Born Jonathan Prendergast, aka John Hype. Stage named by "Firelinks", John Hype has been revolutionizing the dancehall game with his edgy creativity and dancing savvy, creating new moves to match the slamming dancehall rhythms coming out of the island's studios. In the last few years, he has created a slew of dances with self-explanatory names such as 'Signal Di Plane', 'Fan Them Off' and the ultra-popular 'Pan Di River' that rock dancehalls from Kingston to Negril.

I created all those dances at 'Hot Mondays' (an event held at Hagley Park Road in Kingston). Hot Mondays ah my place, ah my house, ah my dancing school. I build it, I have been going there from it start when it was only five persons in the venue. That's where I create all my dances except the 'Drive By', I just listen to the rhythm, and my mind and body do the rest.

To create more respect for the art of dancing in Jamaica he has also helped to form a core of 11 dancers, the Higher Level Squad, who all hail from the Lyndhurst Road, Dillon Avenue and Rousseau Road areas in Kingston.

People who have inspired him: Bogle is my inspiration, we danced together, him teach mi certain t'ings 'bout dance and we go all over the place together until the tragedy of Willie Haggart. Bogle taught me a thing at Asylum. He said, 'never hold the back page, always go up front, that is where everything is happening'.

Hobbies: Football. He played forward for a Division One side, Arlington in the Spanish Town/Portmore league, and won a top goalscorer award.