Leroy Russell was born on 4th November 1987, in Saint James Parish, Jamaica, and is a dancehall artist and musician, who rose to fame as Tommy Lee Sparta, a member of Portmore Empire. Sparta has been a controversial figure in dancehall because of his self invented style Gothic Dancehall, which is based on dark and satanic music. He has been active in the entertainment industry since 2008.
How much is the net worth of Tommy Lee Sparta? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $500,000, as of the data presented at the end of 2017. Dancing and music are the major sources of Sparta’s net worth.
Tommy Lee Sparta Net Worth $500,000
To begin with, the boy was raised with five siblings in Flankers, Jamaica. While studying at Anchovy High School, Flankers, he was very motivated by his friends to pursue a professional career in music. He recorded his first song “Spartan Story” (2008) at the Snipa studios at Flankers.
Concerning his professional career, his first hit was “Warn Dem” (2010), after which Sparta seriously decided to pursue a career in the industry of music. Tommy Lee rose to fame after recording the single “Some Bwoy (Link Pon Wi Chain)” which was released in 2011. The single has been ranked first in many Jamaican informal music charts, and the video has been widely broadcast on notable Caribbean stations such as RETV, Hype TV and Tempo Networks. “Some Bwoy” as well as the other singles such as “Psycho”, “Buss a Blank” among others gave Tommy Lee Sparta the possibility to stay in the spotlight, and build his net worth.
In the middle of 2012, Adidjahiem Records was closed and Tommy Lee Sparta launched a new label called PG13. At that time he changed his name, to avoid confusion with such celebrities as Tommy Lee Jones and Tommy Lee of Motley Crue. In 2013, he is known to have recoded extended plays entitled “Save Dem Soul” and “Spartan Soulja”. The last records released by Tommy Lee Sparta have also been extended plays – “Dream” (2014), “Big Bike” (2015) and “Rebirth” (2015).
Overall, all the above mentioned activities have added sums to the total size of Tommy Lee Sparta’s net worth.
Finally, in the personal life of Sparta, he is single. Since 2014, he possesses a visa of the USA. In 2012, Tommy Lee and Alliance leader Bounty Killer had fights over various disparaging Twitter posts, which brought them both some publicity, but little else.
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