travis barker (drummer from Blink 182). He wasn’t a very skilled DJ but was in the right place at the right time and knew the right people.
August 31st, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Ross says:
lol
Thanks, Dime!
September 1st, 2009 at 12:04 am
DJ Leon Smith says:
Wasn’t a very skilled DJ? The guy got a co-sign from everyone from DMC champions to DJ Premier.