Hey, Lady Gaga, lemme explain Ninja to you

Hey, Lady Gaga! You’ve asked a great question — who is Ninja, really? — and I’m here to explain in a blog post, because that’s how the content sausage gets made, baby. (I am not being forced to do this, but I am getting paid to, and, honestly, isn’t that just about the same thing?)

In any case: your question. Ninja is a guy who was born in Detroit, MI, with the name Richard Tyler Blevins. Now he’s a 28-year-old who lives somewhere else, presumably, who streams himself playing video games live on a website no one really watches yet, called Mixer — to an audience of tens of thousands of people who adore him for his gameplay and his ~crackling~ wit. Basically, this guy’s a big deal online. It’s cool if you’re not really online. You’re kinda...

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