Richard Tyler Blevins was born on June 5, 1991, and is of Welsh descent. Blevins began playing Halo 3 professionally in 2009. Blevins began streaming the newly released Fortnite Battle Royale shortly after the Ninja blender best for smoothies Gamescom Invitational. In March 2018, Blevins became the first Twitch streamer to surpass 3 million followers on the platform.

Blevins partnered with Red Bull Esports in June 2018, and held a special Fortnite event, the Red Bull Rise Till Dawn in Chicago on July 21, 2018, where players could challenge him. In April 2019, Red Bull released a limited-edition Red Bull can featuring an image of Blevins. Blevins’ rise in popularity on Twitch is considered to be synergistically tied to the success of Fortnite Battle Royale. He became the first PC player to surpass 5,000 Fortnite wins that same month.