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Rapper Sues Video Game Maker Over Fortnite Dance Move

2 Milly introduced the popular Milly Rock dance in a 2014 music video. As of July, characters in Fortnite are able to perform a similar dance.
2 Milly does his signature dance, the Milly Rock, while performing at The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles in 2015.

A spin of the hand, and a flick of the arm. Bounce left, right, left, right.

That dance, known as the Milly Rock, is at the center of a lawsuit Wednesday by rapper 2 Milly against Epic Games, Inc. The suit claims the artist invented the move and that it was used without permission in the company's massively popular online game

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