James Hype

About

James Edward Lee Marsland (born 26 November 1989), known professionally as James Hype, is an English DJ and record producer.

James Hype was born James Edward Lee Marsland on 26 November 1989 in Wirral, Merseyside, England. He attended Calday Grange Grammar School and lived in Greasby.
Marsland discovered online music at the age of 13. This led to his parents buying him a set of DJ decks for his 15th birthday. At the age of 16, Hype started to work as a warm up DJ at a nightclub at Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet. He began working as a DJ when he was 18, in clubs and bars in Merseyside and Northern England. His first full residency was at Aura Bar in Hoylake. He followed this by DJing all-nighters at Funky Box on Fleet Street in Liverpool’s city centre.
In 2018, he collaborated with Craig David on the single “No Drama”.
He is best known for the catchphrase “Who Does This?”, which is associated with his DJ performances, and his 2022 single “Ferrari” which reached number one in the charts in the Netherlands, Italy and Belgium.
Hype presented a late-night radio show on Thursday nights on KISS FM from July 2017 to November 2019. Hype is an ambassador for DJ equipment manufacturer…