The premiere of this seasons “The Masked Singer” revealed one of the celebrities was a gamer known as Ninja. Arguably, he is the most famous person on this season, but some of the reactions are asking who in the world he actually is…
I don’t know who “Ninja” is. 🤷🏾♂️ #maskedsinger pic.twitter.com/8FAOU4PNBc
— BG (@TheBGates) September 26, 2019
Ninja performed a rendition of Lil Nas X‘s hit ‘Old Town Road‘ and right away Twitter exploded with guesses that the man behind the mask was Ninja.
I don’t know this Ninja person. 🤷🏻♀️ #maskedsinger
— Ashley Mullins (@smashleymullins) September 26, 2019
Only issue, only young people know who Ninja is.
Half the reactions were things like, “I don’t know who ‘Ninja’ is.”
And others like, “I don’t know this Ninja person.”
The reason: Some of us are OLD!
Ninja is one of the biggest celebrities of this generation. He is the most famous gamer to ever turn on a computer. Ninja, plays a game called ‘Fortnite,’ which he is so good at, and so many people watch him play it, he reportedly earned $10 Million last year.
A gamer on prime time television with big celebrities. This is the world we live in now, and I couldn’t be prouder @Ninja #maskedsinger pic.twitter.com/zPgK99SJPT
— Jimi Carlson (@JimboBimbo21) September 26, 2019
To make the point, on the show they mentioned how many streams Ninja collects on Twitch, a service where he broadcasts his games. But, gamers and young people reacted to the comment on Twitter because Ninja recently jumped ship to Microsoft’s product, Mixer.
When they said ninja was a ‘twitch superstar’ on #maskedsinger last night lmfao. Mixer mad? pic.twitter.com/IkLjwSx77H
— Rakkno (@Rakknophobia) September 26, 2019
For the record, he has over 1.8 BILLION streams.
In the end, people who knew him loved it, and several reactions on social media were proud fans who are glad the mainstream television shows are finally giving credit where credit is due. Gamers are huge celebrities period.
I CALLED THIS SHIT SO HARDD OMGGG! I WAS LITERALLY LIKE "NO WAY IT CANT BE, HE WOULDNT, THEY WOULDN'T" DURING THE CLUES BUT THEN I HEARD HIM SING AND I INSTANTLY KNEW IT WAS THE MAN, THE MYTH, AND THE ABSOLUTE LEGEND!!#maskedsinger #ninja pic.twitter.com/4gsYpoEfj0
— 🌻💛sunny💛🌻 (@SnnySerendipity) September 26, 2019
