Eight-year-old boy becomes youngest ever professional Fortnite player
By Ruptly
08 May 2021 |
9:15 am
Eight-year-old Joseph Deen is the youngest paid Fortnite player ever, after signing with Team 33 in December last year.
The young pro gamer could be seen playing the popular battle royale game at his family home in Brisbane on Monday. Deen, who is originally from California, first started playing the popular game at age four, after watching his brother play.
In this article
Related
8 Feb 2021
A British teenager who is slowly emerging from a coma nearly a year after being hit by a car, has no knowledge of the coronavirus pandemic - even though he has caught the virus twice.
11 Feb 2021
Sotitobire founder appeals life imprisonment judgment over alleged conspiracy missing boy
13 Feb 2021
There was a time Joe Boy was just another average Nigerian struggling to make ends meet. Things were tough, tough enough that there were times he owed school fees.
But life does have a way of influencing the change we want to see. It is this experience that has made him decide to also want to give back to humanity via music and other projects. Book your copy of tomorrow’s issue of The Guardian Life Magazine, an insert of The Guardian Nigeria as we delve into the beauty of his humanity, his recently released debut album “Somewhere Between Beauty & Magic” and more.
16 Mar 2021
Nigerian superstars Burna Boy and Wizkid shone brightly at yesterday's Grammy awards.
With their wins, there is no doubt that the African kings are poised for world dominance.
What do their Grammy wins mean for the Nigerian and indeed African music industry as a whole?
16 Mar 2021
Another school has been targeted by kidnappers in Nigeria's northwest; three teachers were abducted in Kaduna state after gunmen raided a primary school. And Human Rights Watch is calling on the UN to do more to hold Cameroonian Anglophone separatists accountable for the ramped up attacks and abductions of civilians. And Burna Boy's star burns brighter than ever. The Nigerian rapper is ecstatic after taking home his first Grammy award. In accepting the trophy for Best Global Music Album, he has dedicated his win to Africans around the world.
25 Mar 2021
Burna Boy's star burns brighter than ever. The Nigerian rapper is ecstatic as he takes home his first Grammy Award. Also, a rare female Malian rapper is using her experience to inspire other women in an industry in which there are very few voices like hers. And tens of thousands of Nigerians who fled to Cameroon to escape Boko Haram insurgents are now hoping they can return home.
8 May 2021
Eight-year-old Joseph Deen is the youngest paid Fortnite player ever, after signing with Team 33 in December last year.
The young pro gamer could be seen playing the popular battle royale game at his family home in Brisbane on Monday. Deen, who is originally from California, first started playing the popular game at age four, after watching his brother play.
16 May 2021
The boy and two others were sleeping inside a large container when a rubbish truck collected it in Port Lincoln on Australia's southern coast. Police say the driver of the was "extremely shaken" by the fatality.
23 May 2021
Inside a Gaza hospital, Mohammad al-Hadidi cradled his baby boy Omar -- his only surviving child after Israeli air strikes killed his wife and four other sons in the night. After the strikes, rescue workers pulled the five-month-old from the arms of his dead mother early Saturday, one of his tiny legs fractured in three places.
21 Jun 2021
Surgeons in South Africa are preparing to reconstruct the face of a Zimbabwean boy mauled by a hyena during a nighttime church service.
20 Aug 2021
In the middle of a Hong Kong shopping mall, scores of people scream and chant - but it's nothing to do with protests. The crowd is gathered to see Mirror, the latest boy band frenzy sweeping the troubled city, where many are desperate for escapism and local pride.
5 Sep 2021
Nigeria's foremost highlife musician, Sir Victor Uwaifo passed away a few days ago at the age of 80. GuardianTV takes a look at the life and time of the legendary singer and how he impacted the Nigerian music industry during his time.
Latest
1 hour ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin toured the devastated city of Mariupol on his first visit to the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine's Donbass region. DW has the latest.
1 hour ago
The Czech Republic has mastered the largest immigration influx in its history — to the advantage of the business sector. Many Ukrainians have legal jobs, despite nationalist narratives.
1 day ago
The launch of another North Korean ballistic missile comes as South Korean and US forces conduct an 11-day joint military drill called "Freedom Shield 23."
1 day ago
At least 14 people were killed and many more trapped under rubble following a strong quake. The epicenter was about 80 kilometers south of Guayaquil, the second largest city in Ecuador.
1 day ago
Rapper Rick Ross has become embroiled in a dispute with a neighbour after his pet buffaloes escaped from their paddock at his estate in Georgia and started roaming around the neighbourhood.
1 day ago
India and Pakistan traditionally have hostile relations, but there is hope on one front, at least. In order to enable the Sikhs from India to make a pilgrimage to one of their holiest shrines, a "peace corridor" has been opened between the two countries.