Through the newly-formed Carlisle Foundation (named in honor of his slain son Carlton Grant Jr), Spragga Benz will give scholarships to Jamaican students. Of course the students will go through a selection process, and upon receipt of the scholarship will have to met certain criteria to keep it.



Funding for the foundation will be coming from the upcoming Life Fest: Peace and Love Concert, scheduled to be held on Carlisle’s birthday, May 2 at Backyard, Constant Spring Road. It will feature performances from some of Spragga’s friends including Stephen and Damian Marley, Wayne Wonder, Sizzla, Queen Ifrica, Tanya Stephens, Jah Cure and Chino along with Spragga himself.

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Jah Cure and Spragga Benz will headline a concert in Guyana on April 4th. It will be the first in a series of regional peace concerts. Peace Fest will be held in seven Caribbean countries.


Trinidadian promoter Andre Rochford who is spearheading the event cites the need to raise awareness of and generate discussion on crime and violence in our region.


The concerts which will be an all white affair (in a sign of unity) starts off in Guyana to pay tribute to the victims of the two massacres that gripped the country a year ago.

Some people are questioning the inclusion of Spragga Benz in this concert event. The man just lost his son to a random act of violence. What less right does he have than you or me to take part in the event???? I notice that Jah Cure loves to wear white so he will definitely fit right in. By the way though he went proclaimed his innocence throughout, Jah Cure was sent to jail for a violent act. I just feel that we should just look for the positive. We are all human, on this one earth that we all have to share. Let's try to find the good in all situations. One.

Check out this interview with Jamaica Observer where Spragga Benz talks about the impact that the shooting death of his son Carlisle had on him and his family.

17 year old Carlton "Carlisle" Grant Jr was shot on August 23rd 2008 by police. Three officers were charged with his murder.

Click HERE for interview.

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Three police officers are set to be charged with the killing of the 17-year-old Carlton 'Carlisle' Grant Jr, son of Spragga Benz. He was shot on August 23rd 2008 by police on Church Street in downtown Kingston.

According to Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn, two policemen will be charged with murder and a third with assault.

The officers claimed that they were responding to a call of two armed men traveling by bicycle who had just robbed a female victim. When the signaled for them to stop one man pulled a gun and fired and they then returned fire.

Residents however, dispute that claim as Carlton was shot in cold blod after he had surrendered. Read my original post on the shooting HERE.

17-year old Carlton Grant Jr., son of Reggae and Dancehall superstar Spragga Benz, was murdered in Kingston on August 23rd. He was shot by police. Allegedly he was shot after he surrendered --WITH HIS HANDS IN THE AIR. He was shot again after he fell to the ground. Of course the police say he was armed and they were compelled to chase and subsequently shoot him.

Police drove him to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. His mother was with him. His father was in New York at the time. Our condolences go out to Spragga Benz and his family.

We will update as the story develops