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From a struggling laborer, the life of humorous Khaby Lame has completely changed since the day he emerged on TikTok.
Thanks to the influence of social media platforms like YouTube and TikTok, numerous individuals have unexpectedly risen to fame.
Among them, the name Khaby Lame, also known as the 'black comedy king,' perhaps receives the most love from netizens through reaction videos to peculiar life hacks. Despite rarely speaking in his videos, Khaby Lame's content still garners tens of millions of views across various digital platforms.
Exploring TikTok due to... unemployment
Despite boasting a large following and fame that makes many celebrities envious at present, in the past, Khaby Lame worked as an assembly line worker for an electronics manufacturing company. In 2020, he was unfortunately laid off due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Instead of seeking a new job, this young man decided to return home and dabble in TikTok. After months of dedication, by April 2021, Khaby started making reaction videos to the most useless and ridiculous life hacks posted on social media, unexpectedly gaining fame for his incredibly humorous expressions of frustration.
The trademark expressions and gestures of Khaby Lame
Life takes a turn when becoming a viral 'comedy king'
Since then, Khaby Lame's account has gradually become one of the most famous accounts on global TikTok. The number of followers on his channel has been rapidly increasing, reaching the milestone of 100 million followers on TikTok alone by 2021.
Immediately after becoming a social media sensation worldwide, Khaby Lame received numerous collaboration offers from businesses, advertising contracts.
His fame even led Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to 'like' a post on Instagram. Being a hardcore fan of Juventus FC also gave Khaby the opportunity to meet Juventus legend Alessandro Del Piero - the former striker of Juventus as well as the Italian national team.
Currently, after 3 years of fame, Khaby Lame demonstrates that he is not just an ordinary guy who got lucky, but continuously asserts his creativity with humorous yet never dull videos.
Not stopping at 100 million, Khaby Lame's follower count has now reached 157.8 million, making this 23-year-old the most followed person on TikTok, surpassing even world-class A-list celebrities.
Furthermore, he continues to astound by meeting top stars in football and basketball. He was even honored in the Forbes Under 30 list, invited to judge the #TikTokShortFilm category at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022, and attended the Oscars on March 12, 2023.... Recently, he was also honored to be invited as a judge on Italia's Got Talent.
He made it onto Forbes' Under 30 list and secured an advertising contract with the luxury fashion brand Hugo Boss
Despite becoming extremely famous and purportedly owning a massive fortune due to numerous advertising contracts, Khaby Lame still diligently produces humorous TikTok videos to entertain his fans. With his innocent yet witty demeanor in his videos, he remains one of the most beloved internet personalities.
Source: Forbes, Variety
