Twitch streamer Kai Cenat gets featured on the cover of Billboard magazine

Twitch streamer Kai Cenat has been featured on the upcoming Billboard Power 100 issue cover. The popular content creator boasts over 16 million followers on the Amazon-owned streaming platform and has become one of the most famous live streamers in the country. He is known for his high-profile collaborations and has had numerous musical artists like Tyla, Snoop Dogg, Nicki Minaj, and more on his broadcasts in the past.

On January 26, 2025, @Kaimafiaupdates took to X to share a photo of Kai Cenat on the Billboard magazine cover. Since then, fans have been gushing about the Twitch streamer’s influence in the entertainment and music industries.

Fans mostly celebrated how popular Kai Cenat has gotten in recent years.

“Nahh Kai killing it rn,” said @Undergroundcamz.

Interestingly, some described the Billboard cover as “hard” and praised the streamer’s “aura”.

“This hard asl,” wrote @sainthayez.

“My goat has insane aura,” claimed @Kaimafiaupdates.

Meanwhile, others called Cenat their GOAT (Greatest of all time)

“My goat,” chimed @ontherunrefuge1.

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Kai Cenat showed off his photo on the Billboard cover on his Twitch stream

Kai Cenat revealed his feature on the Billboard magazine cover during his January 25, 2025 Twitch stream. The content creator was quite excited while showing off the magazine with his photo, as he said:

“This is my first ever cover to a major magazine. The cover of Billboard! What the f**k?”

After holding the cover close to the camera to show his audience, Cenat’s mother called him up on stream to congratulate him. She even asked one of her relatives to take a look at the broadcast to see the cover:

“He’s on the Billboard magazine, I’m telling Auntie Gloria. He’s on the Billboard magazine, look. Show Auntie Gloria.”

Auntie Gloria also praised the photo, saying:

“Ooh, it’s pretty!”

Kai Cenat’s mother then started getting emotional and addressed his success:

“Oh my god, Kai, you did it, son. Congratulations!”

However, Kai was not having it, as he told his mother that she had already praised him this way in the past:

“Alright, mom, mom, okay. You’ve already said that. You said that one time. You can’t just keep reusing it.”

She then asked if she would need to change her speech:

“Okay, I gotta make a new one?”

To which the streamer said:

“Yeah, you’ve got to make a new one.”

Not much has been revealed about the streamer’s feature in the upcoming Billboard magazine issue. However, the cover does have the title “How Kai Cenat Became King” on it, indicating that the magazine will be looking into the rise of Kai’s popularity on Twitch and beyond.