Ninja, popular YouTuber and streamer, reveals cancer diagnosis NBC Chicago [Video]

Popular YouTuber and streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins shared a major health update with his followers this week.

The 32-year-old Fortnite gamer—who has nearly 24 million subscribers on his YouTube channel and another 19 million on Twitch—revealed on X Tuesday that he was diagnosed with melanoma, a type of skin cancer.

“Alright I’m still in a bit of shock but want to keep you all updated,” he began his message to fans.

Blevins went on to say the diagnosis came during an appointment his wife scheduled for him “proactively.”

“There was a mole on the bottom of my foot that they wanted to remove just to be careful. It came back as melanoma, but they are optimistic that we caught it in the early stages,” he said.

But another spot then appeared in the same area.

“I had another dark spot appear near it, so [Tuesday] they biopsied that and removed a larger area around the melanoma with the hopes …