Los Angles: American gymnast Nia Dennis has won a lot of praise from the celebrity world for a routine that she dedicated to black culture.
Rapper Missy Elliott and four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles lauded the UCLA student with her routine racking up millions of views on social media over the weekend.
Dennis, a senior at UCLA, dedicated her latest routine to the black culture before adding that the routine was a celebration as well as a tribute to Los Angeles.
“This routine definitely reflects everything that I am today as a woman,” Dennis was quoted as saying by a leading Los Angles Daily.
“And of course I had to incorporate a lot of parts of my culture. I wanted to have a dance party because that’s my personality and of course I had to shout out LA because we out here, UCLA,” Dennis added.
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Tweeting her approval, four-time Olympic Champion Biles wrote, “okay @DennisNia do the damn thing girl this was so fun to watch! keep killing it!”
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okay @DennisNia do the damn thing girl 🔥 this was so fun to watch! keep killing it! https://t.co/eDntwMpC4R
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) January 24, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">okay @DennisNia do the damn thing girl 🔥 this was so fun to watch! keep killing it! https://t.co/eDntwMpC4R
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) January 24, 2021okay @DennisNia do the damn thing girl 🔥 this was so fun to watch! keep killing it! https://t.co/eDntwMpC4R
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) January 24, 2021
The 21-year-old gymnast started her routine with Kendrick Lamar's "DNA" before paying homage to the artist such as Beyonce, Tupac Shakur, Missy Elliott, Soulja Boy and Megan Thee Stallion.
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UCLA gymnastics just different. Every year they have a superstar 👏🏾✨ pic.twitter.com/icsQiwoWk7
— astasia (@AstasiaWill) January 24, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">UCLA gymnastics just different. Every year they have a superstar 👏🏾✨ pic.twitter.com/icsQiwoWk7
— astasia (@AstasiaWill) January 24, 2021UCLA gymnastics just different. Every year they have a superstar 👏🏾✨ pic.twitter.com/icsQiwoWk7
— astasia (@AstasiaWill) January 24, 2021
UCLA tweeted Dennis' routine with the hashtag #blackexcellence and responding to the same Elliott gave her one-word approval: “snappin”.
Not just netizens, even the judges were wooed by Dennis' performance as she earned 9.95 and guided UCLA to 196.150-195.950 victory over Arizona State.
