Scrubs actor Donald Faison's "Poison" dance has become a popular emote in Fortnite

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Fortnite should put the actual rap songs behind the dances that make so much money as Emotes. Black creatives created and popularized these dances but never monetized them. Imagine the money people are spending on these Emotes being shared with the artists that made them — Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2018

Speaking at a Scrubs cast reunion panel at Vulture Festival 2018, Faison, who played Turk on the show, was asked to perform the dance . He declined, telling those interested to just play Fortnite because they "jacked that s**t".Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence pointed out that the emote is taken from a screen capture, meaning it is exactly the same dance. You can see just how accurate the in-game version is in a side-by-side comparison by YouTuber A_Rival Planetskill Lawrence said that Epic Games did have to reach out to him regarding the legality of including the dance.Faison pointed out that he received no money for the dance's use: "Somebody stole that s***, and it's not mine no more," Faison added as the crowd laughed.Joking that he was the one who received all the money, Lawrence said: "I knew that Donald would be cool with me getting the money for that," to Faison's faux ire.Though Faison's outrage over the dance was seemingly in jest, other celebrities haven't been as happy with Epic Games lifting their moves. Rapper 2 Milly told CBS News that he was upset over his "Milly Rock" dance being included in the game because of how microtransactions are used to profit from it."They actually sell that particular move. It's for purchase," 2 Milly explained. "That's when I really was like ... oh nah, this can't go on too long."Chance the Rapper has previously taken issue with how Fortnite used the dances, saying on Twitter that Epic Games should also include the rap songs they're associated with in order to give black artists recognition for creating them.As a result of Fortnite's success, Epic Games' value has risen sharply over the last year. In July, Bloomberg estimated that the developer was worth as much as $8 billion.

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