Florida's Hassan (Steven Bernard Hill) issued the single "Pump Up The Party" (Stevie B) in 1987. The former car wash attendant and fast food server did well with the dance sound.

In 1992 Miami Boom Productions presents The 2 (Brett Hammock aka B-Naste and Joe Gonzalez aka Pappa Wheelie) released "Who Let The Dogs Out (Pappa Wheelie).

Trinidadian Anslem Douglas recorded "Doggie" (Anslem Douglas) in 1998. This caught the attention of producer Steve Greenburg who had his group Baha Men cover the song.

The Baha Men (lead vocalist Rik Carey Omerit Hield and Marvin Prosper) version of "Who Let The Dogs Out?" (Anslem Douglas) hit in 2000 after appearing in "Rugrats In Paris: The Movie". The single topped charts in Australia and elsewhere, number two in the U.K., top ten in most of Europe and in Billboard it hit the top forty and won the Grammy for Best Dance Recording in 2001. Authorship of the tune has been a court battle.