TikToker Markell Washington defends Charli D\u2019Amelio amid dance credit backlash Instagram: Markell Washington\/Charli D’AmelioPopular TikToker Markell Washington jumped to the defense of Charli D\u2019Amelio after she\u2019s come under more fire for apparently not crediting other TikTok dancers for their moves. Charli D\u2019Amelio is by far TikTok\u2019s most popular creator, but her huge following also means she\u2019s constantly under the microscope for her posts and actions. In recent months, she\u2019s come under fire from different people for apparently not giving credit to creators for their dance trends, with some claiming that she\u2019s passing them off as her own. She\u2019s not alone in being criticized for this \u2013 Addison Rae was slammed for using dance moves on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon that originated from black creators. However, Charli has received some backing. Popular TikToker Markell Washington \u2013 who has over 7 million followers on the app and has collaborated with Charli before \u2013 hit back at people claiming she doesn\u2019t give credit. \u201cPeople want to keep calling this girl out for not giving credit when credit is due, guys, check your receipts, that was so long,\u201d he said, showing that Charli has given credit plenty of times before, even going back to last year. \u201cI feel like people are just coming for her just because she has the biggest following on the platform,\u201d he added. \u201cLet\u2019s be real, if someone had 300,000 followers didn\u2019t give somebody dance credits, none of us would come for their life.\u201d The TikToker added that people don\u2019t keep that same energy for everyone. \u201cIf we\u2019re going to go after people, we got to make sure we hold everyone accountable, no matter their status or number that comes after their name.\u201d Charli has not responded to the criticism herself, but she clearly has people who have her back on it, even if that won\u2019t stop the masses from taking shots at her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikToker Markell Washington defends Charli D\u2019Amelio amid dance credit backlash Instagram: Markell Washington\/Charli D’AmelioPopular TikToker Markell Washington jumped to the defense of Charli D\u2019Amelio after she\u2019s come under more fire for apparently not crediting other TikTok dancers for their moves. Charli D\u2019Amelio is by far TikTok\u2019s most popular creator, but her huge following also means […]<\/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-61270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61270","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=61270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}