Mya Johnson on Addison Rae doing her Fallon dance: ‘I should have been my time’

Addison Rae was greeted with a quick backlash for performing the dances of other creators on TikTok when he appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” last week. Now one of those creators is speaking out.

Mya Johnson is 15 and, along with fellow creator Chris Cotter, choreographed the viral dance TikTok on Cardi B’s “Up”. Johnson’s original video currently has nearly 8 million views. Then Cardi B posted it on her personal TikTok herself, garnering an additional 14.5 million views.

On Friday, the dance was one of eight other dances Rae performed on “The Tonight Show,” a segment that drew massive criticism for apparently not crediting any of the creators of the dances as Rae was behind the design. of any of them.

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Following the backlash, Rae told TMZ, “I think they were all credited in the original YouTube post.” While the video credits the creators’ TikTok handles, it doesn’t list their full names. “It’s a little hard to credit during the show. But they all know I love them so much. I support them all so much. I hope one day we can all meet up and dance together, ”added Rae.

Even with that love, Johnson isn’t too happy that her work ended up on TV and that she wasn’t asked to be the one to introduce it.

“I was really surprised because it’s like ‘Wow I did a dance that got all the way on TV,’” Johnson said in an interview with PopSugar. “My mother always tells me, ‘When it’s my time, it’s my time”. I felt like it should have been mine and Chris’ time, because we made the dance.

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According to Johnson, this isn’t the first time something like this has happened to him. It’s a common phenomenon on TikTok, especially for black creators, but she doesn’t want it to continue. In his opinion, the credit should have been more noticeable than it was in the description of the video, which was posted after it was broadcast live (at that time, no credit was given).

“I think it’s very important for us to get our credit because we’re very good designers who are very overlooked in what we do.”