At a recent cast reunion panel at Vulture Festival 2018, the actor said that Epic Games ‘jacked that s**t.’ For those interested in just…
At a recent cast reunion panel at Vulture Festival 2018, the actor said that Epic Games ‘jacked that s**t.’
For those interested in just how close the two dances line up, YouTuber A_Rival Planetskill put the two side-by-side, and they are frame-by-frame identical.
Faison joked about not receiving any money for the dance’s sale. He said, “Somebody stole that s***, and it’s not mine no more.”
Lawrence joked that the money all went to him. “I knew that Donald would be cool with me getting the money for that.”
While Faison’s outrage definitely seems to be in jest, there have been cases of celebrities becoming legitimately upset over their famous dances being turned into emotes in the game. Epic sells said emote for real money, and it doesn’t seem like any of the original performers are receiving compensation for their dances being used in the game.
Rapper 2 Milly told CBS News that he wasn’t happy about his “Milly Rock” dance being included in the game, doled out via paid microtransactions. He said, “They actually sell that particular move. It’s for purchase,” 2 Milly explained. “That’s when I really was like… oh nah, this can’t go on too long.”
Fortnite should put the actual rap songs behind the dances that make so much money as Emotes. Black creatives created and popularized these dances but never monetized them. Imagine the money people are spending on these Emotes being shared with the artists that made them
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13,2018
Chance the Rapper also spoke out on the matter on Twitter. He said that Epic should “put the actual rap songs behind the dances that make so much money as Emotes.”
