Ninja, who began broadcasting in 2011, rose to notoriety following the debut of Fortnite in late 2017.
His Twitch streams, which frequently feature celebrity guests such as Drake and Travis Scott, have received record views.
Ninja’s Twitch channel is currently the most popular, with more than 18 million followers. He has approximately 24 million YouTube followers.
“Alright I am still in a bit of shock but want to keep you all updated. A few weeks ago I went in to a dermatologist for an annual skin/mole check that Jess proactively scheduled for me,” he wrote.
“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.
“I had another dark spot appear near it, so today they biopsied that and removed a larger area around the melanoma with the hopes that under the microscope they will see clear non-melanoma edges and we will know we got it.
“I am grateful to have hope in finding this early, but please take this as a PSA to get skin checkups.”
Ninja, who began broadcasting in 2011, rocketed to prominence with the release of Fortnite in late 2017.
His Twitch streams, which frequently feature celebrity guests like as Drake and Travis Scott, have had record viewership.
Ninja’s channel is presently the most popular on Twitch, with over 18 million followers. He has about 24 million YouTube followers.