Soulja Boy has plans to enter the esports enviornment in 2019, citing Twitch streamer Ninja as his mentor.
After re-selling cheap emulator boxes as his own brand of console, Soulja Boy is diving additional into the video game business, telling TMZ that he’s planning on constructing an esports franchise that can rival the likes of Team Liquid and 100 Thieves.
“We’re gonna be finding talent, hiring talent,” he told the outlet, saying he’d be placing collectively groups for Fortnite, Call of Duty, Overwatch, Counter Strike, and extra.
When requested is there was anybody he’d prefer to have on his roster, Soulja Boy gave a shout out to his “good friend” and widespread Twitch streamer, Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins, who the recording artists says taught him lots about streaming.
“He got me verified on Twitch, he helped me with my streams…but it’s going to be a lot to hire Ninja to play for me,” he mentioned.
Ninja is at present underneath Luminosity Gaming’s banner, however there are rumours that he could go elsewhere when his contract expires.
When requested about whether or not he may think about becoming a member of FaZe Clan throughout a stream again in August, Dextero stories that Ninja didn’t affirm a technique or one other.
“I love FaZe, I love almost every single player on there, if not all of them. I love Banks and I love all those guys. I’m on Luminosity right now, obviously, and you know, when the time comes, it is 100% in my best interest to, you know…” he mentioned, earlier than trailing off.
Fingers crossed that Soulja Boy flogs sufficient of his completely unique consoles to supply Ninja sufficient money to lure him over when the time comes.
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