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UNC Basketball: Tar Heels attempt mannequin challenge

First it was the running man challenge that went viral, now just a few months later the latest craze is the mannequin challenge.

These challenges are going viral with many being posted on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook being tagged #mannequinchallenge. But what is it?

The challenge features multiple people freezing like a mannequin for seconds while the song “Black Beatles” by the rap duo Rae Sremmund. The song continues as participants are “frozen” and then when a certain part of the song drops, they unfreeze and go live.

It was popular among college football teams on Saturday including Penn State and Clemson:

But football teams aren’t the only ones attempting it.