Everything you need to know about Ninja, the 26-year-old Twitch streamer who makes $500,000 every month playing 'Fortnite' in his bedroom

It has been a crazy couple of weeks for Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, the 26-year-old Twitch streamer who recently played the popular game "Fortnite" with Drake, and $4 every month from his bedroom.

In just the last five days, he's gained an $4 on Twitch, broken a world record for largest number of in-game kills on a "Fortnite" mode called "Duos," and effectively entangled himself in his first large-scale scandal by casually rapping a racial slur during a livestream.

All this to say, Ninja has taken the internet by storm, and is receiving an unprecedented amount of attention. And $4 show that Ninja's online popularity is only growing.

Here's everything you need to know about Ninja, the pro gamer who's bringing streaming into the mainstream: