Smith-Schuster helps break Twitch record playing Fortnite with Drake, Ninja
JuJu Smith-Schuster became part of video game history early Thursday morning.
The Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver joined professional gamer Tyler Blevins - better known as Ninja - and rappers Drake and Travis Scott to play Fortnite on the streaming platform Twitch. The group's stream had over 635,000 concurrent viewers at its peak, breaking the previous non-tournament record of 388,000, according to Polygon.
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.@TeamJuJu: "This is better than scoring a touchdown tbh" 💀🤣 pic.twitter.com/VOR8H7EMkm
— B/R esports (@BResports_) March 15, 2018
Smith-Schuster was a tad late to the party because, as Ninja explained, he had trouble connecting to the stream and went to his local Best Buy to buy a new gaming PC.
LEGENDARY @drake @ninja @trvisXX pic.twitter.com/PNLfgRFutu
— JuJu Smith-Schuster (@TeamJuJu) March 15, 2018
In the same week I met and recruited LeBron to the Steelers and played Fortnite with Drake, Ninja, and Travis Scott.
— JuJu Smith-Schuster (@TeamJuJu) March 15, 2018
What a time to be alive