Like many fan communities, Destiny 2 players are always looking for ways to highlight and share their love of the Bungie’s space fantasy looter-shooter. Players need only look at the various content creators to see examples of this, whether its opinion pieces from Datto or deep-dive lore videos from MyNameIsByf. One Destiny streamer took a different route, dropping bars in a freestyle on stream using his Crucible gameplay as inspiration.
Since the original Destiny released in 2014, the franchise has cultivated a strong collection of streamers and content creators dedicated to the game. Alongside the aforementioned Datto, streamers like Aztecross, SirDemetrious, GernaderJake, Ms5000Watts, and others have ensured Destiny and Destiny 2 remain a constant presence on platforms like Twitch between the viewer surge when a new expansion, season, or raid releases.
However, the streamer in question who dropped the aforementioned freestyle on stream is Uhmaayyze, a relatively smaller Destiny 2 streamer compared to the aforementioned names. Uhmaayyze started freestlying on stream while in the middle of a Crucible control match and used his gameplay as source material for his rhymes. It includes shout outs to other players, the match’s progress, supers being cast, and his own kills. After sharing the first freestyle on Twitter on November 16, Uhmaayyze has posted a new Destiny 2 freestyle nearly every day since.
On one hand, the freestyle highlights Uhmaayyze’s musical talent and creativity by using Destiny 2 as the rap’s focus. A quick search through social media and YouTube will bring up posts of various wannabe rappers trying to freestyle using whatever inspiration is available to them with lackluster and often comedic results. However, Uhmaayyze has been able to deliver consistent freestyles with no apparent problem, and he has shown enough self-awareness to lean into what some viewers may consider the cheesier lines of his Destiny 2 freestyle. The freestyle could help Uhmaayyze stand out among a group of streamers who have seemingly cemented their places in the Destiny community.
Along with the streamers mentioned above, many of the biggest content creators in the Destiny community have seemingly cemented their audience with crossover typically seen between either regular collaborators, like Gladd and Sweatcicle, or creators with similar content, like MyNameIsByf and Myelin Games. Aside from a known streamer deciding to jump into Destiny 2, it would be difficult for a relatively new streamer to break into a space dominated by a handful of names. If Uhmaayyze continues dropping freestyles and sharing them on social media, though, it could be just the thing he needs to grow his audience further and become a major fixture in the game’s community.
Destiny 2 is currently available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
