While his lawyer denies his involvement in criminal activities and the investigations continue, the artiste has has joined former stablemates Vybz Kartel and Shawn Storm in lock-up, as they serve life sentences for murder. The entertainerвЂ™s legal troubles are far from over, as the police have recently indicated that based on ballistic reports, the illegal gun found in his possession is responsible for at least two murders.Г‚ He had indicated his intent to sue for his detainment, but that matter is now up in the air following this recent conviction. Tommy Lee, a Flanker, Montego Bay native, has had various run ins with the law, and was detained extensively under a State of Emergency provision recently. Tommy Lee Sparta is now serving a three year sentence for illegal gun and ammunition possession, and he follows on the heels of fellow dancehall act Laden, who was sentenced to four years in prison last year on a similar charge. This is especially notable in recent times, against the background of the ongoing debate on whether there is a correlation between violent crimes and the violence-laced lyrics that some artistes are known for. While the number of young men being arrested for various offences in Jamaica is not unusually high at this time, the high profile-nature of arrests and convictions when popular artistes are involved puts them, and the entire industry, under the microscope.

Jamaican dancehall gone too far