Garfield Delano Spence, also known as Konshens, is a Jamaican

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Biography

Prior to Spence's solo career, he was a member of the duo SoJah with his brother Delus .Konshens ties knot in Florida
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and Europe, where his "Gal Dem Talk" single was a major hit, and he performed at Guyana's National Stadium in May 2011.Konshens thrills Guyana
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'', 5 November 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2011 A second album was also announced to be released in Jamaica on Tad Dawkins' Tad's International label. Konshens also launched his own label, Subkonshus, in 2010, working with new acts including his brother Delus. 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. , The march commemorated a fire in May 1980 at the Eventide Home which killed over 150 elderly women which was suspected to be politically motivated arson.Robinson, Corey (2011)
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. In March 2014, he became an official brand ambassador for

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. In April 2016 he released the single ''"Bruk Off Yuh Back"'' and a remix by

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was released in 2017. The single's music video garnered more than 160 million views on YouTube. In 2023 it was certified Silver in the UK by the

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(BPI). In July 2018, he was featured on I Don't Dance (Without You) with

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Personal life

Spence married Latoya Wright in

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, Florida, in November 2017. Spence has two children, Liam and Sajhi Spence

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

* '' Real Talk'' (2010) (Japan only) * '' Mental Maintenance'' (2012) * Road Album (2014) * '' It Feel Good'' (2018) * RAW (2018) * Badman vs Nice Guy (2019) * ''Soca Virgin'' (2020) * '' Red Reign'' (2021)

Collaborative albums

* "Medi" (featuring Delus) ''

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'' (with Various Artists) (2008)

Singles

As lead artist

*"Pon Di Corner" (featuring Delus) (2005) *"Rasta Imposter" *"This Means Money" *"Winner" (2008) *"Realest Song" (2010) *"No retreat"(2010) *"Gal Dem A Talk" (2010) *"Realest Medz" (2010) *"Weak" (reggae) (2010) *"Represent" (2011) *"Forward" (2011) *"Buss A Blank" (2011) *"Touch Back Again" (2011) *"Bounce Like A Ball" (2011) *"Jamaican Dance" (2011) *"Bad Gyal" (2011) *"Gal A Bubble" (2012) *"Do Sum'n" (2012) *"Shat A Fyah" (2012) *"Stop Sign" (2012) *"Touch Regular" (2012) *"Gyal Sidung" (2012) *"So Mi Tan" (2012) *"On Your Face" (2012) *"Mad Mi" (2012) *"I'm Coming" (2012) *"Jiggle" (2013) *"Couple Up" (2013) *"U Better Miss Me" (2013) * "Walk And Wine" (2013) *"Give Praise" (2013) *"Depend on You" (2013) *"Tan Up An Wuk" (2013) *"Weak" (2013) *"Show Yourself" (2013) *"Pull Up To Mi Bumper" (& J Capri) (2013) *"We A Hustle" (2013) *"Sekkle Dung" (featuring Raine Seville) (2013) *"Turbo Wine" (featuring Rickman) (2013) *"We No Worry Bout Them" (featuring Romain Virgo) (2013) *"To Her with Love" (2013) *"Weed on Me" (2014) *"Forever Young" (2014) *"Independent Girl" (2014) *"Money" (featuring Masicka) (2014) *"Come Get This" (2014) *"Touch You" (2014) *"Duppy Dem" (2014) *"Don Daddy" (2014) *"Bruk Off" (2016) *"Turn Me On" (2017)

As featured artist

*"Feel So Right" (Imposs featuring Konshens) *"Good Girl Gone Bad" (Tarrus Riley featuring Konshens) *"Feels Right" (Pleasure P featuring Konshens) (2014) *" Want Dem All" (

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featuring Konshens) (2014) * "Policeman" (

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featuring Konshens) (2015) *"No Friend Zone" (Mink Jo featuring Konshens) (2016) *"Can't Wait" (

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featuring Konshens) (2016) *" Don't Let Me Down" (

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featuring Daya and Konshens) (Dom Da Bomb & Electric Bodega Remix) (2016) *"Tropical Limelight" (Tha Hot$hot and Stekaly featuring Konshens) (2014) *"Back It Up" (

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featuring Konshens and Hoodcelebrityy) (2017) *"Oh God" (

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featuring Konshens) (2018) *" I Don't Dance (Without You)" (

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featuring Konshens) (2018) *" Reload" (

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featuring Konshens) (2019) *"Make A Move" (DJ Katch feat. Konshens & BAMMBI) (2019) *"Voodoo" (Mr. Mauricio feat. Pitbull, Jencarlos & Konshens) (2020)

References

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