xQc Calls DDG’s 4 Straight Streamer Awards Losses A "Skill Issue"

xQc questions DDG's race comments after the streamer proposes a separate awards show.© NDTV Library

xQc isn't sold on DDG's idea of a BET-style awards show for streamers. His point was that Black creators already won across several categories at the 2026 Streamer Awards. DDG floated the idea after leaving the ceremony with no wins from four nominations, and he said he didn't want to make it a race issue but thought a show primarily for Black streamers would be a good idea. On a November 13 livestream, while going through streamer reactions, xQc named winners like IShowSpeed and Kai Cenat and said DDG's results might come down to a “skill issue.”

xQc says DDG not winning a Streamer Award might be a "skill issue" ???????? "Black creators are dominating the other categories.. You say you don't wanna make it about race, but make it about race? Perhaps, it's maybe a skill issue?" https://t.co/KzZi3ZcMdv

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xQc points to IShowSpeed and Kai Cenat after DDG questions the awards setup

DDG talked about the results during livestream after the November 12 ceremony. He was up for Best Music Streamer and Best Marathon Stream, the second one tied to his Hit-A-Thon series. ARIatHOME took the music category, and Best Marathon Stream went to Stable Ronaldo, Jynxzi and LosPollosTV for their Chained Together stream.

So DDG finished 0 for 4. He still had good things to say about QTCinderella and the event, saying, “Shoutout to QT, still an amazing event. Even though I'm 0 for 4.” Also, he said he might still attend again and called the ceremony dope.

Then he got into the idea itself. “I think it needs to be an award show that's, like, primarily for... and I don't wanna make it a race thing at all... but I think, like, a BET type of thing for streamers, I think that'll be dope,” he said.

xQc says Black streamers already won across several categories

xQc disagreed, and his answer was a bit different than what DDG probably expected. He pointed to Black creators who won elsewhere during the ceremony, naming IShowSpeed and Kai Cenat as examples.

“Okay, well, Black creators are dominating a bunch of other categories,” xQc said. Then he went after DDG's framing: “Buddy, you say you don't wanna make it about race, but you make it about race?”

He also leaned on the idea that DDG's losses could just be down to skill. It wasn't all negative though, since xQc said, “I like the streams. I like the music. I like the energy. I like all that... But, yeah, the folks are going hard.”