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Black Beatles sweeps the country


The Mannequin Challenge is the hottest viral video challenge on the internet. Millions have created a mannequin moment with friends, co-workers, school mates. Some daring DJs and bands have tried to create a freeze frame dance event. How cool is this Holiday group freeze moment at the University of Limerick:

How did Rae Sremmurd’s “Black Beatles” Became The Soundtrack to the Mannequin Challenge?

With some help from Interscope and Pizzaslime, Rae Sremmurd had a viral moment and landed the No. 1 song in the country. When the challenge started, there was no music associated with it, but as more and more people started uploading videos of themselves frozen in place, “Black Beatles” became the unofficial soundtrack. If you weren’t playing the song during your challenge, you weren’t doing it right.