The Shoot dance was the board-style dance craze associated with BlocBoy JB and Drake’s 2018 song “Look Alive.”
The dance originated with Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB and became widely recognizable through his music and performances. Its signature move involves repeatedly moving the arms and legs in a rhythmic, shooting-like motion while bouncing or sliding across the floor. The style helped define BlocBoy JB’s breakout period in 2017 and 2018.
“Look Alive,” featuring Drake, was released on 9 February 2018. The song brought BlocBoy JB to a much larger audience, debuting at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and later peaking at number five. Although the track popularized the dance internationally, the dance was already linked to BlocBoy JB’s earlier 2017 song “Shoot.”
The Shoot dance is often confused with the Whip, Nae Nae, Dab or Floss because all became prominent during the social-media dance boom of the 2010s. It also became part of video-game culture when Fortnite included a related emote called “Hype” in 2018.