Who is Khaby Lame? All you need to know about the most-followed TikTok star
Authored By Kirtika Katira
Published: Jun 24, 2022, 05:08 IST | Updated: Jun 24, 2022, 05:08 IST
All you need to know about Khaby Lame
Social media influencer Khaby Lame recently garnered 142.8 million followers onTikTok and became the most followed person on the short-form video hosting platform.
Reaching the new milestone, he surpassed creator Charli D`Amelio who currently has 142.3 million followers.
He is known for his TikTok videos where he silently mocks overly complicated life hack videos endorsed by most influencers.
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The Senegalese social media personality is based in Italy.Here's everything you need to know about the 22-year-old social media influencer.
- Born in Senegal on 9 March 2000
- His family moved to a public housing complex in Chivasso, Italy, after a year of his birth
- He has three siblings
- He used to workas a CNC machine operator at a factory near Turin till March 2020
- Lame began posting on TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic after he was laid off from his job
- In January 2022, Lame signed a multi-year partnership with Hugo Boss
- Lame is Muslim by religion
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- He announced his engagement to Zaira Nucci in October 2020
- He currently lives in Milan as an expat with his agent
- He is a Senegalese citizen and does not hold Italian citizenship
- Lame is 6 feet 1 inch tall, i.e 1.85 metres
- Real name isKhabane Lame
- According to Influencer Marketing Hub, Lame could be charging anywhere between $98,561 and $147,842 per TikTok post
- His Instagram account is @khaby00