When the beat starts with a classic drum and bass in a progressive house style, you know who you’re listening to. Creator of “Get Low” (with DJ Snake) and “Say Less” (ft. G Eazy), Dillon Francis, or DJ Hanzel, has been a leading name in Moombahton, EDM, trap, and electro house for over a decade.

This past weekend, festival-goers from all over the country stepped out of the real world and into a world where magic seems real. With immersive art experiences, mural mazes, fairy houses and an epic lineup of artists, Hulaween at the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park this year was nothing short of mystical. 

 For decades, hip hop has grown to easily be one of the most prevalent genres and movements in America. What started in the Bronx in the 70s as a way to express culture, tell a story and give a voice to the voiceless quickly traveled to the south and became something completely new. Since the 80s Atlanta has taken hip hop and ran with it, and the product of years of rapping, fashion, street art and expression became a cultural phenomenon that the world has greatly absorbed.