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Pop CultureKai CenatJun 04, 2025

Kai Cenat on Streamer U Copycats: ‘If I Wanted to Sue You, I Could, But You My Mans’

‘I had to take legal action into owning the idea, owning the name, and making it mine.’

By Precious Fondren
Photo by Miikka Skaffari/Getty Image

Kai Cenat is all about ownership. 

The 23-year-old streaming powerhouse hopped back on livestream this week to clarify something crucial: Yes, he owns Streamer University. The name, the idea, the intellectual property. All his. 

“The idea was so big that I had to take legal action into owning the idea, owning the name, and making it mine,” he told fans. "It was influencing a lot of people to just redo it, redo it, redo it, but we had to secure it, and we got to make this shit special.”

Why all the legal flexing? Apparently, copycats were already circling. Kai said other creators (unnamed, but definitely clocked) had started trying to remix the Streamer U concept—with one even pitching some “Streamer University Community College-type shit.” A little too derivative, no?

“If I wanted to sue you, I could, but you my mans,” he said. “But as some other people that do want to do it—you know who you are. I’m not really messy, but relax.”

Streamer University started as a hilarious stunt—but quickly became a major event, with aspiring creators learning about all the most important internet from established ones over the course of a weekend.

Kai then pivoted from copyright infringement talk to heartfelt advice.

“Whatever y’all do in life, whatever you want to do—whether you want to be an artist, whether you want to be a streamer…whatever you want to do: In life, in general, it is OK to say no to things,” he said. 

“Whenever you have something that was so dear to you, and you came up with, and you put the effort and time for it, it’s OK to say no to certain things and people being a part of certain things…Whatever you build from the ground up, you make sure you have that, you keep that, and you build it long term. All money is not good money.”

Kai also revealed more big plans: He’s plotting his own version of Total Drama Island—the cult Canadian cartoon that spoofs survival shows. His take? Still under wraps, but whatever it turns into, it’s safe to assume it’ll be loud, ridiculous, and probably break the internet. Just don’t expect it anytime soon.

“We don’t know when this is going to be, but do know that I can confirm that,” he said. 

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