This popular Senegalese guy has 145 million followers: following on Instagram and TikTok spins cute and funny Reels that entertain audiences.
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Khaby Lame is a resounding success: the popular 22-year-old Senegalese boy is the most followed tiktoker in the world, but you can also follow his adventures on Instagram. He has reached 142 million followers: in 2020 he was employed in a factory in Chivasso, but due to Covid, he was fired.
He has been in Italy since he was one year old but he has no Italian citizenship: in March 2020 he decided to register on TikTok to entertain people. She never expected to have such a resounding success: she claimed to have taken inspiration for his videos of him from Willy the Prince of Bel-Air.
“I loved his comedy as I loved all of his films. So, I decided to record some sketches on YouTube with a friend of mine and, even if the views were very few, I had a lot of fun making them “. One piece of advice he can give is “he loves what you do and make it happen”. You also beat Charlie D’amelio.
At the Cannes Film Festival he was not casually named as a juror in the new section dedicated to tiktokers. He liked the red carpet so much that he announced a new venture: throwing himself into the cinema. He also made a video with Del Piero: his videos of him are lightning-fast and funny and everyone will have seen them.
A boy who grew up in a popular Turin neighborhood who cut his teeth on his own, beating the competition of influencers such as Gianluca Vacchi or Chiara Ferragni. The strength of this guy is that with short and satirical videos he reaches people’s hearts with irony and sarcasm. In August 2021, Lame appeared as a co-star for Manuel Locatelli’s Juventus announcement.
In September 2021 he participated in the Venice Film Festival as a guest at the first screening of the film Lost Illusions by Xavier Giannoli. In January 2022 he signed a multi-year partnership with Hugo Boss and appeared in the #BeYourOwnBoss campaign.