Teyana Taylor Airs Out Dancer Who Claims She Jacked The "Fade" Choreography

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Recording artist Teyana Taylor speaks at Build Studio on March 23, 2018 in New York City.
Teyana Taylor clears the air after Azealia Banks accused her of stealing choreography.

Azealia Banks is always stirring up the pot in some sort of way and recently, she managed to start off some sort of feud with Teyana Taylor. Banks accused Taylor of stealing the choreography for "Fade" from the same person who's doing the choreography for her new video. After Teyana Taylor clapped back at Banks, the choreographer, Matthew Pasterisa, said that he didn't receive any payment or credit for his efforts on the "Fade" music video, although he admitted he was grateful for the opportunity. Now, Taylor has responded to his claim in a lengthy Instagram caption.

After Azealia Banks called Teyana Taylor out for allegedly lifting a choreographed, the dancer chimed in and explained his side of the story. Taylor then came through with a response to Pasterisa's claim and essentially aired him out for not having "checked" Azealia Banks for her claim. She explained that the video was done spontaneously because that's how 'Ye gets down and explained that she never got credit for her contributions on Kanye's "Dark Fantasy." She later explained that she didn't even get paid for the video either. She also revealed that they only used a "very small portion" of the choreography that they created together which was initially meant for Beyonce's "End Of Time."

"IT WAS NEVER A SECRET THIS PORTION OF THE CHOREO WAS OLD AND WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR BEYONCE! IVE SAID THAT IN EVERY INTERVIEW! And GO BACK AND READ YA OWN INTERVIEWS OF U ADMITTING WE CREATED THE CHOREO TOGETHER. U WANTED CLOUT HERE U GO," She wrote.

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