DJ Hype began his
musical career around
1989 when he begain spinning
hip-hop on a
pirate radio station in London. In 1989 he won a
London competion of DJ's, and went on to represent
Great Britain in
Spain during th
European Mixing Championships.
In August of 1989, Hype joined the newly formed
house radio station called "
Fantasy", at the time he owned no house records, so he borrowed all that he
spun.
Prior to this, DJ Hype had
gone by the name "
Doctor K", however, during a show he was wearing a t-shirt with the word "
HYPE" printed on it, and was thus dubbed "
DJ Hype".
The first even that be played as DJ Hype was Runtlings in Cabridge Heath Road.
After about 6 months of working for Fantasy, Hype lost his day job, and was then recommended to GTI Records. His job a GTI consisted of listening to different tracks, and choosing the ones that would fit on the new label entitled "
Kickin'
Records".
During this process, Hype was introduced to an artist called The Scientist.
The Scientist's harsh techno sound interested Hype, and they enede up recording two tracks entitled "
The Excorcist" and "The
Bee".
In
1993,
Hype played at
Jungle Fever, and after this event, his career began to take off.
In
1994 he decided to start up his own label "
Ganja Records". The idea was that no one would know that it was DJ Hype behind the label.
In
1996 He teamed up with
Pascal and
Zinc to form
True Playaz Music.
For a really great
interview with DJ Hype, go here: http://www.selekta.com/interviews/hype.asp
I have been unsuccessful in all attempts to find DJ Hype's REAL name, if you know it, please post it here!