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<p class="p1">Imagine being the creator of a whole viral movement and never getting the credit for it? Its safe to say that happens to a lot of people, and 14-year-old Jalaiah Harmon knows all about it.</p>
<p class="p1">She is the original creator of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2046dlkjQQ"><strong>the ‘Renegade’ dance</strong></a> that errrrbody and their mama is doing on the innanetss, and it is about time people put some respeck on her name!</p>
<p class="p1">Jalaiah created and posted the dance with her friend on Sept. 25th 2019, and soon after, the dance took off with celebrities and influencers posting it—no credit to her.</p>
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<p>“I was happy when I saw my dance all over,” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/style/the-original-renegade.html"><strong>she said.</strong></a> “But I wanted credit for it.”</p>
<p class="p1">“I posted on Instagram and it got about 13,000 views, and people started doing it over and over again,” Jalaiah added . <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/tiktok-app-fined-for-5-7-million-dollars-after-reportedly-exposing-minors-personal-information/"><strong>TikTok</strong></a> user @global.jones then posted her choreography switching a few moves at the end and it took off from there. People even associated dancer and influencer Charli D’Amelio with the dance as she made it even more popular.</p>
<p class="p1">Jalaiah shares that she would comment under the posts of influencers and other people doing the dance for credit, but no one paid her attention.</p>
<p class="p1">Some may say ‘iTs jUsT a dAnCe”, however in 2020, such a viral movement could present so many opportunities for a young black girl. Look at people like Shiggy and the Backpack Kid who also created popular dances…but imma mind my business.</p>
<p>Jalaiah is actually a trained dancer who takes hip hop, ballet, lyrical, jazz, and tap classes at her Atlanta dance studio.</p>
<p>Charlie D&#8217;Amelio, the girl who people associate the renegade dance with, apparently said that she&#8217;s happy to now know who the creator of the dance is, and is open to collaborating with her.</p>
<p>K Camp, the creator of the song &#8216;Lottery&#8217; that happens to be the soundtrack to the popular dance, made sure to show Jalaiah some love too!</p>
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<p>Hopefully things turn around for Jalaiah as people continue to learn where the dance originated.</p>
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