Garfield Delano Spence, also known as Konshens, is a Jamaican dancehallrecording artist, deejay, singer and businessman.
Biography
Prior to Spence's solo career, he was a member of the duo SoJah with his brother Delu.[1] His hits have included "Winner", "Rasta Impostor", "This Means Money", "Good Girl Gone Bad", "Gal Dem a Talk", "Realest Song", "Represent", "Do Sumn" and "Forward", "Gal a bubble".[2]
His 2005 single "Pon Di Corner" was a major hit in Japan, and led to a month-long tour of the country and a Japan-only album release.[3]
He made a guest appearance on Tarrus Riley's Contagious album, deejaying on "Good Girl Gone Bad", which was also released as a single.[4]
He has a large fanbase in Kenya, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Europe, where his "Gal Dem Talk" single was a major hit, and he performed at Guyana's National Stadium in May 2011.[5]
His album, Real Talk, was released by Japanese label Koyashi in 2010.[6] A second album was also announced to be released in Jamaica on Tad Dawkins' Tad's International label.[6] Konshens also launched his own label, Subkonshus, in 2010, working with new acts including his brother Delus.[6]
In May 2011, he was one of several high-profile Jamaican celebrities to take part in a march in Torrington Park calling for an end to political rivalry in the area, commemorating a fire in May 1980 at the Eventide Home which killed over 150 elderly women, for which politically motivated arson was suspected.[7]
In March 2014, he became an official brand ambassador for Pepsi.[8]
In April 2016 he released the single "Bruk Off Yuh Back" and a remix by Chris Brown was released in 2017.[9][10] The single's music video garnered more than 160 million views on YouTube.[11] In 2023 it was certified Silver in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[12][13]
