Meet 'Ninja,' a 26-Year-Old Gamer Making Tons of Cash Playing Fortnite

He goes by Ninja. He has electric blue hair. And he's raking in a fortune by playing a video game online.

Meet Tyler Blevins, an Illinois-based 26-year-old who broke the internet Wednesday night when he live-streamed himself playing the massively popular game Fortnite with rapper Drake. His name may now be bubbling up into the mainstream — he trended on Twitter, and a story about the matchup even made BBC News — but he's no unknown upstart. An Illinois resident with 4.