In Fortnite: Battle Royale, there was a scandal. Twitch star Ninja streamed for a good cause and thought he would be playing with superstar Drake. However, that was not the case.
What’s the deal with Drake and Ninja? When Ninja streamed a few rounds of Fortnite in March 2018 together with musician and superstar Drake, it resulted in a record number of over 600,000 viewers on Twitch and really kickstarted Ninja’s career.
So Ninja was excited when suddenly during a stream for a good cause, Drake wanted to join the game.
Racist insults in the charity stream
Ninja was pretty happy that the superstar wanted to play with him again. It wasn’t that unlikely: After all, it was for a good cause. The stream was part of a show by the popular host Ellen, the only woman Ninja has played with so far.
Is it really Drake? However, there were a few strange things about Drake.
First he said nothing, and then his ping was absurdly high. It almost seemed as if Drake was not on the same continent at all.
Racist troll instead of superstar: Ninja’s doubts about the authenticity of “Drake” were soon confirmed. Suddenly, the supposed musician began unleashing a stream of racist insults, including the infamous “N-word”.
It quickly became apparent that Drake’s account had likely been taken over by a malicious hacker and troll. Ninja quickly ended the connection, reported the hacker to Epic, and also informed Drake about the account theft.
We’ll spare you the actual scene, but here is the reaction immediately after Ninja left the match.
Epic has been informed: Let’s hope that Epic’s customer service will restore the account soon and possibly catch the hacker. After all, Epic is notorious for going after cheaters and hackers with the full force of the law.
Fun fact: Ninja has recently faced criticism for reporting undesirable players to Epic. In this case, however, he was probably right.
