Fortnite: Rapper 2 Milly hires lawyers to sue Epic Games for using his \u2018Milly Rock\u2019 dance as an emote Popular rapper 2 Milly is looking to pursue legal action against Epic Games for using his \u2018Milly Rock\u2019 dance as part of an emote in Fortnite Battle Royale. The music artist has hired the legal services of Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP to sue Epic Games for using his dance without permission. The Milly Rock dance, known as \u2018Swipe It\u2019 in Fortnite, is an emote that players can purchase through the Item Shop and use in-game. The in-game emote is identical to the rapper\u2019s iconic dance, and according to 2 Milly, Epic should have asked for permission and offered him compensation for using his dance. \u201cI was never compensated by Epic Games for their use of the \u2018Milly Rock.\u2019 They never even asked for my permission,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cI am thrilled to have David Hecht and his team at Pierce Bainbridge representing me to help right this wrong.\u201d \u201cThis isn\u2019t the first time that Epic Games has brazenly misappropriated the likeness of African-American talent. Our client Lenwood \u2018Skip\u2019 Hamilton is pursuing similar claims against Epic for use of his likeness in the popular \u2018Cole Train\u2019 character in the Gears of Wars video game franchise. Epic cannot be allowed to continue to take what does not belong to it.\u201d These were the words of David L. Hecht, partner at Pierce Bainbridge, who will be representing 2 Milly in his pursuit of claims against Epic. 2 Milly originally voiced his concerns back in July, when he publicly criticized Epic for using his dance as an emote in Fortnite. Even back then he was open to the idea of pursuing legal action, which has finally come to fruition. \u201cI just feel like the appropriate thing to do is compensate me with a fair amount for my addition to the game,\u201d he told Kotaku at the time. The topic came up again two weeks ago, when 2 Milly again commented on the issue: \u201cEverybody was just like \u2018Yo your dance is in the game.\u2019 They actually sell that particular move. It\u2019s for purchase. That\u2019s when I really was like\u2026 oh nah, this can\u2019t go on too long.\u201d The rapper is one of numerous popular music artists who have come out over the past few months to publicly denounce Epic\u2019s methods, although he is the first one to actually pursue claims. Now that he has lawyered up, it may motivate others to do the same, including the likes of global music icon Chance the Rapper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite: Rapper 2 Milly hires lawyers to sue Epic Games for using his \u2018Milly Rock\u2019 dance as an emote Popular rapper 2 Milly is looking to pursue legal action against Epic Games for using his \u2018Milly Rock\u2019 dance as part of an emote in Fortnite Battle Royale. The music artist has hired the legal services […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}