Fortnite Gets “Renegade Dance” That Went Viral on TikTok As An Emote

Jul. 19, 2020

Apart fromscreening Christopher Nolan moviesandorganizing virtual in-game concerts, Epic Games adds manyunique cosmetic itemsto their flagship battle royale, Fortnite. Most of theseskins, items, andemotesare inspired by pop-culture references and trending challenges. So, now, the developers added the viral dance challenge from Tiktok, the “Renegade challenge” as an emote in the game.

Now, if you’re unaware of this viral TikTok challenge, then let me enlighten you a bit. The “Renegade challenge” started on thenow-banned-in-India appa few weeks ago.The challenge involves a synchronized dance to the hip-hop song, Lottery (Renegade) by Atlanta rapper, K.Camp.

However,it was only after the dance got popular on the internet, the world finally came to know about her. Especially after sheperformed the danceat an NBA All-Star Game back in late-February.

So, now, following the trend, Epic games added the dance of Harmon as an emote in Fortnite. The company announced the in-game item via a tweet (below).They also tagged Jalaiah to give her the credit for the dance moves,unlike other times.

The emote is pretty dope and the character even gives appropriate expressions while performing the steps. And fortunately,the emote entirely mimics the original choreography of the danceand not any other version from the TikTok challenge videos.

The emote is currently available in the item shop of Fortnite. You can get for it for a price of 500 vBucks, which is the in-game currency of Fortnite.

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