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Streamers like Kai Cenat are known for their bold reactions, but his take on Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime performance raised some eyebrows. While reacting to Kendrick’s performance, Kai made a claim that caught many off guard. He suggested that the NFL added crowd noise behind Lamar’s performance to make the crowd’s reaction sound louder and more intense than it actually was.
Lamar’s halftime show was widely praised for its depth, artistry, and the way it brought hip-hop to the biggest stage. Fans saw it as a celebration of culture, and many argue it was one of the best Super Bowl performances ever. However, Kai’s comment, implying that the NFL enhanced the sound, caused an immediate uproar. He was quickly met with backlash from Kendrick Lamar fans who vehemently denied any fake crowd noise.
They argued that the raw emotion and energy of Kendrick’s performance was enough to elicit a powerful crowd reaction without any artificial help. Despite the controversy, Kai stood by his point, claiming that it was something he noticed while watching the show.
Despite the controversy, Kai stood by his point, claiming that it was something he noticed while watching the show. His statement led to heated discussions across social media platforms, with fans debating whether the NFL might have enhanced the sound for dramatic effect. While the debate rages on, it’s clear that Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance is still a defining moment in halftime show history.
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Kai Cenat made the right choice. Protecting his integrity and his bag over streaming with Kanye West.
The world’s most popular Twitch streamer (debate your cousin), is not linking up with the most problematic person in the world not named Elon Musk or Donald Trump.
Kai Cenat announced to his Twitch followers that the once-planned stream with Kanye West, aka Ye, is no longer happening. Cenat revealed that he made his decision after seeing West’s latest round of bizarre and extremely antisemitic tweets.
“I’m gonna go ahead and address the elephant in the room,” Cenat told his fans. “I seen the tweets, bro. I don’t know what’s going on.” He revealed he was just as stunned as everyone else by Kanye West’s recent online behavior. “I don’t know, bro. It’s crazy.”
Cenat’s announcement comes after he excitedly revealed on January 29 that he was planning to take a trip to Japan and hopefully get West on his stream. The Twitch streamer also bumped into the rapper at the Grammys before the whole Bianca Censori naked on the red carpet stunt.
“He’s a very good, motherf*cking dude,” Cenat said on January 29. “I think he’ll be open to the stream. “If I had to say a percentage,” Kai Cenat said. “It’s at like probably 90%. We been talking almost every day.”
Welp.
You Know Kanye West Is Going To React
Kanye West has yet to respond to Cenat’s decision, but we fully expect him to. We won’t be surprised if he calls him an “industry plant” again or something worse.
Fans have been reacting to Cenat making the right decision not to associate himself with a Black Nazi sympathizer, some are calling him a sellout, while others understand he’s got a brand to protect.
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2. Ehhhhhh
3. Basically
5. Oh really?
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Kai Cenat and IShowSpeed, are about to face off at the Super Bowl LIX Flag Football Game on Saturday, February 8. Both streamers are bringing along a a star studded crew to play on there team.
Team IShowSpeed
Speed will have some of the hottest names in Rap like Latto, Quavo, and Sexyy Red. plus social media king Khabane “Khaby” Lame, PlaqueBoyMax, Mark Phillips from RDCWorld, Adam W, and flag football champ Diana Flores.
Team Kai
Kai Cenat, isn’t short on talent either. His squad features the King of Rizz himself, Duke Dennis and Deestroying, plus singer and dancer Teyana Taylor, gymnast Jordan Chiles. Even the soon-to-be NFL star Shedeur Sanders will be touching the field, director Cole Bennett, and flag football champ Ki’Lolo Westerlund.
Druski is gonna be the head referee, adding his funny vibe to the game. Did some one ask who will be the quarterbacks? They’ll be none other than NFL legends Cam Newton and Mike Vick, taking the lead for Team Speed and Team Kai.
Kai Cenat and IShowSpeed have taken the streaming world by storm, gaining massive popularity and building cult followings with their unique personalities and high-energy content. Both streamers have become household names, attracting millions of viewers across platforms like Twitch and YouTube. Their streams are filled with laughter, drama, and unforgettable moments that keep fans coming back for more. Now, the two legends are about to go head-to-head in an epic showdown at the Super Bowl LIX Flag Football Game.
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Kai Cenat isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. Sorry, Elliott Wilson. The popular Twitch streamer shared with his fans that he will stream with his most prominent guest yet, Kanye West.
During a stream on Thursday (Jan. 23), Cenat told his viewers that he’s heading to Japan to hang out with alleged billionaire Kanye West, aka Ye. He revealed that he and West have been in constant communication and is very confident that he will get Ye on his popular stream.
“He’s a very good, motherf**king dude,” Cenat revealed to the chat before doubling down on his confidence the stream is happening. “I think he’ll be open to the stream. If I had to say a percentage, it’s at like probably 90 percent, my n**ga. We’ve been talking almost every day.” Cenat also noted the College Dropout crafter has been “highly responsive.”
Cenat expressed shock that he and the West would be linking up, adding, “Never would I have thought I’d be able to say that. It’s set. We goin’ crazy.”
KANYE WEST
KAI CENAT
STREAM IN JAPAN 🎥
🚨COMING SOON🚨 pic.twitter.com/kP9M7lMhsp
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Remember When Kanye West Called Kai Cenat an Industry Plant?
West wanting to link up with Cenat is an epic turn of events. We didn’t forget that West called Cenat an “industry plant” during an interview with Justin LaBoy.
“Of course!” Ye said when LaBoy asked if Cenat was an industry plant. “That exact genre is the most industry plants. It’s about influence and mind control. And then he gonna mention my daughter’s name a week later. N***a, don’t mention my daughter’s name and then you dissing what’s paying they $200,000 a month child support. … Don’t mention this and then mention my daughter name. It be that kinda shit where I’m like that don’t make god happy.”
Yeezy might also have been mad that Cenat claimed that his daughter, North West, said Cenat was her favorite streamer.
Then there was the moment Cenat clowned a pair of pants that Ye sent him that didn’t fit.
Kanye West sent Kai Cenat the wrong Size Pants😭 pic.twitter.com/bjd1ahhOnt
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“If you posting something negative, you sit on the wrong side of the future ’cause we out here stepping away from Adidas,” Ye said to Justin LaBoy. “He gonna talk shit about my pants.”
Ye called Kai an “industry plant” after his clothes from Yeezy didn’t fit correctly on stream. pic.twitter.com/XoT2sw9fzV
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Hmmmm.
We have to tell Kai Cenat to beware and not let Ye use you to promote whatever nonsense he’s pushing.
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One of the culture’s most beloved online personalities is about to do it big for the holiday. Kai Cenat will be hosting a Mafiathon 2 Thanksgiving stream with Druski and Kevin Hart.
As reported by Blavity the Twitch star will be celebrating the big day with two of his comedic friends. On Monday, Nov. 25 the content creator announced his forthcoming special via a very funny but memorable trailer. In the clip we find Kevin Hart and Druski dressed up like Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in their roles from Step Brothers on route to Kai’s house for Thanksgiving. While it is clear Cenat is hosting the two bicker back and forth on whether or not they should be bringing a dish. During their conversation we see the streamer struggle with the cooking and mistakenly sets his stove on fire. The hijinks continue when Druski and Kevin arrive at the house when they accuse him of “stuffing” the turkey in a very wild way.
This is the second time the trio are partnering for a live event. In June Kai Cenat hosted a Summer Slumber Party in Atlanta that was attended by both of the funnymen. The project turned out to be wildly successful and surpassed Twitch’s North American viewership record. Earlier this month Kai Cenat became the first Twitch streamer to have 500,000 subscribers.
The Mafiathon 2 Thanksgiving stream with Druski and Kevin Hart will go live Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 9PM EST. You can see the trailer for it below.
Rihanna has her finger on the Internet culture pulse. The superstar took to Instagram to share a montage of videos in which she’s seen sitting at a bus stop beneath a Fenty Beauty advertisement, soundtracked by an audio from Kodak Black’s viral yet erratic freestyle from Kai Cenat‘s Twitch stream earlier this month. During the […]
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Halle Bailey had to retract her initial reaction to her baby daddy, DDG, appearing on a Kai Cenat stream with their son.
Singer/actress Halle Bailey now admits she may have overreacted when she expressed her feelings about DDG bringing their son, Halo, on a Kai Cenat stream on Wednesday, Nov.6, without her knowledge.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, The Little Mermaid star wrote on Thursday, “yesterday maybe i did overreact and shouldn’t have brought it here. i know that Halo is always safe with his dad. i just don’t like finding out with the rest of the world what my baby is doing. thank u kai for the gifts for Halo.”
Her latest comments contrast sharply with her initial reaction, which she wrote in a now-deleted tweet that she was “extremely upset” after DDG and their son made an appearance during Cenat’s stream, describing it as “unapproved.”
Bailey said in the now-deleted tweet that she was not happy about her baby daddy putting their nearly one-year-old child in front of millions of people.
“Hi everyone. Just so you know I am out of town and I don’t approve of my baby being on a stream tonight. I wasn’t told or notified and I am extremely upset to have my baby in front of millions of people. I am his mother and protector and saddened I wasn’t notified especially when I am out of town,” Bailey wrote.
Essence reports that in another deleted tweet, Bailey revealed she is experiencing “severe postpartum,” adding, “There are boundaries that I wish to be respected. No one knows what someone is going through until they snap.”
As Expected, Social Media Has Plenty of Thoughts On The Matter
As expected, footage from Halo’s “unapproved” appearance went viral, and social media had plenty of thoughts about Halle Bailey’s reaction to the moment.
Some understood why the first-time mom reacted in such a matter. One user on X wrote in defense of The Color Purple star, “yall really making a postpartum mother feel bad for being upset her baby’s father didn’t tell her he was putting her baby on a stream that just got swatted less than a week ago…… okay brah.”
While others were quick to remind her that she made a child with someone who i in the same line of work as Cenat. “Girl you know you had a baby with a streamer??,” another X user wrote.
We need to give Halle Bailey some grace based on what she is going through as a first-time mom.
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3. It happens more times than you think.
4. Exactly
6. Good on him
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Over the last few years “swatting” has become the latest trend among Americans looking to annoy and disrupt the everyday lives of people they just can’t stand. Though it was mainly reserved for politicians, as of late celebrities have been swatted as people just have nothing better to do these days.
Now, it seems like streaming megastar, Kai Cenat, has fallen victim to the swatting trend as police were called to his residence right when he kicked off his highly publicized Mafiathon 2. According to TMZ, someone decided to swat Cenat right when he kicked off his month-long livestreaming marathon and called authorities to report a trespasser at Kai Cenat’s home. When police arrived they asked the people in the residence to leave while they combed the rooms to ensure things were on the up and up.
Once they realized it was much ado about nothing, the stream got back on track, but unfortunately, the swatting attempts didn’t end there.
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The next day, though, cops got yet another call — this one being far more serious.
As KC documented on his stream, officers rushed to the scene after someone reported a shooting at the home … which was ultimately deemed a swatting call.
Unfortunately for Cenat, it didn’t stop there … ’cause on Sunday, cops got two more calls of alleged issues at the home.
After the last incident police are now monitoring calls made on Kai Cenat’s home and have a direct line to hit him on to make sure things are OK on his side. Though police are investigating the calls made, they haven’t made any arrests. With the rest of the month left to go, we won’t be surprised if another attempt or two are made. We just hope police catch whoever’s wasting everyone’s time with this childish game.
What do y’all think about the swatting trend on celebrities? Sound off in the comments section below.
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After putting himself on the national map by unintentionally starting a riot in New York City, Kai Cenat has been all over the place as his ascension to superstardom continues to rise and now he’s enlisted the likes of Kim Kardashian to help him announce his latest streaming event.
Taking to his official Instagram page, Kai Cenat released a 4-minute trailer to announce his upcoming Mafiathon 2 event and in it has Kim Kardashian play a therapist to his Mafia Don looking self. Talking about how hectic his life has been over recent years including staying in a prison that he built, founding a school in Nigeria and of course, starting a riot in New York City.
“That was bad,” Cenat comedically stated after being reminded of the chaos he caused at Union Square.
Looking to get over his personal woes, Dr. Kim prescribes Kai a 30-day streaming marathon which will let fans keep tabs on Cenat 24 hours a day for a month as he eat, sleeps and even showers while the camera’s rolling… or streaming. Whatever these kids call it nowadays.
Mafiathon 2 is set to kick off on November 1 at 6 p.m. E.T. Will you be following this man live for 24 hours a day for all of November? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Kai Cenat certainly has motion, and the latest brand the famed streamer has teamed with is McDonald’s. Yep, Kai Cenat is promoting the kind of new Chicken Big Mac.
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The Chicken Big Mac® whill be available at participating McDonald’s restaurants, for a limited time, across the nation starting Thursday, October 10. The sandwich is essentially the same deal as the original Big Mac—special sauce, lettuce, cheese and pickles all on a sesame seed bun—save for the beef patties getting switched out for chicken patties. Oh wait, the chicken patties are tempura battered.
Aware of the trepidation of messing with the OG, McDonald’s tested out the new sandwich at ChainFest to great success (see below).
“With the introduction of the Chicken Big Mac, we’re excited to pay homage to one of our most iconic menu items, the Big Mac, and introduce it to a whole new generation of fans,” said Tariq Hassan, Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer at McDonald’s USA, in a press statement. “By tapping into some of our fans’ biggest passions from dupe culture to live-streaming, we’re able to serve up more than just a sandwich. There truly is something for everyone to enjoy in this campaign and we’re bringing experiences that will surprise and delight them, all before the Chicken Big Mac hits restaurants.”
As for Kai Cenat, he’s a Big Mac fan he linked up with his buddies to talk it up on his Twitch channel.
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