UCLA’s Nia Dennis chats with Ellen DeGeneres about her show-stopping gymnastics routine during an appearance on her show on Thursday.
Dennis celebrated Black excellence with her routine last weekend, which quickly went viral, scoring an impressive 9.95 out of 10 as she danced along to tracks by the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Missy Elliott and Tupac.
The gymnast opened with Lamar’s “DNA”, before closing out with Tupac’s “California Love”, also including Soulja Boy’s breakout hit “Crank That”.
The college senior tells DeGeneres, “This routine, I believe, is a reflection of everything that I am as a woman today. I picked a lot of really influential artists, Black artists that had a huge impact on the Black community.” DeGeneres then mentions
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