# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dj-am
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:36:02.296Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dj-am"
name: "DJ AM"
slug: "dj-am"
description: "Adam Michael Goldstein, known professionally as DJ AM, was an American DJ. Born in Philadelphia, Goldstein became interested in deejaying as a child after watching Herbie Hancock perform his 1983 single \"Rockit\". Goldstein developed a drug addiction as a teenager and was sent to the controversial rehabilitation center Straight, Incorporated. After he left the center, his drug problems became worse; he was addicted to crack cocaine for several years in his early twenties. After he attempted suicide in 1997, Goldstein became sober and later sponsored other addicts through Alcoholics Anonymous."
tagline: "American disc jockey (1973–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AdamGoldsteinDec08.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1973-03-30"
deathDate: "2009-08-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.95
  momentum:             0.3951774949765572
  historical:           14.94776666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/dj_am"
    handle:    "dj_am"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1622954/"
    handle:    "nm1622954"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.djam.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/233440"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DA%86_%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "دچ ام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Адам Голдстейн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%A6%DB%95%DB%8C_%D8%A6%DB%8E%D9%85"
    title: "دی جی ئەی ئێم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Goldstein"
    title: "Adam Goldstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_AM"
    title: "DJ AM"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Goldstein"
    title: "Adam Goldstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Goldstein"
    title: "Adam Goldstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Goldstein"
    title: "Adam Goldstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%AE"
    title: "डीजे एएम"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Goldstein"
    title: "Adam Goldstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Goldstein"
    title: "Adam Goldstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A0%EB%8D%A4_%EA%B3%A8%EB%93%9C%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%80%EC%9D%B8"
    title: "애덤 골드스타인"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Goldstein"
    title: "Adam Goldstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Goldstein"
    title: "Adam Goldstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adam_Goldstein"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0c3bf41c-646d-40af-b281-1bd0a8383412"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q349529"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2752432"
    title: "Dj Amorim"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump