Overload Skankaz wants credit - n Say they originated ‘Toast’ dance move

Dance group Overload Skankaz, the 2016 Dancing Dynamites winners and the creators of the Congrats dance move, have a bee in their bonnet. A member of the group, Oshane Forrest, told THE STAR that move is being used to Koffee's ' Toast' and all they want is some credit.

"We are not demanding it, we are asking politely. And, the thing is that the move is really called 'Congrats', and it was created before 'Toast'. But after that song came out, everybody started doing it to it, even Koffee herself, and then it became known as 'Toast'. We tagged her on social media and got other people to tag her as well, with the information as well, but I figure that she's not the one monitoring her social media pages. So nothing came of it," Forrest said.

He admitted that to many persons it might not seem that big of a deal, however, from his perspective, it is major.

"That's what we live for. It's all about the credit. Can you imagine what it would do for us if Koffee gave us a shout-out when she is doing the Toast. She doesn't even have to call us by name. All she has to say is that the move is created by dancers out of Jamaica," Forrest stated, emphasising that he had no problem with Koffee doing the dance.

The Overload Skankaz member referred to a recent video taken during Koffee's visit to Prime Minister Holness at Jamaica House last week. In the video, she is seen briefly teaching Holness the Toast dance moves.

Although he feels proud to know that his dance move has reached Jamaica House, and even on the international stage, Forrest would feel better if he was credited for it. He mentioned that he wasn't invited to Koffee's Grammy celebration party last Tuesday, but several other dancers were present.

"A dancer who was invited called me and said he was trying to work out something for me with the people, but dem never a tek no talk from him," he shared.