Who is Kishka?
Kishka is a Canadian IRL streamer who broadcasts on Twitch, where he had about 22,700 followers as of October 2026. He is best known for the April 2026 stream in which he smashed into Drake's Iceman ice structure in downtown Toronto and found the album's release date inside.
Most of his streams sit in the Just Chatting category and are filmed outdoors, on the road or at events. Before the Drake moment he already had a YouTube channel full of fireworks chases, paintball games and prank videos, and a TikTok account under the name almightykishka.
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How did Kishka start streaming?
Kishka's Twitch bio describes him as a Streamers University graduate. His channel trailer on Twitch is titled KishkaDMZ, which points to an earlier version of the channel built around Call of Duty's DMZ mode, before IRL took over.
His main YouTube channel, @Kishka, has 77 videos and a one-line bio about being more than an ordinary personality. The videos that did best there are street-level pranks and stunts. Escaped Prisoner Prank Gone Wrong has about 394,000 views, Fireworks Madness (Chased by Police) about 350,000, and Paintball Wars in the Hood about 313,000. Two more Fireworks Madness sequels sit further down the list.
A second channel, Kishka Live, holds Twitch highlights and clips, with 161 videos and a little over 2,300 subscribers.
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How did Kishka find the Iceman release date?
In April 2026 Drake put up a roughly 25-foot structure made of about 3,500 ice blocks in a parking lot at 81 Bond Street in Toronto to promote Iceman, and said the album's date was hidden inside it. Crowds showed up with pickaxes, blowtorches and campfires, and police came to the site on the Monday evening.
On April 20, Kishka did an IRL stream from the structure. He and his friends lit a small fire on top to try to melt it and knocked a block loose with a sledgehammer. Know Your Meme reports that a clip of the fire got over 700,000 views within a day, and footage of the block coming off about 390,000.
The next day, April 21, he broke into the sculpture and pulled out a vacuum-sealed blue bag. Inside were a booklet, a stack of Canadian $100 bills and a document with the release date. He then went to Drake's Toronto home on stream, was let through the gates, and opened the bag there. The date was May 15, 2026, which Drake's label OVO Sound later confirmed. Toronto Fire Services took the sculpture down on April 22.
Kishka's own YouTube video of the reveal at Drake's mansion has more than 105,000 views. A follow-up on his main channel, titled ICEMAN Wasn't Staged, answers the viewers who thought the whole thing was planned.
What has Kishka streamed since?
The Twitch archive afterward is mostly on-the-road IRL. There is a stream from inside Canada's Wonderland, a first-time trip to Vancouver, and a studio stream there with the artist Killy. One VOD is titled I Met Drake Last Night, Storytime.
Other recent broadcast titles include a full day on Bryson Tiller's tour with Austin Millz, a watch party for FOMO, a secret Anders album listening party, and a stream at Enchanta with Mookie where he picked up a diamond sword.
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Fun facts about Kishka
- His Twitch channel trailer is still titled KishkaDMZ, a leftover from the channel's earlier name.
- The Escaped Prisoner Prank Gone Wrong video on his YouTube channel has about 394,000 views.
- The Iceman structure stood about 25 feet tall and used roughly 3,500 ice blocks.
- Inside the bag from the ice were a booklet, a pile of Canadian $100 bills and the album's release date.
- He opened the bag at Drake's Toronto home, with the stream still running.
- His TikTok account, almightykishka, has about 83,900 followers and 4.2 million likes, and its bio reads Life is a Movie.
- His Instagram account has about 39,600 followers.
Where to watch Kishka
Kishka streams live on Twitch, posts longer videos on YouTube and short clips on TikTok and Instagram. Follower figures are as of October 2026.
StreamableRun and Kishka
StreamableRun is supporting Kishka's streams, which are mostly live IRL broadcasts from the street, from events and from road trips. We are glad to back a streamer who takes the camera to places like the Bond Street ice block and Canada's Wonderland.