KEEMSTAR Responds to YouTuber Behind Ninja and Drake Fortnite Controversy

The night that Fortnite superstar Tyler "Ninja" Belvins, Drake, Travis Scott and JuJu Smith-Schuster chased some victory royales together live on Ninja's Twitch stream has become one of the most historic nights in modern gaming history, as over 630,000 concurrent viewers tuned in to watch the biggest stars from the gaming, music and professional sports industries play the most popular game in the world.

However, a YouTuber by the name of OMGItsBirdman recently worked to inject controversy based on the historic Fortnite stream by the group. The YouTuber posted a clip from one of Ninja's streams on July 4th where he argued that the now viral clip showed Ninja believing that Drake had used their record setting stream event and Ninja himself to help him sell more music. The YouTuber also posted a video discussing the issue on his channel.

Ninja thinks Drake used him LOL bro everybody in your stream already knows who Drake is. Who the fuck does this guy think he is?? Dude thinks he is more well known than Drake LMAOOO pic.twitter.com/BxRJNOsd0u

— Anthony (@OMGItsBirdman) July 5, 2018

Ninja responded and stated that the YouTuber was "grasping at straws", while the viral clip attracted thousands of individuals who went on to discuss the situation and the merit of the argument that OMGItsBirdman was making. 

Guys grasping at straws lol

— Ninja (@Ninja) July 5, 2018

A Twitter user by the name of Muaaz Shakeel also responded to the posting of the clip of Ninja regarding Drake by the YouTuber and showed another clip from the same stream of Ninja that is in question and stated that the streamer was not "talking down on Drake". 

tbh the video you tweeted is kind of deceiving though - makes it seem like @Ninja is just talking down on Drake which isn't true. Here's the 2nd half for those who are interested pic.twitter.com/GYPt9hLdso

— Muaaz Shakeel (@mws) July 5, 2018

Friday, July 6th then saw DramaAlert host, organizer of Friday Fortnite and YouTuber Daniel "KEEMSTAR" Keem post a video to his Twitter account where he addressed the controversy that OMGItsBirdman had begun regarding Ninja and Drake. KEEMSTAR went on to explain that he does not believe that the streamer truly thinks that Drake had used him. He went on to state that he believes Ninja knows that Drake helped his stream gain a great deal of exposure, but that it would be wrong to think that Ninja playing Fortnite with Drake did not help the artist out at all in helping him increase his record sales. 

Thoughts on this @Ninja & @Drake story. pic.twitter.com/DX6bxWxPjB

— KEEM ? (@KEEMSTAR) July 6, 2018

While individuals will likely continue to argue over the controversy began by OMGItsBirdman, it is safe to say that neither Ninja or Drake suffered any negative consequences from merging the worlds of music and gaming together in a session of Fortnite that is sure to never be forgotten.

What are your thoughts on the newly brewed controversy surrounding the record breaking Fortnite stream of Ninja and Drake? Let us know in the comments below.