Merlin (Justin Mark Boreland or Justin Boreland) is a UK rapper/hip hop artist (of Jamaican descent) from Brixton, London and nephew of reggae singer Smiley Culture. He was the featured vocalist on the B-side, "Megablast", of the UK top 10 single "Don't Make Me Wait" by Bomb the Bass (1988) and A-side of the UK top 10 single "Who's in the House (The Hip House Anthem)" by the Beatmasters (1989). Merlin also contributed vocals to the track "Pimps, Pushers, Prostitutes" (for which he received a writing credit) on the 1989 UK top 5 album Original Soundtrack by S'Express. An eponymous studio album was released the same year followed by a second, The New Rap Messiah, in 1992.