Spraga Benz

In late 1991 a posh name sprung unto the scene, it was a Benz and the deejay's name was Spragga. Carlton Grant was called Spagetti as a youngster by his friends and as he grew older the name grew in Spragga and Benz came from the L.A. Benz sound system on which he used to spin tunes in Duhaney Park. and surrounding areas. <br><br>

It is quite interesting how the deejay got his break into the music business. While spinning tunes for L.A. Benz, he would take artist to the studio to make dubplates and during the era when Buju Banton was just bussing out of the pack with tunes like 'Brownin,' Spragga had asked Buju to full out a dubplate for his sound which consisted of four tracks. However, Buju told him that he could only provide two and Spragga replied that the flip side would be empty so that wouldn't work. Buju then suggested that Spragga fill the remaining tracks himself. Of course Spragga resisted the offer because he didn't know himself as a deejay but Buju persuaded him to do so. Spragga went along with the program and began to deejay some lyrics off the top of his head and by the time he got into a few of the lines the massive at the studio began to shout pam pam ! bussing a lot of blank shots and right away L.A. Benz took the dubplate, and the tune was called 'Love Mi Gun.'