COME AND GET ‘EM

Students wait in line to get their Big Orange Festival tickets at the Reitz Union on Thursday. This year, the event will host DJ Khaled and Bo Burnham. It will be held on Friday night.
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Students wait in line to get their Big Orange Festival tickets at the Reitz Union on Thursday. This year, the event will host DJ Khaled and Bo Burnham. It will be held on Friday night.
Comedian Bo Burnham will also be forming at the third annual Big Orange Festival tomorrow night at the Reitz Union.
DJ Khaled has become an Internet sensation through his Snapchat and other social media pages, so you may have forgotten he’s actually a DJ. Khaled has been in the game for over a decade and has become one of the best of in the rap game without actually rapping. DJ Khaled is an extremely successful DJ who got his start on Miami’s WEDR radio station and eventually released eight studio albums and appears on a number of hit singles. DJ Khaled will be performing in the Reitz Union tomorrow night at the Big Orange Fest, so here’s a quick roundup to get you ready.
The past couple of weeks have been pretty great for music. I rounded up the newest albums in case you were too busy partying over Spring Break to pay attention to the latest releases, which include a debut album, a collaborative album and even a surprise release from one of the biggest names in rap. Let’s get to it.
DJ Khaled and Bo Burnham are coming to UF.
"I never encountered, in state and federal politics, activities as aggressive as at the University of Florida.” —Bob Graham, former U.S. senator and former governor of Florida
About two weeks remain in the third-annual Weekly Wellness Walk program, an effort to highlight the issue of childhood obesity and promote a healthy lifestyle.
Students learned to bust a move while registering to vote Saturday.
In the name of fun and charity, Athena Conde threw colored powder at runners Saturday.
Runners dance to music performed by DJ James Phabulous at the end of 5K. About 500 people participated in the color run at the Alachua County Fairgrounds on Jan. 16, 2016.
Torres relaxes at home, where he lives with his adopted mother MaryJean Foss. "She got me out of foster care," he said. "She raised me since I was like 12, so I call her mom."
Dj Raffy performs at the corner of Northwest 16th Avenue and Northwest 43rd Street. "I do it to entertain people,” he said. “I do it to make people happy."
Rafael Torres, 23, raps and dances for passing motorists at the corner of Northwest 16th Avenue and Northwest 43rd Street in Gainesville. "When I feel out there I feel alive. I feel good," he said. "I feel like I’m in the studio, like I’m in a live out-there performance."
Torres orders ice cream at D'Lites Emporium, 4216 NW 16th Blvd., after performing as Dj Raffy.
In the past week and a half there were numerous mixtapes released from some big-name artists. This mixtape roundup will give you that heat for that moment you’re passed the aux cord on the way to Atlanta this weekend for the Southeastern Conference Championship.
A Gainesville rapper will release tracks from his original album Saturday night at 8-bit Bar at 919 W. University Ave. Dennis Walton, 22, will join other musical performers and dance crews to show off their talent and give the audience a taste of their latest material.
Glow in the dark paint was splattered on the front of Mystic’s new DJ booth, so that mounted black lights lit up the spray painted art.
A.J. Petrus, a 19-year-old Santa Fe aerospace engineering freshman, sprays blue paint on the Front of Mystic Smoke Shop and Hookah Lounge’s new DJ booth on Nov. 2, 2015. The art piece included a beach scene, planets and UFOs. “We’re all from a different planet here,” he said.
A.J. Petrus, a 19-year-old Santa Fe aerospace engineering freshman, carves out a hand-drawn palm tree stencil for the newly built DJ booth in front of Mystic Smoke Shop on Nov. 2, 2015. Petrus used the stencil to spray paint a beach scene.
Hailing from Los Angeles neighborhood Panorama City, Hopsin is coming to Gainesville to headline the Funk Volume 2015 Tour.