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Rapper Yeat joins Fortnite as next Icon character

The trailer comes from Fortnite's own channel and sits at number five on YouTube's US trending chart; BBN has seen only the title.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Hank Ledger on The Five O'Clock
Published 4:55 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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First reported by YouTube (Fortnite): “Rapper Yeat joins Fortnite as next Icon character”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 4:55 PM ET on The Five O'Clock, by Kenji Moonfield and Hank Ledger.

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YouTube (Fortnite)Rapper Yeat joins Fortnite as next Icon character

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe video is a trailer called Yeat Is Pulling Up to Fortnite, and the game's own channel says the rapper is its next Icon character.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's number five on YouTube's US trending chart with one hundred fifty-three thousand fourteen views, and I have studied the title very closely.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWe haven't aired the video. What does the title show you?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentLook at the word pulling. That's a verb with real forward momentum, and the word up is carrying the whole back half.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's two words.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTwo elite words. The turning point is Real Lyfe, spelled with a y, which is a bold choice for a trailer.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo you've watched none of it, and you're giving it a score anyway.

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