The 2025 BET Awards took over Hollywood on Monday, May 9. As part of the festivities, popular streamer Kai Cenat produced social content for the network. But a live exchange with rap artist, Wale landed him in hot water.
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Wale Confronts Kai Cenat at The BET Awards
Wale and Kai’s initial interaction occurred in a parking garage at the Peacock Arena. The rapper greeted Cenat, and the two engaged in a conversation. About what video game he was playing on his Nintendo Switch.
However, when Kai gets back in the car he reads the comments on his stream. Noting that the chat knows who the rapper is — exposing his lack of knowledge about the artist.
“Wally, oh my god, that was somebody crazy. The whole chat knows him,” he said before one of his friends corrected his mispronunciation.
Kai then asked, “What does he do?” to which his friend replied, “Rap,” as he referenced one of the DMV product’s biggest hits, “Lotus Flower Bomb.” However, Cenat remained clueless.
Later in the evening, Kai hosted a sit-down interview with Snoop Dogg on his stream. During the segment, Wale interrupted the interview to confront Kai about their earlier interaction.
“That sh*t making me look crazy now, just so you know,” Wale whispered to Kai. “That’s making me look crazy, the exchange we had in the hallway. I mean, they running with it, but we’ll talk later.”
“broski, you good” feels like Kai was talking to some random fan 😭.
— Ꭲɑʏᴏ (@TayoPSG) June 10, 2025
Wale is right to confront him pic.twitter.com/LukB44uNyH
While the reactions to the interaction on social media were a mixed bag, several fans cited the age gap as the reason why Kai did not know who Wale was.
“These n****as really be showing how lame they ass be,” one fan said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“If you know Wale he has always been emotional when it comes to his image,” another user added.
“A typical of him, because that wasn’t even necessary Wale,” another user said.
