Nine musicians who are also gamers
These artists love playing games as much as we do.
Music makers by day, gamers by night (and out of the spotlight). These celebs share a love of gaming like the rest of us, and without further ado, here’s a list of our favorites and the games they play.
Justin Bieber
The Canadian superstar was reported to be seen playing Pokemon GO during its hype, as spotted byET Canada. He also likes playing Call of Duty: Black Ops, Mario Kart, and Halo.
Eminem
Similar to Bieber, “Rap God” Eminem also likes playing Call of Duty: Black Ops. In 2013, the rapper partnered with game company Activision to reward players with an exclusive song “Survival” and a download code for his third album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, for every player who bought Call of Duty: Ghosts.
The rapper’s track “Survival” was also used in the Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer trailer reveal, and themusic video itselffeatures project images of the first-person shooter game.
Drake
Musician Aubrey “Drake” Graham became popular in the gaming scene when he played withFortnitestreamerNinjalate last year. In that particular stream, Drake revealed that he’s been playing video games a lot especially during his free time in the recording studio.
Marshmello
American electronic music producer and DJ Christopher “Marshmello” Comstock DJ has made quite a bit of noise in Epic Games’ Fortnite. Just two months ago, Marshmello held the first-ever Fortnite Concert live at the game’s Pleasant Park. Marshmello also has his own gaming-focused digital series on YouTube called theMello Cavewhere he features gaming personalities such as TSM’s Ali “Myth” Kabbani.
Snoop Dogg
You know Californian rapper Snoop Dogg is a serious gamer when he has his own voice pack in Call of Duty: Ghosts. He doesn’t just play CoD though, recently, he’s been spottedplaying the newly-released fighting game Mortal Kombat 11.
Lady Gaga
The Oscar-nominated actress and multiple Grammy Awards winner can’t get enough of gaming. The mother monster revealed her secret gamer girl life in a tweet describing her love for Bayonetta which you can check out below.
Still playing#Bayonettamiddle of chapter XIII and my hands hurt and I have to sleep and it’s 4 In the damn morning but this damn dragon with the face that I have to kill with my weave. Smh. Give it another go in the morning#gamerrespect to the experts I need emotional support
Zedd
This American DJ/producer lovesOverwatchso much, he had a part of his house installed with asuper-cool lego art that features the Blizzard game. He’s also attended theOverwatch Leagueback in 2018.
.@Zeddhas South Korea taking the 2018 Overwatch World Cup Finals! ????????Do you agree, or will China pull off the upset?#OWWC2018pic.twitter.com/2EiGt4bIqL
Aside from Overwatch, he also playsLeague of Legendsand composed the Worlds 2016 song, “Ignite”.
T-Pain
American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer T-Pain is also a hard-core gamer. He’s played Watch Dogs 2,streams Overwatch on Twitch(when he can), though he draws the line at playing Dark Souls — he reallyhates playing the game. He’s also been spotted playing Overwatch along with co-musicians, Zedd and deadmau5.
Ariana Grande
manuka honey pops, vocal rest, steam & water. luh you, boston. thank u again.
A post shared byAriana Grande(@arianagrande) onMar 21, 2019 at 12:04am PDT
Ariana Grande is an avid Nintendo Switch user, and spent her day off playing Pokemon: Let’s Go for 15 hours. She loves the game so much she even got Eeveetattooed on her arm. She’s also spent quite a bit of time playing Pokemon Go, too.
