Spragga Benz’s Son Killed

17 year old Carlton Grant Jr. ,the son of dance hall artist Spragga Benz(Carlton Grant sr), was killed by the Police in Kingston, Jamaica on Sunday morning August 24th.

Carlton Grant Jr., the 17-year-old son of dancehall artist Spragga Benz, was shot and killed by local police in Kingston, Jamaica on Sunday (Aug. 24).

Cops say they stopped two men on a bicycle in the Kingston 8 area and when they approached them, one of the men began firing at them, according to Radio Jamaica. The police said they returned fire and the men fled. When they searched the area; they found Grant Jr. suffering from gunshot wounds and in possession of a .45 semi automatic pistol.

Grant Jr. was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead.Spragga Benz (born Carlton Grant, 30 May 1969, Kingston, Jamaica), is one of Jamaica’s most famous [Spragga Benz], whose real name is Carlton Grant, combined with soca star Kevin Lyttle to rise to the top of the Billboard Single Chart with the dancehall remix of Lyttle’s ‘Turn Me On’. The song climbed the charts for 12 weeks until August 12th, 2004 where it reached #1.