Jackito, whose real name is Jacques Sauveur Jean, was born on August 6, 1967 in Ferrier, a town located in the northeast department of Haiti. Jacques Sauveur Jean began his musical career as a charming singer. At 16, he produced his first album and the second, “Lanmou Doudou”, one of his biggest hits, four years later. In 2003, he took the name of Jackito and devoted himself to the Konpa Direk. Entrepreneur in the North-East department, he is one of the twelve winners of the Digicel entrepreneur contest of the year 2012. Candidate for the Senate of the PHTK party, Jacques Sauveur Jean put music in the back seat as he pursued a career in Haitian politics.