Drake plays ‘Fortnite’ with ‘Ninja’, helps break record

By The Associated Press

Posted Mar 15, 2018 02:22:38 PM.

Last Updated Mar 15, 2018 07:20:53 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Grammy Award-winning rapper Drake helped Twitch break its record for the most-viewed stream by joining gamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins to play “Fortnite.”

There were 630,000 concurrent viewers at its peak on the live-streaming platform Wednesday.

The Canadian rapper and singer says he’s been playing the popular video game for a month or two.

He played with “Ninja” and then they were joined by rapper Travis Scott and Pittsburgh Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster.

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