Jacky Jasper

Jacky Jasper
Jacky Jasper
Birth name	Sean Merrick
Also known as	H-Bomb; HDV;
Born	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Origin	Hollywood, California
Genres	Dirty rap; hardcore hip hop;
Years active	1990–2000s
Labels	ISBA Records; Streetlife Records; Set It Off Records; Number 6 Records; Junkadelic Music;

Sean Merrick, known professionally over his career by the pseudonyms Jacky Jasper, H-Bomb and HDV,^[1]^[2] is a Canadian-American rapper, record producer and celebrity gossip blogger.

Merrick is best known for his work with Kool Keith under the name H-Bomb as a part of rap groups KHM (later known as Clayborne Family) and 7th Veil, as well as for performing as Jacky Jasper on Kool Keith's album First Come, First Served and the Analog Brothers album Pimp To Eat.

In Canada he is also known as a major contributor to the country's early hip hop scene while performing as HDV, as well as for his 1990 single "Pimp of the Microphone".^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Under the moniker Jacky Jasper, Merrick became co-founder of and major contributor to the tabloid news site Diary of a Hollywood Street King.^[6] The blog was credited as having been the first to publish Charlie Sheen's HIV status in 2014.^[7]^[8]

^ ^a ^b Perlich, Tim (September 30, 2004). "Trucker style: Kool Keith turns 18-wheeler". Now Magazine. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Now Communications. Retrieved March 10, 2019. With any luck, we may even get a preview of his forthcoming 7th Veil project with H-Bomb, aka Jacky Jasper, aka Toronto's own "Pimp of the Microphone" HDV.
^ Barr, Greg (January 25, 1991). "Rap and Metal: Both music forms on centre stage this weekend". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. p. D3. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via newspapers.com. Known off stage as Sean Merrick, HDV calls it like it is, and he's seen it from the inside. Merrick spent eight months in a Toronto jail, convicted of living off the avails of prostitution. He was a pimp.
^ Starr, Larry; Waterman, Christopher Alan; Hodgson, Jay (2009). Rock: A Canadian Perspective. Oxford University Press. p. 391. ISBN 0195427610. Sean Merrick (a.k.a. HDV) added his provocative 'gangsta rap' style to the mix in Toronto with songs such as 'Pimp of the Microphone', which aggressively challenged the prevailing myth that Canada has no ethnically marked underclass or any impoverished inner-city communities.
^ Troper, Harold Martin; Weinfeld, Morton (1999). Ethnicity, Politics, and Public Policy: Case Studies in Canadian Diversity. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press. pp. 72–77. ISBN 0802080278. HDV is one rapper whose racial politics are more militant and definitely not integrationist. He addresses interracial marriage and racial tensions between blacks...HDV draws on his real-life experiences (he spent time in jail for his involvement with drug trafficking and prostitution) in his music and uses 'pimping' as a metaphor for all of the different levels of exploitation in society.
^ Conroy, Ed (February 13, 2016). "Tracing the 6's boombastic hip-hop roots. Before Drake, there were pioneers Maestro Fresh Wes, Devon and Michie Mee". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. p. E4. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via PressReader. As our hip-hop royalty continues to perfect the "Toronto sound" blowing up worldwide, Toronto is truly ground zero for hip-hop innovation in 2016. It wasn't always so pervasive: Our first-generation rap artists fought to be recognized...Unsurprisingly, the song ["Let Your Backbone Slide" by Maestro Fresh Wes] kicked up a ton of controversy, but it went on to win a MuchMusic Video Award. Devon later joined forces with Maestro, Dream Warriors, Michie Mee, B-Kool, Lillian Allen, Eria Fachin, HDV, Messenjah, Jillian Mendez, Self Defense and Leroy Sibbles (and more) to form Toronto rap/ragga supergroup Dance Appeal, whose single "Can't Repress the Cause" railed against the Canadian music industry's lack of inclusion and acknowledgement of hip hop.
^ "Jacky Jasper Presents: Diary of a Hollywood Street King" (Press release). Los Angeles, California, United States: Marketwired. AOne Entertainment. January 13, 2009. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
^ Moynihan, Colin (January 6, 2016). "Sheen's path to HIV disclosure". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. The New York Times. p. A10. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
^ Moynihan, Colin (2016-01-05). "The Path to Charlie Sheen's H.I.V. Disclosure". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

[NOW-1] Perlich, Tim (September 30, 2004). "Trucker style: Kool Keith turns 18-wheeler". Now Magazine. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Now Communications. Retrieved March 10, 2019. With any luck, we may even get a preview of his forthcoming 7th Veil project with H-Bomb, aka Jacky Jasper, aka Toronto's own "Pimp of the Microphone" HDV.

[OTTAWA-2] Barr, Greg (January 25, 1991). "Rap and Metal: Both music forms on centre stage this weekend". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. p. D3. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via newspapers.com. Known off stage as Sean Merrick, HDV calls it like it is, and he's seen it from the inside. Merrick spent eight months in a Toronto jail, convicted of living off the avails of prostitution. He was a pimp.

[ROCK-3] Starr, Larry; Waterman, Christopher Alan; Hodgson, Jay (2009). Rock: A Canadian Perspective. Oxford University Press. p. 391. ISBN 0195427610. Sean Merrick (a.k.a. HDV) added his provocative 'gangsta rap' style to the mix in Toronto with songs such as 'Pimp of the Microphone', which aggressively challenged the prevailing myth that Canada has no ethnically marked underclass or any impoverished inner-city communities.

[ETHNICITY-4] Troper, Harold Martin; Weinfeld, Morton (1999). Ethnicity, Politics, and Public Policy: Case Studies in Canadian Diversity. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press. pp. 72–77. ISBN 0802080278. HDV is one rapper whose racial politics are more militant and definitely not integrationist. He addresses interracial marriage and racial tensions between blacks...HDV draws on his real-life experiences (he spent time in jail for his involvement with drug trafficking and prostitution) in his music and uses 'pimping' as a metaphor for all of the different levels of exploitation in society.

[TORONTOSTAR-5] Conroy, Ed (February 13, 2016). "Tracing the 6's boombastic hip-hop roots. Before Drake, there were pioneers Maestro Fresh Wes, Devon and Michie Mee". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. p. E4. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via PressReader. As our hip-hop royalty continues to perfect the "Toronto sound" blowing up worldwide, Toronto is truly ground zero for hip-hop innovation in 2016. It wasn't always so pervasive: Our first-generation rap artists fought to be recognized...Unsurprisingly, the song ["Let Your Backbone Slide" by Maestro Fresh Wes] kicked up a ton of controversy, but it went on to win a MuchMusic Video Award. Devon later joined forces with Maestro, Dream Warriors, Michie Mee, B-Kool, Lillian Allen, Eria Fachin, HDV, Messenjah, Jillian Mendez, Self Defense and Leroy Sibbles (and more) to form Toronto rap/ragga supergroup Dance Appeal, whose single "Can't Repress the Cause" railed against the Canadian music industry's lack of inclusion and acknowledgement of hip hop.

[PRESSRELEASE-6] "Jacky Jasper Presents: Diary of a Hollywood Street King" (Press release). Los Angeles, California, United States: Marketwired. AOne Entertainment. January 13, 2009. Retrieved March 10, 2019.

[NYT-7] Moynihan, Colin (January 6, 2016). "Sheen's path to HIV disclosure". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. The New York Times. p. A10. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via newspapers.com.

[8] Moynihan, Colin (2016-01-05). "The Path to Charlie Sheen's H.I.V. Disclosure". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

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