#jalaiah harmon

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Video Game by Sufjan Stevens from the album The Ascension - Director: Nicole Ginelli

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Her IG is @_.xoxlaii

Support Black creators and don’t forget to credit them!

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Renegade creator Jalaiah for Teen Vogue

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Howdy!

I don’t know how to really word this but I find it hard to listen to white people that say things like, “I think Charlie D’Amelio deserves the fame she has” when they don’t discuss how she blew up on Tik Tok. I kid you not, I’m watching a video of someone explaining why they can’t defend her anymore and prior to that, they were listing the scandals D’Amelio has been in... not once did they include that devastating fact of her not giving Jalaiah Harmon any credit.

Y’all can tell me Charli changed a couple of the dance moves (because she did) but there is more to it. From the timeline of the “Renegade” dance being created by Jalaiah to this girl commenting under posts that she wants credit for her dance, Charli had to have known what she was doing. Heck, she and Addison Rae only filmed those couple Tik Toks with Jalaiah as damage control but prior to that, they were running with the idea others put out that they were the original creators of it. They didn’t say ANYTHING. Charli grew in popularity for turning the original moves into something easier for herself and other people. Now, look at who’s getting the lifetime opportunities and the coins. Not Jalaiah.

Don’t even bother coming at me with the “Well Charli’s a professional dancer” because I do not care and that argument of yours is pointless. You guys are always about giving underrated people chances in showcasing their talents but the minute it’s a white person up against a minority, you gotta make excuses for why white people need the attention more than anyone else. Whether or not you flip part of the script, credit must given in any art form.

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Jalaiah Harmon x Teen Vogue

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The Original Renegade

A 14-year-old in Atlanta created one of the biggest dances on the internet. But nobody really knows that.

To be robbed of credit on TikTok is to be robbed of real opportunities. In 2020, virality means income: Creators of popular dances, like the Backpack Kid or Shiggy, often amass large online followings and become influencers themselves. That, in turn, opens the door to brand deals, media opportunities and, most important for Jalaiah, introductions to those in the professional dance and choreography community.

Obtaining credit isn’t easy, though. As the writer Rebecca Jennings noted in Vox in an article about the online dance world’s thorny ethics: “Dances are virtually impossible to legally claim as one’s own.”

But credit and attention are valuable even without legal ownership. “I think I could have gotten money for it, promos for it, I could have gotten famous off it, get noticed,” Jalaiah said. “I don’t think any of that stuff has happened for me because no one knows I made the dance.”

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Sufjan Stevens - Video Game [Official Video - feat. Jalaiah]

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When you see how the Renegade was supposed to be as opposed to what the girls been online doing. 

I’m so glad Sis is getting her things. They almost butchered her creation.