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

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and former professional ''

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'' player. As of July 2021, he has over 7.4 million followers and over 158 million views on Twitch, making him the most followed African-American on the website. Kabbani also has over 4.5 million subscribers on his YouTube channel.

Career

2013–2017: Beginnings and rise in popularity

Kabbani's YouTube account was created on November 3, 2013. He started streaming live on Twitch in 2016 and mainly streamed ''

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,'' a third-person multiplayer online battle arena developed by

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. ''Paragon'' has since been removed. His streams become much more popular when he started streaming ''

'' 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.

2018–2021: Team SoloMid and ''Apex Legends'' deal

Kabbani previously played for

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in a team that consisted of himself, Daequan, Darryle "Hamlinz" Hamlin and Juan "CaMiLLs" Camilla (sub). Kabbani joined Team SoloMid in 2018 and served as the captain of his team. Kabbani participated in the Ninja Vegas Tournament in April 2018. Additionally, Kabbani's streams have included a variety of other popular streamers including,

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and

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. Kabbani compares ''Fortnite'' building/editing mechanics to a shooter version of

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. Kabbani suggested a new trap he calls a "bouncer trap" which would "send enemies flying out of boxes to protect players during fights". In March 2019,

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was paid $1 million to stream ''

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'' while Kabbani was paid an undisclosed amount. Kabbani played as TSM's team leader in the game ''

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'' during the ''Twitch Rivals'' series.

2021–present: Leaving Team SoloMid and boxing

On December 28, 2021, Kabbani announced and confirmed on stream that he would not be renewing his contract with TSM, citing the loss of a family environment, upon the departures of friends

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and Leena. In July 2022, Kabbani announced an exclusivity contract with

. On December 11, Kabbani parciticpated in

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's chess boxing event titled "Mogul Chessboxing Championship". Kabbani fought and defeated Cherdleys via

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in the sixth round.

Chess boxing record

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