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“He was a technical wizard on the turntables. He really went all the way for it. He practiced all the time. He started new things all the time. He was elite.”
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Erick Morillo, an international DJ famous for mega club hits such as “I Like To Move It,” was found dead Tuesday, Miami Beach police said. He was 49. Police told news site Local 10 that they received a 911 call to his home Tuesday morning at 5660 La Gorce Drive. Morillo was facing charges of …
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Quinn Coleman, also known as “DJ Spicoli,” died suddenly on Sunday of unknown causes at age 31. He is survived by his father Randy Coleman and mother Debra Lee, who is the former CEO of BET. “Quinn was a loving son, brother, cousin and friend, a passionate DJ and A&R executive with a bright future …
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Since the first Pride parades in the ’70s, music has always played a special part in bringing the LGBTQ community together to celebrate being out and proud. From Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love,” Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” and Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” in the ’70s to Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful,” Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” and …
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A simple “sorry” would have sufficed. DJ David Guetta is being dragged on social media for a tone-deaf tribute to George Floyd that included a remixed speech by Martin Luther King Jr. Guetta, 52, was hosting a livestreamed fund-raising event on a New York City rooftop for coronavirus relief efforts on Saturday when he played …
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Instagram was roasted at “the first ever Instagram approved DJ set” on Monday. Brooklyn artists Donwill and Jean Grae produced the event after Page Six reported on Instagram’s crackdown on DJ sets that stream over the platform due to music rights. The company posted a set of guidelines last week that reminded users it has …
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Quarantined DJs are migrating to the Amazon service Twitch after Instagram has cracked down on live sets. Instagram permits users to play short music clips but prohibits full songs, as that violates its terms with music publishers and labels. Instagram has been policing, and cutting short, the DJ sets. The move sparked Questlove to post …
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The party may soon be over for celebrities and virtual partygoers who tune in to DJ sets on Instagram Live. Since the COVID-19 lockdown began, DJs have been performing on the platform, with some performers attracting hundreds of thousands of remote, club-starved partiers and VIPs. But the platform, which permits users to play only short …
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DJ D-Nice has become a star during the global pandemic with the nightly live streamed sets he’s dubbed #ClubQuarantine. #ClubQuarantine has seen major stars tune in — like Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez and Drake — but D-Nice told Page Six his favorite visitor is celebrity chef Bobby Flay. “I love watching people drop in — I …
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Fans will see a new side of DJ Carnage in his new documentary “The Price of Greatness,” which premieres May 18. “It’s a lot of really getting to know me in a different way that people never have before,” Carnage told Page Six over the phone Thursday. “[Fans] are going to see just how normal …
“He was a technical wizard on the turntables. He really went all the way for it. He practiced all the time. He started new things all the time. He was elite.”
