Ali Kabbani (born May 24, 1999), better known as Myth, is an American

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and Twitch live streamer known for playing '' Fortnite Battle Royale''. Kabbani has over 4.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.2 million followers on Twitch.

Streaming career

Kabbani's

account was created on November 3, 2013. He started

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on Twitch in 2016 and mainly streamed '' Paragon,'' a third-person multiplayer online battle arena developed by

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. His streams became much more popular when he started streaming '' Fortnite Battle Royale'' in the latter half of 2017. At the end of January 2018, Kabbani had over 200,000 followers on Twitch and by the end of June of the same year, the number had increased to over 3.2 million. Kabbani joined Team SoloMid (TSM) in 2018 and captained a team that consisted of himself, Daequan, Darryle "Hamlinz" Hamlin and Juan "CaMiLLs" Camilla (sub). Kabbani participated in the Ninja Vegas Tournament in April 2018. Additionally, Kabbani's streams have included a variety of other popular streamers including, Pokimane and summit1g. Kabbani compares ''Fortnite'' building/editing mechanics to a shooter version of

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. In March 2019 Kabbani was paid an undisclosed amount to stream ''

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''. He played as TSM's team leader in the game ''

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'' during the ''Twitch Rivals'' series. As of July 2021, he has over 7.4 million followers and over 158 million views on Twitch. On December 28, 2021, Kabbani announced that he would not be renewing his contract with TSM, citing the loss of a family environment, upon the departures of friends Bjergsen and Leena. In July 2022, Kabbani announced an exclusivity contract with YouTube.

Other ventures

Boxing

In December 2022, Kabbani participated in Ludwig Ahgren's chess boxing event Mogul Chessboxing Championship at the Galen Center in

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, U.S. Kabbani fought and defeated Cherdleys via

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in the sixth round. In April 2023, Kabbani made his traditional boxing debut on Creator Clash 2 against Hundar at the Amalie Arena in

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, U.S. Kabbani defeated Hundar via technical knockout in the first round. In February 2025, it was announced that Kabbani would face Kevin Lerdwichagul on Creator Clash 3 on June 28 at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, U.S.

Boxing record

Exhibition

Chessboxing record

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References

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