Jacky Jasper facts for kids

Sean Merrick is a Canadian-American rapper and music producer. He is known by his stage names Jacky Jasper, H-Bomb, and HDV. He also writes about celebrity news online.

Sean Merrick is best known for working with another rapper, Kool Keith. They were part of rap groups like KHM and 7th Veil. He also performed as Jacky Jasper on Kool Keith's albums, including First Come, First Served. He was also on the Analog Brothers album ... To Eat.

In Canada, he was an important part of the early hip hop music scene. He performed as HDV and released a popular song called "... of the Microphone" in 1990. Later, as Jacky Jasper, he helped start a news website called Diary of a Hollywood Street King. This website became famous for sharing big news stories about celebrities.

Music Career

Sean Merrick started his music career in Toronto, Canada. He used the stage name HDV. His first album was released by a Canadian record company called ISBA Records. This album included his well-known Canadian song "... of the Microphone".

In the same year, 1990, he joined a Canadian hip-hop and dance music supergroup called Dance Appeal. A supergroup is a music group made of members who are already famous from other bands or as solo artists. This group was formed to protest a decision by the CRTC. The CRTC is a Canadian government group that controls broadcasting. They had given a radio license to a country music station instead of a station that would play black and dance music. Toronto needed more stations playing these types of music.

The group Dance Appeal released a song called "CRTC (Can't Repress The Cause)". This song won an award in 1991 for Best Dance Music Video of the Year. In 1993, Merrick released his second solo album as HDV, called Higher Deeper Values. This album was also released by ISBA Records.

Merrick later moved to New York City and then to California. There, he released two more albums as H-Bomb. These were In Yo' Face in 1996 and Narcissism in 1997. The album Narcissism included the song "Playa's Need No Love". This song featured the artist Roger Troutman. It reached number 33 on the Hot Rap Songs chart. This was Merrick's first song to appear on a music chart.

Merrick met rappers Kool Keith and Ice-T. He appeared on Keith's 1999 album First Come, First Served. He also appeared on the Analog Brothers' 2000 album ... to Eat. For these albums, he used the name Jacky Jasper. Merrick, Kool Keith, and another rapper named Marc Live formed a hip hop group called KHM. Their first album, Game, came out in 2002. From 2002 to 2004, Merrick released two more solo albums as Jacky Jasper. In 2004, KHM released their second album, Clayborne Family.

In 2005, Merrick worked as a producer for Shade Sheist's album Before The Waitin' Before The Hatin'. He used the name H-Bomb for this work. Merrick and Kool Keith teamed up again to form a rap duo called 7th Veil. They released an album in 2008. This album featured music production from Chilly Chill. It also had guest appearances from famous artists like Snoop Dogg and Flavor Flav.

Blogging Career

In 2009, Sean Merrick helped start a news website called Diary of a Hollywood Street King. He used his stage name Jacky Jasper for this project. He also became the main writer for the website. The site became well-known for sharing big news stories about celebrities.

Selected Music

Here are some of the albums and songs Jacky Jasper (and his other names) has released or been a part of.

Singles

Guest appearances