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Streamer University line: is streaming the new version of news?

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Shot in June 2026.

A young YouTuber in line for Kai Cenat’s Streamer University auditions in New York is quiet because he is saving his energy for the room. He stopped making videos after middle school and came back to it as an adult. Asked about Kai Cenat, he gives the answer the interviewer calls excellent. When a streamer asks chat how they feel about something in the news, that is news now, and entertainment too, and Kai set the mark early. Then three friends from Asbury Park, one six months into making content and one who has filmed herself since she got a phone, on Kai keeping young Black men occupied and out of trouble.

Filmed in June 2026. The transcript below is from the original audio, trimmed to match the video.

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0:00FOkay, okay, okay.

0:01AWho we got here?

0:03EKim.

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0:04CKim.

0:06AOkay, why you here? What’s up, bro? So why we here? Why we here?

0:11CI’m here because, you feel me, I don’t know, I just need to talk to Kai, man. I gotta get some shit done, you feel me?

0:16AYou ain’t too quiet.

0:17CWe all got the same mission.

0:18AYou can’t be this quiet trying to get a stream review.

0:20CI’m saving all my energy for the insides.

0:22AOkay, so what you gonna do inside?

0:23CYou feel me? I’m gonna turn the fuck up. That’s all it is.

0:23GOkay, okay.

0:25FOkay.

0:25AHow long you been doing content?

0:27CI really been doing it since I was a kid, but I really got back into it earlier this year.

0:32AOkay. Like when?

0:33CNovember 2025. That’s when I really got back, you feel me?

0:37AThat’s real?

0:37CInto doing content as an adult. Last time I did it, I was younger, like in middle school. So now I’m back, you feel me? Doing my thing.

0:45FOkay.

0:46AAnd why you appreciate Kai Cenat?

0:48CI feel like he a role model because, you feel me, as a person with color, it’s just cool seeing other people do the same thing. And he also young. So it’s like, I know, because I’m not as young as Kai, but it’s like, damn, he give me hope because it’s like --

1:02AHe’s older than you?

1:03CNah, he older than me. So it’s like, and then it’s a whole different lane. So it’s like, I’m not really a streamer, but I’m into YouTube. But just the whole online thing is just inspirational and it give me, you feel me, a drive just seeing how far it could go. You feel me?

1:17FOkay.

1:18AWhat do you feel is his impact on culture?

1:19CI feel like he got a heavy influence because it go even from adults to even all the way down to kids. Like, he got a huge influence, like, even all around the world. from when you do streams from in different countries and stuff. So that’s bringing in different followers and more shit like that. But I think he definitely is influential because then it’s online. That’s kind of like the, the main thing right now, online, like being on your phone, being on your computer. So it’s just like, I feel like that’s the, the new version of news. That’s the new version of entertainment. So it’s like, you feel me?

1:50AYou said new version of news, huh?

1:52CNews and entertainment in a way.

1:54ASo talk about how you see the news right now.

1:55CBecause, you know, just, just simple stuff like being on stream, you might ask guys how y’all feel about this topic or how y’all Feel about the news days. That’s technically news, like you feel me? So it’s like it’s just becoming a. I think I think just streaming gonna be a big thing, and I think he set a big mark early. So it give people like it just it just create a whole different lens. Oh, I don’t got much words to say.

2:15AYou feel me? That was an excellent answer.

2:17CYou gonna you gonna be a big part of this video.

2:19AI’m gonna tell you that right now. Oh, so where do we find you?

2:21CKishi wrote on YouTube.

2:23AI appreciate you, bro.

2:24CAppreciate you too.

2:25ADefinitely.

2:26EOkay, okay.

2:30AHow you doing? What’s good?

2:31GWhat you got?

2:31DI’m Asia.

2:33EI’m from New Jersey.

2:34AOkay, where?

2:35EAsbury Park.

2:36FOkay, okay.

2:37EYou already know. What’s good with you?

2:38AWhat we out here doing?

2:39EI’m all right. We about to have some fun today. We about to stream. We about to have a good time.

2:45GSmoke, drink, whatever.

2:46EWe about to just do the damn shit for real.

2:48AHow long you been doing content?

2:49ENot too long. Probably like 6 months, 7 months. I just got into it. Something to start. I always watch YouTube. I always watch a lot of people.

2:59GYou know what I mean?

3:00FOkay, okay.

3:02EYou got the homie right there. Okay, okay.

3:03GGo ahead, interview her.

3:05ETierra, let’s go.

3:06GHey, it’s from the land. You can catch me at Instagram. Back that camera up, okay? Back up, hold up, back up. I’m from the land underscore F-R-T-H-3-L-A-N-D. Catch me on Instagram. I make funny video, funny content.

3:21FOkay, okay.

3:22AHow long you been doing content?

3:24GI’ve been doing content since I got a phone, since I was able to record myself.

3:28AOkay, been at it, been at it. Okay, what do you feel like is Kai’s impact on the culture?

3:32GUh, changing the youth and changing the young Black men to do better. Keeping it clean and keeping it, keeping them occupied, keeping the youth occupied. Because when they not occupied, they go out and do dumb stuff.

3:46DHe’s an OG, he’s an OG, he’s an OG.

3:48GLike he said, Facebook days, all the other, all the other shit, fuck that.

3:55DHe was here from it, from Facebook, back when everybody was Facebook famous, and everybody was out here making videos. He’s one of the originals, you know what I’m saying? You gotta show love, you always gotta show love.

4:06GYeah, I’m here and I don’t I ain’t even expect to get in.

4:10DBut if I do, I do.

4:12GYou are?

4:12DFuck it. We gonna be outside. We outside.

4:15GWe gonna take our chances.

4:16FOkay, okay.

4:17GWe gonna show him us.

4:18ATake that risk. So where we find you? Where we find you?

4:20DMe, I’m on Instagram, Sadist the Demon.

4:22EYou are?

4:22GI’m on Instagram and talking.

4:24DY-L-E-S-S-D-A-D-E-M-O-N. That’s long as hell.

4:29CYours, yours.

4:29GI’m from the land underscore underscore F-R-T-H-3-L-A-N-D on Instagram. You can get me on Facebook at Tierra Gamble.

4:36FOkay, okay, okay.

4:37AWho we got down here? This pretty young lady.

4:39EMy name’s Ness.

4:41GIn the city, baby. You can find me at I N E S S O N E R S S.

4:46AOkay, and what’s Kai’s impact on our culture?

4:49GI don’t even want.

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