Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, the Fortnite streamer who shared a late night stream with Drake has issued an apology after using racist language on a recent stream. The 26-year old, who shot to prominence for playing the game Halo, was caught on a stream rapping along to Logic’s song “44 More,” and substituting a word used in the song with a derogatory, racist term.
Blevins tweeted out a four-part apology this morning stating that it was a ‘misunderstanding’ but that as its ‘[his] stream’ it is with him to ‘make it right’. You can see the full four part apology below:
While I am confident that most of this is a misunderstanding, I recognize that it’s my responsibility to never let there be THIS kind of a misunderstanding. More than anything, I hate that any of my friends, fans, or viewers might feel disrespected.
It is my job, and hopefully I’m usually good at it, to make everyone feel welcome, valued, and safe to be themselves. So I apologize to anyone who might feel hurt because I NEVER want that. It’s my stream, and it’s on me to make that right.
The best way I can explain it is that I promise that I understand how much pain that word causes, even if it gets used a lot in music and elsewhere. It’s a word historically used to divide people, and I’m about bringing people together.
I promise that there was no mal intent (I wasn’t even trying to say the word-I fumbled lyrics and got tongue tied in the worst possible way). Again, I apologize for offending anyone and appreciate you all rocking with me.