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It is well known that recording artiste Garfield Delano Spence, better known as Konshens, is always representing for the ladies. However, high on his agenda, too, is representing for good fathers, both in word and action, and he would often proudly post pictures of his children when they were younger.
Since his arrival on the music scene in 2005, Konshens has diligently and sometimes quietly carved out a space for himself in the overcrowded dancehall arena while exploring a variety of musical genres. 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. His album Real Talk was released by Japanese label Koyashi in 2010, and Konshens also launched his own label, Subkonshus, in 2010, working with new acts, including his brother Delus. His second album, Mental Maintenance, was released in 2012.
His Wikipedia bio notes that Konshens has a large fanbase in Kenya, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Europe, where his Gal Dem Talk single was a major hit.
In April 2016, he released the single Bruk Off Yuh Back, and a remix by Chris Brown 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 British Phonographic Industry. In July 2018, he was featured on I Don’t Dance (Without You) with Matoma and Enrique Iglesias.
This Father’s Day, Konshens shares his thoughts on fatherhood.
1. How has fatherhood changed your outlook on and approach to life in general?
Being a father has given me a heightened sense of responsibility. And I think it introduced a new emotion that wasn’t there before. It’s a mixture of true love and real fear.
2. What do you like best about being a father?
Watching my kids develop their personalities, the similarities to me and the differences.
3. Are you the stern dad or the fun dad? What important lessons are you teaching your children?
I [think] I’m a good balance of both. I teach them countless lessons, but I stress the importance of family, pulling your weight, and not being a victim in life.
4. How would you describe your relationship with your own father?
Not good.
5. Do you have any songs that pay tribute to fathers?
Original Daddy (2016), produced by Dunwell Productions.
Yuh fi big up the man ‘cause him a real father/Never left him son and nuh neglect him daughter
Take care a the responsibility/Never neglect dem pickney
When yo turn a daddy a the greatest joy/No matter if it is a girl or a bwoy
You haffi tek hi serious a nuh, nuh, toy/You haffi tough it up, although the dutty rough
Nuff man out a road wi si a drive in a range/If dem pickney get a plate a food that strange
Mi nah tell no lie/Mi feel like mi a go dead anytime mi daughter cry
Mi nuh know weh some man come from/God know mi nuh understand
How dem live in a mansion/And dem pickney live in a dump land
5. Do you think that there are good fathers out there who don’t get the respect they deserve?
For sure. People hardly remember daddy til the funeral, and I think way more fathers [are] stepping up nowadays.
6. How do you plan to spend Father’s Day?
I honestly don’t know when is Father’s Day (laughs out loud). That’s every day for me.
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