Kai Cenat Height, Age, Family, Biography
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Hometown: New York City
Marital Status: Unmarried
Age: 23 Years
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Birth Name | Kai Carlo Cenat III |
Nickname(s) | Kai, KC3, Kaivious, Kaivious Cenat, Short, AMP Kai, Kay Cay Nat |
Profession(s) | • Twitch Streamer • YouTuber • Rapper |
Physical Stats | |
Height (approx.) | 5' 4" (162 cm) |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Black |
Career | |
Debut | Song: Bustdown Rollie Avalanche (2022) |
Award(s) | • Streamer of the Year award at 12th Streamy Awards (2022) • Streamer of the Year at The Streamer Awards (2023) • Streamer of the Year at The Streamer Awards (2024) • Best Just Chatting Streamer at The Streamer Awards (2024) • Favorite Gamer at Kids' Choice Awards (2024) |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 16 December 2001 (Sunday) |
Age (as of 2024) | 23 Years |
Birthplace | New York City, U.S. |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
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Nationality | American |
Hometown | New York City, U.S. |
School | Frederick Douglass Academy |
College/University | State University of New York, Morrisville |
Educational Qualification | College Drop Out (Business Administration) |
Religion | Christianity |
Food Habit | Non-vegetarian |
Tattoo(s) | On his arms and chest |
Social Media | • Instagram • YouTube |
Controversy | Arrested by the Police In August 2024, Cenat faced charges of first-degree rioting, inciting a riot, and unlawful assembly after a PlayStation 5 giveaway he announced in Union Square, Manhattan, turned into a large-scale riot with thousands of followers. [1]CNN |
Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Family | |
Parents | |
Siblings | Brothers- 2 (twins) • Devonte • Kaleel Sister- Kaiya |
Style Quotient | |
Car Collection | Rolls Royce |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Kai Cenat
- His parents belong to the Caribbean; his mother is from Trinidad and Tobago, and his father is from Haiti.
- Kai Cenat and his three siblings were raised by his mother.
- In 2018, he began creating prank and challenge videos and uploaded his first YouTube video on 13 January 2018.
- He dropped out of school in 2020 because it was difficult for him to manage both schoolwork and content creation.
- Kai Cenat joined the YouTube group AMP after being noticed by fellow YouTuber Fanum from the Bronx and started appearing in their videos regularly.
- In February 2021, he switched from YouTube and started streaming on Twitch, sharing gaming and reaction content.
- In 2022, Kai Cenat began featuring celebrity guests on his streams such as Bobby Shmurda (April), Lil Baby (October), and 21 Savage (November), with his highest views reaching 283,245 at one time.
- On 8 May 2022, he released his first song ‘Bustdown Rollie Avalanche’ with rapper NLE Choppa.
- Kai Cenat appeared in the trailer of the song ‘Distraction’ by Polo G in June 2022.
- On 31 January 2023, he started a month-long subathon, a type of live stream.
- By 28 February 2023, Kai Cenat became the most-subscribed Twitch streamer of all time, with 306,621 subscribers at the peak.
- In March 2023, he earned about $23,280 monthly from sleep streams, leading to an annual income of $285,480. His sleep broadcasts were watched for over 5.6 million hours.
- On 17 April 2023, Kai Cenat was temporarily suspended from Twitch for unknown reasons but returned soon after. Initially, it was considered a permanent ban, but that was an error.
- In May 2023, he and IShowSpeed launched a livestream show titled the Kai ‘N Speed Show, exclusively on Rumble.
- In September 2023, Kai Cenat appeared alongside Fanum in the music video of the song ‘Fan’ by Offset.
- In October 2023, he directed his first music video for rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie.
- On 14 December 2023, Nicki Minaj appeared on his stream, breaking his previous viewership record with 348,593 live viewers.
- On 4 August 2023, Kai Cenat and Fanum announced a PlayStation 5 giveaway in Union Square, Manhattan. Thousands of followers came to participate but the event turned into a riot.
- The New York City Police Department arrived at the event as the crowd moved into shops, and Cenat was arrested for encouraging civil unrest. Police arrested 65 others.
- Kai Cenat is credited with popularizing viral internet slang like ‘Rizz,’ which means ‘style, charm, or attractiveness,’ and ‘Gyat,’ a term used to refer to someone with nice buttocks.
- ‘Rizz’ was named Oxford University’s Word of the Year for 2023, and ‘Gyat’ was nominated for the American Dialect Society’s 2023 Word of the Year.
- In May 2024, the charges against Kai Cenat were dropped by Manhattan District Attorney ‘Alvin Bragg’ in exchange for an apology and $57,000.
- On 8 February 2024, during a livestream, he announced his official partnership with Nike, becoming the first streamer to sign with the company.
- On 13 July 2024, Kai Cenat appeared in a MrBeast video titled ’50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000.’
- In 2024, he participated in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game organised at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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