The morning after the MTV Video Music Awards, lets recap. The red carpet was sparkling with many stars opting for silver metallic dresses. Favorites rockin the trend were Katy Perry, Leighton Meester, and Kristen Cavallari. Speaking of rockers, Pink stormed in on a fire truck with husband Carey Hart minutes after Shakira walked the carpet wearing the same leather studded mini dress. All was well, and as the show moved inside, the opening tribute to the late Michael Jackson was incredible. Janet’s dance sequence while performing “Scream” evoked the sentiments of a sister saddened by loss, but empowered through their passion for music and dance. Did anyone catch Lauri Ann Gibson and Cris Judd dancing? K-Fed was busy working out.

Not to be detered by a belligerent Kanye West interrupting her acceptance speech for Best Female in a Video, Taylor Swift delivered a beautiful performance of “You Belong With Me.” The night belonged to the ladies, Beyonce proves again that she is the baddest lady in the game and her performance of “Single Ladies” was on point. Pink performed “Sober” with a heart shaped pastie without stepping one toe on the stage. Only Pink can make swinging from a trapeze look effortless. Lady Gaga brought her aggressive avant garde persona to the stage with “Paparazzi” sure it was shocking, but hey, it’s entertainment.

As we were looking at the fashion last night it was clear that metallics dresses were everywhere, loved the color choices from Beyonce and Amerie, and the little black dresses were well played with accessories and shoes. Just a few comments, the DJ AM tribute from Kid Cudi, Wale, and UCB should have been on the main stage and where was Rhianna? Congrats to Matt and Kim for Breakthrough Video. Here’s our roundup of some of the best looks of the night, and a few of the worst for good measure.

The music world is suffering another shocking loss today– news has just broke that popular DJ AM has passed away today at the age of 36. The celebrity DJ, who narrowly escaped death less than 11 months ago after surviving a plane crash with friend Travis Barker, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment around 5:20 pm EST this afternoon. The causes of his death are not yet known, but NYPD is reporting that drug paraphernalia was found in AM’s apartment on Lafayette Street.

Born Adam Goldstein, the entertainer was known for scratching for the likes of Kate Hudson, Jennifer Lopez and Jay Z. He was contracted to spin at several prominent Las Vegas nightclubs, including Pure, and was also a co-owner of the nationally known hotspot LAX. Probably known as much for his skills in the booth as he was for his tabloid love life, DJ AM was previously engaged to Nicole Richie and dated Mandy Moore, who rushed to be by his side in September after he suffered scarring burns due to a plane crash. Beyond his love life, AM was a fixture in the fashion and sneakerhead scenes, often commenting on sneaker forums such as NikeTalk.com. He was most recently seen in a Nike commercial for the Kanye West Air Yeezy’s, alongside Mike Epps and Kobe Bryant.

Although DJ AM was reportedly bouncing back from his tragic plane crash, his apparent drug overdose seems to indicate that he had fallen back on previous addiction habits. The DJ, who often spoke candidly about his struggles in life from addiction to romance and gastric bypass surgery, will be remembered for always keeping the music bumping and the party alive. Indeed, his last Twitter post was 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”.

Our thoughts go out to his family and friends in this difficult time.

Women Making History: Roxy Cottontail

We couldn’t let Easter go by without bringing you lovely readers something special! Today we bring you an extra special Women Making History feature highlighting our favorite New York bunny, Roxy Cottontail!

Now, Roxy Cottontail is the kind of girl books are written about. She came to New York with dreams, drive and a tube of lip-gloss ready to work her little Cottontail off and make people come together, dance and have a damn good time. From Baltimore to Philadelphia, she has been around the musical block picking up friends, acts and experience along the way. She helped establish Diplo and Low Budget, of the legendary Hollertronix party, as well as Spankrock’s rap career and even booked one of Chromeo’s first NYC shows.

Women Making History: Roxy Cottontail

Her skills, talent and varied tastes have helped her rise to the top of the promoting, DJing, hip-hop and fashion worlds. Her signature style is part of everything she touches and has deep roots in punk, electro, dance, house, hip-hop, reggae and rock. Ms. Cottontail hosts her infamous Monday night party at Sway and assorted events all over the world. She hustles on a regular basis. She hosted the second stage on certain dates of the Rock the Bells tour this summer and was recently featured on the cover of URB Magazine. This fall she debuted her new radio show with co-host and partner in crime DJ Melo X, aptly named Booty and the Beat. She writes a column for Missbehave Magazine and will be featured in upcoming issues of Wadklub (Paris) and Status Magazine (Manila). Because of her relentless DJ and live show tours, Roxy is known and loved nationally and internationally by a herd of fun loving bunnies around the globe. Roxy has DJed with DJ AM, Steve Aoki, Afrika Bambaataa, Stretch Armstrong, Ni** Sky and A-trak, just to name a few. She has thrown and hosted parties with live performances by Spankrock, Slick Rick, Devin the Dude and countless others. Her collaborations also carry into the studio where she has lent her voice to Armand van Helden, Drop the Lime and legendary Electroclash icon, Larry Tee.

Women Making History: Roxy Cottontail

DJs, and parties, and recording! Oh my! She does it all!

Want more Roxy? We know you do…Get your fix with more pics, video, a Q&A and a download-eggstravaganza, after the jump!

Press Photo & Bio by: Baby Rox Pebbles

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55DSL is proud to present BPM’s 12th Anniversary Party – July 16th at AVALON in HOLLYWOOD, CA with
performances by 2 LIVE CREW, DJ AM, Z-TRIP, GUNS N BOMBS, THE BLOODY BEETROOTS, THEM JEANS and more!  It sounds like it’s going to be a great show – what an amazing lineup!  Z-Trip is always amazing and 2 Live Crew??  That’s some classic stuff right there.

55DSL is offering you a VIP ticket for 2 to the BPM 12th Anniversary Party.  All you have to do is head to the Barracuda store in Los Angeles and make a 55DSL purchase.  It’s that simple! 55 lucky people will get a VIP ticket for two and entered into a draw to win a bad-ass Lasonics IPOD Boombox!

More details on the party after the jump!

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