Stevie Hyper D.

Drum and bass MC, passed away on the 5th July 1998 due to a heart attack as result of an hereditary condition within his family. Stevie Hyper D's MCing career coincided with jungle's infancy in '91 at a party called "Still Buzzing" in central London. Never afraid to take over the mic to get known, Steve's first major break in the jungle scene was gaining a residency at Brett and Sting's weekly Telepathy parties the Wax Club in Stratford, East London. He then started to MC with Nicky Blackmarket at the Thunder and Joy parties at the Raw Club in the west end of London. Steve was also part of a very successful radio show on east London's long-running station Kool FM with Nicky Blackmarket as part of the station's "Super-Sundays" package. As his reputation in the scene continued to grow due to radio shows on Kool, his workload began to take on new forms as he became a would-be MC ambassador. To keep on top of the heavy demand, Stevie had been to about 60% of the provincial jungle parties in the UK and he had gained bi-residencies for nearly everyone in the scene at the time e.g. Desire, Innovation, Jungle Mania, One Nation, Heat and Hysteria. Steve also had a international following as he was receiving bookings from Germany and far afield as Canada and Japan.