Dancehall existed in Ghana before Iwan- Kaakie

Bulldog

Kaakie

By Forgive Adjoa Forfoe

   Dancehall queen, Kaakie, says before dancehall artist, Iwan, ever ventured into the genre, there were others already in the business and he is therefore not the one who  made it popular or attractive as was been stated by Bulldog.
   Recently, former manager of dancehall king, Shatta Wale, Bulldog, stated on his Facebook wall that  “5FIVE was the first group that made dancehall music popular in GH, Africa and the rest of the world with their monster and award winning hit track?#?AFRICANGURLZ released in 2006.

 "Iwan A Razak was the first dancehall act to break through as a true dancehall artist with his monster dancehall hit track ?#?STILLLOVEME ft. NaturalFaCe in 2009.5FIVE & IWAN ?#?DANCEHALLPACESETTERS?#?grateful ?#?thywillbedone ?#?killdemwithlove ?#?sikanhyira”.

 The Too much songstress however shares a different opinion.          
 “ Bulldog’s comment is a very biased opinion, not a fact. Otherwise, if he wants to make it a fact, he should provide evidence. I feel that he’s just narrowing it down to artistes he has managed before, for people to say he has managed good artistes. Of course, 5five and  Iwan are good artistes, but  where dancehall is concerned, 5five are out of the question totally because I will not classify them(5five) as a dancehall group, they are not  doing dancehall,only Iwan is ’’ she stated.

Iwan

 TheToffee Pon Tang hit maker said that though Iwan was a big name in the genre sometime ago, he only contributed to lift the genre.
 ‘‘The genre is big and is like a tree with branches. Therefore, I will not say he made the genre attractive because by the time he came there were several others like Samini, Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale then called Bandana. So, I will not say he made it attractive or popular, but rather contributed to make it attractive.

 ‘‘I feel they all contributed to make the genre what it is today, because it is not a one day or one man journey. Iwan had his time where he was all over the place, but I won’t give it to him as the one who made the genre popular or that the foundation began with, or relied solely on, him. He and the others joined forces to make the genre the strong one it is today’’ she concluded.