Justin Mark Boreland, better known as Merlin, is a British rapper of Jamaican descent from Brixton, London and nephew of reggae singer Smiley Culture.[1][2][3] He was the featured vocalist on the B-side "Megablast" of the UK top-ten single "Don't Make Me Wait" by Bomb the Bass (1988)[4] and A-side of the UK top-ten single "Who's in the House (The Hip House Anthem)" by the Beatmasters (1989).[5][6] Merlin also contributed vocals to the track "Pimps, Pushers, Prostitutes" (for which he received a writing credit) on the 1989 UK top-five album Original Soundtrack by S'Express.[7] An eponymous studio album was released the same year followed by a second, The New Rap Messiah, in 1992.[1][2]
In 2020, Boreland became a tutor in music composition and production at the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, London.[8]
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