For those of us who have only done a couple of test streams on Twitch, the mere idea of someone giving you money for talking in front of a camera is magic. Well, streamer Kai Cenat managed to achieve 306,621 active subscriptions in March, the biggest record in the platform’s history, and to celebrate, he caused such a commotion in the middle of New York that he might end up in jail for it. Well done, Kai Cenat.
Kai de Cenat, I’m hungry
Turns out, the 21-year-old streamer, known for chatting with rappers and celebrities beyond his ‘GTA’ or ‘NBA’ streams, announced on August 4th that he would make a surprise appearance in New York, giving away several PS5 consoles, computers, and hundred-dollar gift cards, just like MrBeast, the well-known streamer. The problem is that, well, MrBeast plans everything quite well. Kai… not so much.
Even before he realized it, 2,000 people were waiting for him in Union Square, with the police lurking and tensions rising for a simple reason: the streamer had announced his presence there on social media and his own Twitch channel… but hadn’t informed the authorities, who suddenly found themselves dealing with 2,000 people they didn’t know how to handle. In fact, they started using tear gas to disperse the crowd, while Cenat was urging everyone to stay safe.
No one really understands what was going through his mind: as soon as he stepped out of the building, he was surrounded by fans, and the police quickly put him in a car and took him to a safe place while his audience tore down barricades, emptied fire extinguishers, and turned the center of New York into a literal Level 4 danger zone battlefield.
The result? Several injured citizens, Kai Cenat in custody (and likely a not-so-distant trial for “inciting a riot”), and alongside him, a whole busload of people who went overboard for a PS5 given away by their favorite internet celebrity. You know the slogan “Stop making stupid people famous”? Well, there you have it.
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