“DJ EU” Eumir Gutiérrez

The Beat of Two Worlds

By Daniela Cintron

Published May 22, 2025
Last Updated May 23, 2025

Eumir Gutiérrez, better known as DJ EU, moves a crowd with the ease of someone who has spent his life mastering rhythm, but it’s not just music that drives him. It’s identity. It’s pride. It’s the unmistakable joy of being Puerto Rican and the journey of becoming at home in Atlanta, a city that shaped him as much as he shaped its nightlife.

“Puerto Rico me dio mi sonido. Atlanta creó mi sonido,” he says. Puerto Rico gave me my sound. Atlanta created it.

Born and raised on the vibrant island of Puerto Rico, DJ EU speaks of his birthplace as a blessing. “Cuando uno nace en un país latino, tiene uno ese son de cultura, sazón,” he says. When you’re born in a Latin country, you’re born with a rhythm, a flavor. That rhythm, that sazón, pulses through every set he spins—whether it’s at Perrología, the reggaetón-heavy Latin night he co-founded, or as the official DJ of Atlanta United FC.

When he moved to Atlanta at 18 in 2002, the plan wasn’t to stay. “Yo siempre decía que me iba a regresar a Puerto Rico,” he admits. I always said I was going to go back. But the city wouldn’t let him go. Slowly, Atlanta opened its arms—and he opened his own heart in return.

“Atlanta tiene que apreciarse,” DJ EU says. Atlanta has to be appreciated. Its cultural layers, musical history, and unapologetic self-expression became a mirror, encouraging him not to hide who he was but to embrace it fully. “La ciudad me dijo que estaba bien ser yo… bienvenido a la ciudad,” he remembers. “The city told me it was okay to be myself… welcome to the city.”

Today, DJ EU doesn’t just bring Puerto Rico to Atlanta—he blends the two. He sees how reggaetón and salsa sit beside trap and hip-hop, how Atlanta’s sound shaped Latin trap itself, and how collaborations between artists from both worlds reflect something greater than music. “It’s a global sound,” he says. “Cardi B with Bad Bunny, J Balvin, or even Bad Bunny doing Afrobeat. Everyone wants to be part of it.”

But for DJ EU, it goes deeper than beats and collabs. It’s about representation. “Seré Puertorriqueño hasta en la luna,” he says, referencing the famous song lyric, I’ll be Puerto Rican even on the moon. His pride is permanent—inked on his skin, booming from his speakers, and flowing through his community work. “I love carrying my flag,” he says. “But at the end, I don’t only represent Puerto Rico. I represent the whole Latin community.”

Through every set, every stage, and every shoutout to la isla del encanto, DJ EU reminds Atlanta—and the world—that being Boricua isn’t just a background. It’s the sound, the spirit, and the soul of who he is.

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Daniela is the content manager and bilingual editor for Discover Atlanta. As an award-winning bilingual journalist, she is passionate about shinning light on untold stories about culture, food and Atlanta.