Black TikTok creators are using Megan Thee Stallion’s new track to go on “strike,” protesting cultural appropriation. Last week, Megan Thee Stallion released her new single “Thot Sh*t,” which has been featured in more than 33K TikTok videos and has nearly 13 million streams on Spotify. But unlike her previous songs, “Thot Sh*t” hasn’t spurred a new dance trend—and it’s intentional. Black creators are refusing to choreograph a dance to the track, instead posting videos about how they won’t be starting a trend for it to keep TikTokers from capitalizing on more choreography originating from the Black community. TikTok creator Capkenknuckles responded to the strike in her video explaining: “We’re not making a dance for ‘Thot Sh*t.’ Sorry. We’re just gonna let them keep flailing.” Meanwhile, videos commenting on the strike and the lack of a good dance are going viral themselves: user @itsskeonluv29’s video, which shows the TikToker imitating the non-dance videos being created for the song with the caption “Yt People under this sound because a Blk Person didn’t make a dance yet” currently has 1.6M views. (Mashable, YPulse)
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