Dancehall artiste Beenie Man's 2004 chart topping song 'King of The Dancehall' has been featured on the 'controller-free' video game, Dance Central, for the Xbox 360 gaming platform.

the Xbox 360 gaming platform. The game, which was released last month, enables users to do dance moves without the use of controls. In playing the game, the user dances to special choreographed moves in an effort to master all tracks. Developed by Harmonix and published by MTV Games, Dance Central has total of 32 songs on its track listing. Beenie Man is the only dancehall artiste to be featured on the game which has tracks from a mix of pop, hip hop and R&B artistes including Rihanna with Pon De Replay , Fanny Pack's Hey Mami , Nelly Furtado's Maneater , Beastie Boys' Body Movin ( others. A video tutorial of the game shows a professional dancer dancing to variations of Jamaican dance moves such as the Log On, Wacky Dip, Gully Creepa, Willy Bounce and Move Them Up. In recent times, dancehall music and dancehall artistes have been highlighted overseas in a few instances. Among these, Vybz Kartel's Clarks , Erups's Click Mi Finga and Sean Paul's So Fine were all featured in dance routines on So You Think You Can Dance Canada, a televised talent show for Canadian acts. In 2004 , Sean Paul had a character in the popular video game, Def Jam: Fight for NY, and he again appeared in the game's sequel, Def Jam: Icon in 2007.

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