Senegalese- Italy based Khabane Lame has gone from a jobless and hopeless young man to a social media celebrity in a space of two years.
Former factory worker, Khabane Lame has become the most followed star on TikTok only two years after he created an account on the social media app.
Lame who is known for his parody TikTok clips in which he silently mocks the elaborate videos of influencers, worked as a machine operator in a factory near Turin, Italy, before being retrenched at the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.
Lame was born in Senegal in 2000 before he immigrated with his parents to Italy the following year.
Although he has lived in Italy for almost all his life, Lame does not have Italian citizenship.
As of 22 June 2022, Lame surpassed American teen, Charli D’Amelio as the most followed star on TikTok.
His account @khaby.lame has 143.8 million followers, and has even seen him collaborate with the likes of music superstar Ed Sheeran on one of his videos.
D’Amelio is right behind with 142.6 million followers.
Khaby Lame has made amount of 14 million dollars from ads since he joined the social media platform.
