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Let's Check Back on How the Black TikTok Creators' Strike Is Going
Megan Thee Stallion’s new single isn’t doing the numbers on TikTok like it would if Black creators made a dance for it, proving the point about their impact.
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A Black TikTok Creator Came Up With the Most Brilliant New Dance—It's a 'Challenge' for Content Colonizers
Black TikTok creators are tired of white creators with more followers profiting from their dance crazes.
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Can You Copyright Dance Moves? 'Single Ladies', 'Formation' and 'WAP' Choreographer JaQuel Knight Made History Doing Just That
You can’t hear the rhythmic “oh-oh-OH-oh-oh-OHHH-oh-oh-oh…” in Beyoncé’s hit single, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” without busting those now-iconic dance moves (heavily inspired by Bob Fosse), right? Well, you have one man to thank for that—JaQuel Knight. Recognizing the power of that longevity and visibility, Knight has made history as the first choreographer…
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White Male Late Night Talk Show Host Creates Viral 'TikTok Appropriation Consolation Prize' Challenge
In another episode of the mainstream American hit, “Marginalized Creators: Here, Damn!”, late night show host Jimmy Fallon recently came under fire after he featured TikTok influencer Addison Rae performing an instructional series of popular TikTok dances…that she didn’t create. Following the social media backlash, Fallon attempted to fix the blunder a week later. But,…
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TikTok Launches Incubator Program Featuring 100 Black Creators Up for the Challenge
If you’re immersed in the TikTok world, you are intimately familiar with challenges. Whether your challenge is being a savage or a renegade, throwing it down to bussit or even swaying sexily to a silhouette, a TikTok user is always down to create trendy content. Hell, y’all are so good at it, we have a…
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Sounds of Blackness: Apple Music, ASCAP, Spotify and TikTok Celebrate Black History Month With an Array of Curated Playlists, Specials and Programming
Welp, it’s official! Black History Month is finally here, and I for one couldn’t be happier. Though I’m Black 24/7/365 and don’t ever need a set date to bask in that glorious fact—there’s something about the first day of February that makes me wanna pick out my fro, put salt (NEVER sugar) on my grits,…
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Ever Seen an Anti-Karen Out-Karen a Karen? It's a Sight to Behold
I’m not going to lie: The first time I saw this video, I thought I was watching a classic case of Karen-on-Karen crime. I was ready to launch into a whole bit about how the Karen Lives Matter movement is full of hypocrites because all they do is complain, complain, complain about systemic Black-people-roasted-me-ism, but…
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Exclusive Red Table Talk Clip: TikTok Vegan Sensation Tabitha Brown Didn't Think She'd Make It to 40 Years Old
Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne “Gammy” Banfield-Jones have been known to feed the soul at their red table. For the holidays, it looks like the ladies are going to be feeding that belly, too! From Facebook Watch’s official synopsis of the next episode of Red Table Talk titled, “Red Table Recipes: Cooking for…