Baha Men is a pop group from Nassau, Bahamas that plays a modernized style of Bahamian music called Junkanoo.
The group was formed in the Bahamas in the late 1970s as High Voltage, with the original members being percussionist Isaiah Taylor, Colyn "Mo" Grant and Nehemiah Field. They were known for performing traditional Caribbean junkanoo music.
The group renamed themselves as Baha Men in 1991, and released their first album under that name, Junk...
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Baha Men is a pop group from Nassau, Bahamas that plays a modernized style of Bahamian music called Junkanoo.
The group was formed in the Bahamas in the late 1970s as High Voltage, with the original members being percussionist Isaiah Taylor, Colyn "Mo" Grant and Nehemiah Field. They were known for performing traditional Caribbean junkanoo music.
The group renamed themselves as Baha Men in 1991, and released their first album under that name, Junkanoo, in 1992. The album was very traditional in its sound.
Through the 1990s they soon began aiming their music at a more mainstream audience, and achieved large, but short-lived, success with 2000's remake of "Who Let the Dogs Out?" (originally composed by Anslem Douglas) with the help of Orlando Infante. The song was a chart success across many countries, and also became a popular song at US sporting events.
"Who Let the Dogs Out?" also earned the band several awards: a Grammy Award in 2000 for Best Dance Recording; a Billboard Music...
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