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Khabby Lame has become the most the most popular personality on Tik Tok barely two years after opening an account on the app.
On Wednesday, American sensation Charli D’Amelio, 18, was surpassed by Khabane Lame, 22, who now holds the title of top TikToker worldwide. The astounding 142.8 million followers Lame has as of Thursday afternoon. With 142.3 million, D’Amelio comes in second.
Lame, who self-describes as a comedian and posts amusing videos that parody clout-seeking influencers and their extravagant vids, has not yet offered his own thoughts on the historic occasion.
Lame was born in Senegal in 2000, and the following year, he moved to Italy with his parents.
After graduating from high school, he started working as a machine operator in Turin, a northern city, but he was fired in March 2020.
According to Lame, who spoke with Forbes in March, “the pandemic had just started, and I was bored with a lot of time on my hands, so I started shooting movies on TikTok.”
The young man started parodying TikTok videos where users displayed their “easy” methods for doing things like cleaning their dishes and cutting their bangs.
Lame, who is now studying English, rarely speaks in his videos; instead, his amusing images are seen by fans all around the world.
In a story that appeared in The New York Times last year, Lame’s success was credited to his “everyman” traits. “His work lacks the polished production value attributed to today’s most well-known TikTok stars,… Instead, his rise has been quite natural, the newspaper proclaimed.
He admitted to Forbes that although his films seem straightforward, he puts a lot of thought into them.
He said that I spend at least three hours every day hunting for the perfect video to parody. I always take care not to insult anyone with my videos, and I always choose to make jokes with playful parody.
Khabby Lame is one of the most influential young people on the planet thanks to his videos, which have received an astounding 2.3 billion likes in total and are typically seen by tens of millions of people each.
The celebrity admitted that he is still in awe of his surprising ascent to popularity and expressed the hope that he will soon relocate to Hollywood.
He added that I started doing this for pleasure, and I never anticipated anything like this. However, my upbringing and experience have given me the fortitude to pursue my goals because they are possible with dedication and persistence.
