"During BHM is crazy Nick": Fans react as Nickmercs denies saying the n-word on stream after clip goes viral

A clip of controversial livestreamer Nick "Nickmercs" started garnering a lot of attention on social media recently after some claimed that he had uttered the racial n-word slur while singing along to a song. However, the FaZe co-owner denied the allegations in a prompt reply to the post made by X user @FearedBuck.

In his reply, Nick just wrote down the lyrics of Bobby Bitch, the song that he was singing,which does not even have the n-word in it:

However, many called out the streamer for what they thought was him using the n-word. One X user even noted that February is Black History Month:

FearedBuck did later retract his statement about the streamer allegedly saying the n-word, editing his post about the incident after he was called out. Right now, the clip on X has the caption:

The viral post has reached over a million views at the time of writing, and in it, the streamer can be heard singing the song Bobby Bitch by rapper Bobby Shmurda. Nick himself has become quite a controversial figure in the streaming space, ever since he went viral for his comments about the LGBTQ+ community last year.

In the ensuing fallout, Nickmercs' Call of Duty skin was removed from the game, and a few months later, he announced that he had signed a contract with Kick as well. Since then, he has been streaming on Twitch and the Stake-backed platform. In his latest stream, a section of the viewership alleged that he had inadvertently said the n-word while rapping along with a song playing in the background.

While Kick still does not have harsh penalties for racial slurs, Twitch has particularly stringent community rules against derogatory language and is known for doling out suspensions and bans as a penalty. Regardless, fans rallied to Nickmercs'