‘They can’t do it without us’: Black TikTokers strike to protest dance appropriation

Some refuse to choreograph Megan Thee Stallion song, highlighting how white users get credit for Black creativity

A number of Black creators on TikTok are on indefinite “strike”, refusing to choreograph dances on the app to protest against the appropriation of their content by white users.

The action has been focused on Megan Thee Stallion’s new song Thot Shit, which was released last week. There are 168,000 videos on TikTok using the song as of Thursday afternoon, but unlike WAP – Stallion and Cardi B’s last viral song – there is not a single trending dance to it. And that is deliberate, some creators say.