“I think they were all credited in the original YouTube posting, but it’s kind of hard to credit during the show,” Rae explained. “But they all know that I love them so much and, I mean, I support all of them so much. And hopefully one day we can all meet up and dance together.”
Rae isn’t a lone example of this disturbing phenomenon – In early 2020, Zoomer superstar Charli D’Amelio found herself in the hot seat after popularizing the dance to “Renegade,” without crediting the choreographer behind the viral trend, Jalaiah Harmon, who was just 14-years-old at the time, the Washington Post noted. Although Harmon ultimately ended up getting recognition for her work, it was a long, tough journey. “I was happy when I saw my dance all over,” Harmon said of her dance’s popularity. “But I wanted credit for it.”
Yet as Louis noted, the point of the strike isn’t to forbid non-Black people from partaking in popular TikTok trends launched by Black creators, it’s about requesting fair credit for their contributions.
“We’re not saying not to use our content,” Louis explained. “We’re saying give credit where it’s due.” So what exactly does properly crediting Black creators look like? When speaking with NBC News, Louis cited the viral popularity of a dance created by TikTok user @LayzChipz to the song “Twerkulator.” When other popular creators shared her video, they credited her for the choreography, leading to her ultimately meeting with and collaborating with the song’s artist and building a large platform on the app.
“She made that little dance on TikTok, not knowing where it would end up, and now she’s at almost 600,000 followers and the City Girls know her and it’s all because people credited her and people fought to have her credited,” he explained.
@layzchipz
So folks, next time you hop on a TikTok trend, make sure to credit the artist whose work you’re using. It’s not that hard and can make all the difference.
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