CORE
Streaming and YouTube group formed by six former FaZe Clan creators in April 2026, filming weekly group challenges and long Twitch streams out of a $20 million content house in the Los Angeles area.
Streaming group · 7 creators in the index · Updated Nov 3, 2026
CORE is a streaming and content group of six former FaZe Clan creators, known for weekly YouTube challenge videos and long group Twitch streams filmed in a $20 million content house. It was unveiled on April 30, 2026 in a livestream hosted by former FaZe CEO Banks, per Complex, and the name stands for Create Own Run Everything. The founding members are Adapt, JasonTheWeen, Lacy, Marlon, Silky and Stable Ronaldo, all previously signed to FaZe Clan, per Tubefilter; five of them announced they had left FaZe over Christmas 2025. The CORE YouTube channel has about 1.35 million subscribers and has posted with guests including MrBeast and the Sidemen. As of November 2026 all six are still credited as members on the group’s newest video, posted November 1, 2026. Lacy posted on July 29, 2026 that he was leaving, but neither he nor the group has confirmed an exit and he is still credited, and no outlet we accept has reported Silky or Stable Ronaldo leaving.
CORE members, and who is only connected
The six founding members, from Tubefilter, Complex and the member credits on CORE’s own videos, plus the people most often searched alongside the group. Status is as of November 2026; credits read from the description of CORE IRL MAFIA, posted November 1, 2026.
| Name | Role | Years | Status (November 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adapt | Founding member; about 14 years in FaZe Clan before CORE | 2026 to present | Current. Credited on the November 1, 2026 video; no exit announced |
| JasonTheWeen | Founding member | 2026 to present | Current. Credited on the November 1, 2026 video; no exit announced |
| Lacy | Founding member | 2026 to present | Current in the group’s credits. Posted on X on July 29, 2026 that he was leaving; neither he nor CORE has confirmed an exit, and he is credited on every group video we checked since, through November 1, 2026 |
| Marlon | Founding member | 2026 to present | Current. Credited on the November 1, 2026 video; no exit announced |
| Silky | Founding member | 2026 to present | Current. Credited on the November 1, 2026 video; no exit announced by him or CORE, and no report of one in an outlet we accept |
| Stable Ronaldo | Founding member | 2026 to present | Current. Credited on the November 1, 2026 video; no exit announced by him or CORE, and no report of one in an outlet we accept |
| Banks | Former FaZe CEO; hosted the launch livestream, per Complex | April 2026 | Supporter, not a member. Tubefilter described him as “supporting the group’s mission” |
| Kaysan | Former FaZe creator; appeared in the house video, per Dexerto | Not a member | Never a member. Left FaZe Clan on December 25, 2025 but said he would keep running FaZe Esports, per Dexerto |
| YourRAGE | Former FaZe creator and friend of the group | Not a member | Never a member. Posted “Why I Didn’t Join CORE...” on May 2, 2026 |
Famous Birthdays’ page for the group, The Core Boys, lists five members and names Adapt as an original member in its description. Sources: Complex (April 30, 2026), Tubefilter (May 1, 2026), Dexerto (April 30, 2026), Famous Birthdays, CORE’s YouTube video descriptions.
CORE’s biggest moments, events and collaborations
Launch events, the most watched group videos and the events members took part in, from trade press and CORE’s own channel. View counts read from YouTube on November 3, 2026.
| What | When | Who | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch livestream | April 30, 2026 | Banks and the six founders | Banks revealed the members on stream, per Complex |
| Our New $20,000,000 House Tour! | April 30, 2026 | All six | First video on the channel; about 3.1 million views. The channel hit 100,000 subscribers in seven hours by the group’s count, then was taken down May 1 and restored, per Dexerto |
| First group stream from the house | May 2, 2026 | All six, on Twitch | Stable Ronaldo’s first stream from the house peaked at 61,929 viewers, per Streams Charts |
| CORE Hide and Seek in Our New House | May 7, 2026 | All six | About 6.3 million views |
| CORE Stays Overnight in America’s Biggest Mall (ft. MrBeast) | July 5, 2026 | All six, with MrBeast | The group rented out American Dream Mall overnight, per the description; about 6.4 million views, the channel’s most watched |
| Streamer University 2026 | July 2026 | Adapt (professor); Silky, JasonTheWeen (students); Stable Ronaldo | Kai Cenat’s event at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, per Tubefilter and Complex |
| CORE Among Us in Real Life (ft. Sidemen) | August 16, 2026 | All six, with the Sidemen | About 6 million views |
| CORE $10,000 Bingo in Real Life (Paris Edition) | August 23, 2026 | All six | A day of challenges across Paris; about 1.9 million views |
| CORE Silent Library and Haunted House (ft. FaZe Rug) | October 2026 | All six, with FaZe Rug | About 3.2 million and 3.1 million views |
| CORE IRL MAFIA | November 1, 2026 | All six | Newest video; the description asks viewers to vote for CORE at The Streamer Awards |
No group sponsorship or brand deal has been announced by CORE or reported by an outlet we accept, as of November 2026.
Timeline
- Dec 25, 2025Silky, Lacy, Stable Ronaldo, JasonTheWeen, YourRAGE and Kaysan announce they have left FaZe Clan, and Adapt follows with a post Dexerto dates to December 26, per Dexerto.
- Dec 27, 2025Tubefilter reports, citing Bloomberg, that the creators left after months of talks over new deals with HardScope, the agency of FaZe co-owner Matt Kalish.
- Apr 29, 2026Banks posts a trailer captioned “The truth about FaZe. Find out what I’m doing next, tomorrow,” per Dexerto.
- Apr 30, 2026CORE is unveiled in a livestream hosted by Banks, with six members and the name Create Own Run Everything, per Complex, and posts Our New $20,000,000 House Tour!.
- May 1, 2026The group’s YouTube channel, which reached 100,000 subscribers in seven hours by the group’s count, is taken down and later restored, per Dexerto; Tubefilter reports the founders are aiming for old-school creator house vlogs.
- May 2, 2026CORE streams together on Twitch for the first time from the house, per Dexerto, and YourRAGE posts Why I Didn’t Join CORE... on his own channel.
- May 7, 2026Streams Charts reports that Stable Ronaldo’s first stream from the house peaked at 61,929 viewers and that he, Marlon and JasonTheWeen each gained more than 10,000 followers in the first five days.
- Jul 5, 2026CORE posts CORE Stays Overnight in America’s Biggest Mall (ft. MrBeast), its most watched video, with about 6.4 million views as of November 3, 2026.
- Jul 7, 2026Complex names Silky and JasonTheWeen among the students of Kai Cenat’s Streamer University 2026.
- Jul 15, 2026Streamer University opens at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, with Adapt among the professors, per Tubefilter; Complex later reports that Stable Ronaldo roomed with student Bilzo there.
- Jul 29, 2026Lacy posts on X “i’m leaving CORE.”; the group does not respond, and he stays in its member credits.
- Aug 16, 2026CORE posts CORE Among Us in Real Life (ft. Sidemen), about 6 million views as of November 3, 2026, followed on August 23 by a bingo challenge filmed in Paris.
- Oct 2026FaZe Rug joins CORE for CORE Silent Library and CORE Survives Overnight in a Haunted House.
- Nov 1, 2026CORE posts CORE IRL MAFIA, crediting all six founders, Adapt, JasonTheWeen, Lacy, Marlon, Silky and Stable Ronaldo, and asking viewers to vote for the group at The Streamer Awards.
Questions people ask
Who is in CORE right now? CORE members names
As of November 2026, CORE’s members are Adapt, JasonTheWeen, Lacy, Marlon, Silky and Stable Ronaldo, the six founders, all credited with their own links on the group’s newest video, CORE IRL MAFIA, posted November 1, 2026. Tubefilter named the same six as founding members in May 2026, and all six had been signed to FaZe Clan before. Nobody has joined since and no exit has been confirmed by the group. Lacy is the only one who has said publicly that he is leaving, in a July 2026 post on X, and he is still credited. Kaysan and YourRAGE, who left FaZe the same week, were never members.
Did Silky leave CORE? Is Silky still in CORE, and did he rejoin?
No, Silky has not left CORE as far as the record shows: as of November 2026 neither he nor the group has announced an exit, and he is credited as a member, with his own links, on CORE’s November 1, 2026 video, CORE IRL MAFIA. Clips saying he left have circulated on social media, but no outlet we accept has reported that he left, why he would have, or when, so there is no exit or return to date. He was one of the six founding members named in April 2026 by Complex, and in July 2026 Complex named him among the students of Kai Cenat’s Streamer University. His full story is on our Silky entry.
Did Stable Ronaldo leave CORE? Is Stable Ronaldo still in CORE?
No, Stable Ronaldo has not left CORE: as of November 2026 neither he nor the group has announced an exit, and he is credited as a member on CORE’s November 1, 2026 video, CORE IRL MAFIA. He is one of the six founders named by Tubefilter, and he was the most active member in the group’s first week, streaming three days from the house and peaking at 61,929 viewers on his first stream there, per Streams Charts. We found no report in an outlet we accept that he left or plans to. More on him is in our Stable Ronaldo entry.
Did Lacy leave CORE? Did he actually leave, or was it a joke?
Lacy said he was leaving CORE, but as of November 2026 the group has not confirmed it and he is still credited as a member. On July 29, 2026 he posted on X “i’m leaving CORE.” and gave no reason. Nobody from CORE responded publicly, and he has stayed in the member credits of every group video we checked since, from CORE Among Us in Real Life on August 16 to CORE IRL MAFIA on November 1, 2026. Whether he meant it is something only he can say; he has not walked it back or confirmed it in a source we accept. His side is in our Lacy entry.
Who left CORE? Is Adapt still in CORE, and is JasonTheWeen leaving?
As of November 2026, no one has left CORE in a way the group has confirmed: all six founders are credited on its November 1, 2026 video. Lacy is the only member who has announced leaving, on X in July 2026, and he is still credited. Adapt is still in the group and credited on that November 1 video; we found no report in an outlet we accept that anything has happened to him. JasonTheWeen has not announced leaving either, and we found no report in an outlet we accept that he plans to. People who were never members, like Kaysan and YourRAGE, sometimes come up in these searches because they left FaZe the same week.
Is Kaysan in CORE? Why isn’t Kaysan or YourRAGE in CORE?
No, Kaysan is not a member of CORE and never was, as of November 2026, so he did not leave it. He was not among the six founders named by Complex and Tubefilter, though Dexerto noted he was a central figure in the house video and that his status was unknown at launch. When he left FaZe Clan in December 2025 he said he would keep running FaZe Esports as a different entity, per Dexerto; neither he nor CORE has explained why he is not in the group, and whether he lives in the house has not been reported. YourRAGE is not a member either; he posted Why I Didn’t Join CORE... on May 2, 2026, and his reasons are in his own words there.
How old are the CORE members? What are their real names?
The oldest CORE member is Adapt, 29 (born June 5, 1997), and the youngest is JasonTheWeen, 22 (born May 9, 2004), per Famous Birthdays as of November 2026. In between: Marlon 25 (September 7, 2001), Stable Ronaldo 23 (January 15, 2003) and Lacy 23 (February 18, 2003). Kaysan, who is not a member, is 31 (December 19, 1994), per Famous Birthdays. Real names on the record: Lacy is Nick Fosco, per Complex; JasonTheWeen is Jason Nguyen, per Bloomberg and Famous Birthdays; Marlon is Marlon Lundgren Garcia, per Famous Birthdays; Stable Ronaldo is Rani Netz, per Famous Birthdays; Adapt publishes only his first name, Alex; and Silky has not published his age or real name himself.
When did CORE start, who founded it, and what does CORE stand for?
CORE started on April 30, 2026, when it was unveiled in a livestream hosted by former FaZe CEO Banks, per Complex, and its first group stream from the house was on May 2, 2026. CORE stands for Create Own Run Everything, a motto Tubefilter said “alludes to the feeling of creator empowerment” FaZe was once known for. The founders are the six members, Adapt, JasonTheWeen, Lacy, Marlon, Silky and Stable Ronaldo, all previously signed to FaZe Clan, per Tubefilter. Fans also call the group the CORE Boys, the name Dexerto and YouTube used for its channel in May 2026, per Dexerto.
Who owns CORE? Is Adapt the CEO of CORE? What is CORE worth?
CORE’s ownership has not been published as of November 2026, and no member, including Adapt, has been named CEO by the group or by an outlet we accept. The six founders are the members, per Tubefilter. Banks, the former FaZe CEO, hosted the launch stream, per Complex, and Tubefilter described him as “supporting the group’s mission” rather than as a member or owner. Who owns the house has not been published either. CORE does not publish a number for its worth and neither do we.
What is the CORE house, and where is it?
The CORE house is the content house the group films and streams from, valued at about $20 million by Tubefilter and Dexerto, and placed in Los Angeles by Streams Charts, as of November 2026. Dexerto listed a basketball court, a tennis court, a theater room, a bowling alley, a gym and a 19-car garage, and the group showed it off in Our New $20,000,000 House Tour! on April 30, 2026. That city is as far as we go: we do not publish addresses, streets, neighborhoods or listings for any creator house.
Why did the CORE members leave FaZe Clan?
The CORE members left FaZe Clan in December 2025 after contract talks with the company’s new leadership broke down, as reported at the time. Five of them announced their exits on December 25 and 26, 2025, per Dexerto, and Tubefilter reported, citing Bloomberg, that creators had spent months negotiating new deals with HardScope, the agency of FaZe co-owner Matt Kalish, without reaching terms they liked; Kalish called the organization’s finances “unsustainable.” Banks first called the departing creators “ungrateful,” per Dexerto, then on April 30, 2026, the day CORE launched, said on stream, “I sold the boys a dream on FaZe being the biggest thing ever,” per Dexerto. JasonTheWeen told Complex, “We never wanted that to happen, but some things just didn’t work out, you know?”, per Complex.
Was CORE at Streamer University?
Yes, four CORE members took part in Kai Cenat’s Streamer University in July 2026 at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. Tubefilter listed Adapt among the professors and JasonTheWeen among the students; Complex also named Silky as a student; and Complex reported that Stable Ronaldo roomed with student Bilzo and helped him reach 100,000 Twitch followers on the first night, per its best moments recap. CORE did not compete as a group.
Where can I watch CORE?
CORE posts a group video about once a week on its YouTube channel, which has about 1.35 million subscribers and 25 videos as of November 3, 2026; its most watched is CORE Stays Overnight in America’s Biggest Mall (ft. MrBeast), with about 6.4 million views. The live streams are on the members’ own Twitch channels: Adapt, JasonTheWeen, Lacy, Silky, Stable Ronaldo and Marlon. The group is also on Instagram as @officialcoreboys.
Where is the CORE house address? What about the members’ girlfriends or religion?
Not something we cover.
Our read
Ames Create does not work with CORE. This is our view, from a team that works on creator brands for a living.
The format. CORE is the FaZe house format rebuilt by the people who lived it: six friends, one big house, a weekly group challenge on YouTube and hours of live streams in between. The challenge videos are game shows with a familiar cast, from hide and seek and IRL bingo to overnight stays, and guests like MrBeast, the Sidemen and FaZe Rug.
Why it travels. It travels through six Twitch audiences at once. A stream day in the house shows up on every member’s channel, the loud moments get clipped within hours, and the weekly video gathers all of it in one place; its uploads ran from about 1.1 million to 6.4 million views as of November 2026. The storylines travel too: one post from Lacy about leaving sent people searching for weeks.
Brand fit. Gaming, energy drinks, fast food, apparel and anything that can sit inside a group challenge fit, since one video puts a product in front of six audiences. No group sponsorship has been announced, so a brand would be early. Brands should expect live, unscripted content, a cast that jokes about leaving, and no published owner or business contact for the group as a whole.
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- Streamer UniversityA yearly live-streamed boot camp run by Kai Cenat, where about 120 aspiring streamers live on a college campus for several days of classes, challenges and nonstop streams.
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Sources: CORE on YouTube and its videos Our New $20,000,000 House Tour!, MrBeast mall, Among Us with the Sidemen, Paris bingo and CORE IRL MAFIA; Complex, April 30, 2026; Tubefilter, May 1, 2026; Dexerto on the launch, April 30, 2026, Banks, April 30, 2026, the first stream, May 3, 2026 and the FaZe exits, December 2025; Tubefilter, December 27, 2025; Streams Charts, May 7, 2026; Streamer University coverage from Tubefilter, July 15, 2026 and Complex, July 7 and July 22, 2026; Lacy on X, July 29, 2026; YourRAGE, May 2, 2026; Famous Birthdays on The Core Boys, Adapt, JasonTheWeen, Marlon, Stable Ronaldo and Lacy and Kaysan. Subscriber and view counts read from YouTube, November 3, 2026.
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