Happy Wednesday, "Fortnite" fans. Unfortunately, we've got some more bad, legal news for your favorite video game today. It turns out that another two celebrities have step up to the plate with a lawsuit against Fortnite for selling their dance moves on their platform! We previously told you guys that rapper 2 Milly filed his lawsuit for Fortnite selling his "Milly Rock" dance aka "Swipe It" without his consent. Now, according to a new report from the folks over at USA Today, former "Fresh Prince Of Bel Air" Carlton Banks star Alfonso Ribeiro and Russell Horning who is known as The Backpack Kid are jumping in the mix with their lawsuits. We'll start with the Alfonso Ribeiro's lawsuit first. Alfonso is suing Epic Games for selling his dance moves on Fortnite. His dance emote is called, "Fresh" in the game. They're using a dance that he made popular on the "Fresh...
- 12/20/2018
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Fortnite may be the world’s most popular video game, with 200 million players and $1 billion in revenue, but for 2 Milly, it’s just the game that stole his signature dance move. The latest version of Fortnite adapts the Brooklyn rapper’s viral 2015 dance, the Milly Rock, as an “emote” for avatars called Swipe It. “My dance is my signature,” the rapper, born Terrence Ferguson, who sued Epic Games in U.S. District Court, tells Rolling Stone. “Everybody would tell you, from here to Alaska, ‘Hey, that’s the Milly Rock.
- 12/19/2018
- by Steve Knopper
- Rollingstone.com
Alfonso Ribeiro, best known for playing Carlton Banks on the NBC sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” is suing the creators of the blockbuster video game “Fortnite” over claims they stole his famous Carlton dance moves without permission. The actor alleges the “Fresh emote” dance performed by characters in the Fortnite video game is a direct rip off of his “Fresh Prince” dance moves.
A lawyer for Ribeiro has filed the lawsuit against “Fortnite” company Epic Games, claiming the dance moves are the actor’s “intellectual property.” Attorney David Hecht told NBC in a statement, “Epic has earned record profits off of downloadable content in the game, including emotes like ‘Fresh.’ Yet Epic has failed to compensate or even ask permission from Mr. Ribeiro for the use of his likeness and iconic intellectual property.”
According to CNN, the lawsuit states, “Twenty-seven years later, The Dance remains distinctive, immediately recognizable, and...
A lawyer for Ribeiro has filed the lawsuit against “Fortnite” company Epic Games, claiming the dance moves are the actor’s “intellectual property.” Attorney David Hecht told NBC in a statement, “Epic has earned record profits off of downloadable content in the game, including emotes like ‘Fresh.’ Yet Epic has failed to compensate or even ask permission from Mr. Ribeiro for the use of his likeness and iconic intellectual property.”
According to CNN, the lawsuit states, “Twenty-seven years later, The Dance remains distinctive, immediately recognizable, and...
- 12/18/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Backpack Kid can now shine a little more when he busts out the floss ... shine a Lot more, actually. Bk -- government name, Russell Horning -- commissioned the guys over at The Icebox in Atlanta to make him some sick, new bling. The Icebox more than delivered with this stunning gold and diamond backpack (how fitting) pendant. It features 673 round, brilliant-cut diamonds ... which weighs almost 10 freakin' carats!!! The pendant also features 40 grams of 14 karat yellow gold.
- 11/7/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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