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Revision as of 03:45, 22 December 2024 by Phibeatrice (talk | contribs) (Save)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Malik Ambersley, known online as NPC Miles Morales or by his username of Leaks World, is a social media personality based on Twitch and TikTok. He gained viral fame starting in 2023 for doing interactive live streams cosplaying and acting as the Marvel Comics superhero Miles Morales.
Career
Prior to his career on social media, Ambersley was "broke and homeless". Starting in 2023, he began creating content on Twitch and TikTok under the channel name of Leaks World. In particular, he gained traction and attention for his live streams on TikTok Live where he performed out in public as Miles Morales by repeating a stock set of lines. For these performances, he was dubbed "NPC Miles Morales," referring to the video game and slang term of non-player character (NPC). Through the platform's gift system, in which viewers can pay to send gifts to live streams, Ambersley would repeat a unique set of lines particular to each specific gift similar to how an NPC in a video game would. Other times, such as whenever his performance was interfered with by a passerby, Ambersley would break character, sometimes causing a viral moment.
Some publications, like Polygon, have compared his performances to "those street performers who pretend to be statues"; Polygon also opined that "His genre of content blends the live stunt antics of someone like Kai Cenat with a specific meme-like video game humor that I associate with early Smosh YouTube videos."
By November 2024, Leaks World amassed over a million followers on TikTok.
Collaborations
Outside of his TikTok Lives, Ambersley has appeared on online segments with other social media personalities like Druski. During streamer Kai Cenat's month-long streaming marathon, called Mafiathon 2, starting on November 1, 2024, Ambersley participated in several days of Cenat's programming. One night, Ambersley read out the names of new subscribers to Cenat's channel while Cenat was sleeping on the stream. Occasionally, he would break character and lash out at some of the streaming marathon's participants including Cenat himself, Druski, and comedian Kevin Hart.
On November 2, Ambersley got to meet actor Shameik Moore, who voiced Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, after Cenat invited Moore to the house where the streaming marathon was taking place. Together, they chatted outside of their personas and danced to songs from the Miles Morales films' soundtracks, including "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee.
Future plans
On a Twitch stream, Ambersley indicated his intentions to move past his NPC performances and start streaming as himself. When asked if he would still perform as NPC Miles Morales, he said, "No, I think I would rather want to be known as me. I'll still do the characters every now and then but as in doing the NPC thing, standing outside, I don't think so. I think at some point, I need to branch out." He also stated that Cenat had been inspirational to him in his decision to pivot as a social media personality.
References
- Hargrave, Sam (2024-11-10). "NPC Miles Morales Gets Surprised by Real Spider-Verse Actor on Kai Cenat's Stream". The Direct. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ Diaz, Ana (2024-11-05). "NPC Miles Morales is the undisputed star of TikTok Live". Polygon. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ "Kai Cenat Links NPC Miles Morales, 'Spider-Verse' Star Sh..." Complex. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ Price, Joe (December 5, 2024). "NPC Miles Morales on Streaming Career: 'I Need to Branch ..." Complex. Retrieved 2024-12-22.