Benjamin Lupo (born March 20, 1987), better known as DrLupo, is an American
streamer
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and
YouTuber
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Influence
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Career
Lupo began his career streaming ''
Destiny
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'' before transitioning to
battle royale game
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s such as ''
H1Z1
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''. His channel grew after he began playing ''Fortnite''. He often streamed with
Ninja
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,
Myth
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and
TimTheTatman
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Career
Betar started streaming on Twitch in 2012 and has amassed over seven million followers since. Broadc ...
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On October 20, 2018, Lupo broke the ''Fortnite'' world record for vehicle trick points with a score of 49,256,200 after operating the Quadcrasher.
In 2018, he raised $600,000 for
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. In 2019, he set a goal to raise at least $2 million for the hospital.
He ended up beating his goal raising $2.3 million.
In December 2019, Lupo officially signed an exclusive deal with Twitch.
Lupo began playing ''
Escape from Tarkov
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'' in 2020. He described the game as "unlike any other game I think right now" and could be played in multiple ways.
He said the game was "an absolute blast".
Lupo also plays ''Fall Guys'' and has been considered by some to be the best player in the world.
Lupo also participated in an ''
Among Us
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'' stream with table people like
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Ilhan Omar, and other streaming stars like
Pokimane
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,
Disguised Toast
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, and Myth, as a
get out the vote (GOTV) event.
In August 2021, Lupo signed an exclusivity deal with YouTube as a content producer, which ended his around 1 and a half year deal with Twitch.
Awards and nominations
See also
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List of most-followed Twitch channels
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References
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1987 births
American esports players
Living people
Fortnite
Twitch (service) streamers
American YouTubers
Gaming YouTubers
YouTube streamers