Post Malone raises over $200,000 streaming Apex Legends
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Post Malone has raised a huge amount of money for a handful of charities by picking up a controller, putting on his headset, and playing one of his favorite video games.
The singer did a series of "Gaming for Love" livestreams on Twitch in July playing battle royale game Apex Legends for Human Rights Watch, Project HOPE, United Way and The Trevor Project.
It ended up raising over $196,000 through donations over the 4 nights...some of the money came from Respawn Entertainment, who created the free game. The company donated $40,000 for Post's hard work, helping him break the $200,000 mark.
Post's last stream ended with a 60-person tournament on a private server...he received $76,026 in donations that night, and he went off with a bang.
The guy is also a big fan of gaming: he's popped up in content creators' feeds from time to time to play Apex with them, and even mentioned it's his favorite game of the genre while chatting. an episode of the "Full Send Podcast."
FYI the guy will be launching a new YouTube game account and uploading all the streams with a donate button for anyone who wants to keep helping out.
TMZ.com
Post Malone has raised a huge amount of money for a handful of charities by picking up a controller, putting on his headset, and playing one of his favorite video games.
The singer did a series of "Gaming for Love" livestreams on Twitch in July playing battle royale game Apex Legends for Human Rights Watch, Project HOPE, United Way and The Trevor Project.
It ended up raising over $196,000 through donations over the 4 nights...some of the money came from Respawn Entertainment, who created the free game. The company donated $40,000 for Post's hard work, helping him break the $200,000 mark.
Post's last stream ended with a 60-person tournament on a private server...he received $76,026 in donations that night, and he went off with a bang.
The guy is also a big fan of gaming: he's popped up in content creators' feeds from time to time to play Apex with them, and even mentioned it's his favorite game of the genre while chatting. an episode of the "Full Send Podcast."
FYI the guy will be launching a new YouTube game account and uploading all the streams with a donate button for anyone who wants to keep helping out.
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