Jamaican Star Konshens Shares YouTube Analytics, Confirms Huge Fanbase in Nairobi Kenya

Famed Jamaican dancehall sensation Garfield Spence, popularly known as Konshens in the entertainment circles, has revealed that he draws many of his fans from Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, where he performed on New Year’s Eve show.

For this reason, Konshens stated that Kenyans play an important role in his music career, and that is why he keeps flying into the country for music shows.

He shared his YouTube statistics on social media, and Nairobi topped the list with 4.63 million people streaming his music on the video-sharing platform.

The largest city in the United States, New York, came second with 2.05 million views, then Britain’s largest metropolis, London (1.4 million), Kingston Jamaica (1.32 million), the first incorporated city in the state of California, San José (1.02 million), Paris (845,000), Panama City (779,000), Nicaragua’s capital Managua (666,000) and Toronto in Canada with 581,000 views.

In a comprehensive interview with G Money, Konshens disclosed that his love for the fans is timeless as they are the ones who are responsible for his rise to stardom.

Konshens said that he had a difficult time when he was starting his music career, as he was not signed to any label at the time and had to depend on the fans to push his music.

G Money went ahead and asked the singer why he always reaches out to artists from the East African country whenever he visits for a show, and Konshens confessed that Kenyan musicians are proficient and adept, and he loves their music.

“I really didn’t want to comment about this because these guys (Kenyan artists) are crazy,” Konshens said in jest, adding: “For me, bro, as a music fan, I know what I would like to see happen. For example, if someone like Drake was coming to Jamaica, I’d like to see him going like ‘What’s hot in Jamaica?’ And the next day, you see this song by a big musician in the world and a youth coming up in Jamaica. And I don’t do this only in Kenya.”

Among the Kenyan acts who have once worked with Konshens include Gengetone music group Ethic, recording artist Pryshon Africa and songwriter, Sechi Love.