Khaby Lame

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Born Khabane Lame
9 March 2000 (2000-03-09) (age 24)
Dakar, Senegal
Nationality Italian
Occupation Social media personality
Known for TikToker
Height 6' 1
Religion Islam

Khabane Khaby Lame kaban lam born 9 March 2000 is a Senegalese-born Italian social media personality. He is known for his TikTok videos in which he silently mocks overly complicated life hack videos. As of September 2024, Lame is the most-followed TikToker.[1]

Early life

Lame was born in Senegal on 9 March 2000. His family moved to a public housing complex in Chivasso, Italy, when he was one year old.[2] He has three siblings. He studied in Italian schools until he was fourteen, when his parents decided to send him to study temporarily in a Quranic school near Dakar.[3] Lame worked as a CNC machine operator at a factory near Turin, before getting laid off in March 2020.[4][5][6]

Career

After he was laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lame began posting on TikTok.[4] His early videos showed him dancing and watching video games, and were mostly filmed in Italian and included Italian subtitles.[6] He rose to popularity with his video responses in the form of TikTok's "duet" and "stitch" features to videos depicting overly complicated "life hacks", in which he performs the same task in a simple way, without saying anything.[5] In April 2021, he surpassed Gianluca Vacchi as the most-followed Italian TikToker, and, in July 2021, he surpassed Addison Rae to become the second most-followed TikToker.[7][8] In August 2021, Lame appeared as a co-star for Juventus F.C.'s announcement of Manuel Locatelli.[9][10] In September 2021, he attended the Venice Film Festival as a special guest for the first screening of French film Lost Illusions by Xavier Giannoli.[11] In January 2022, Lame signed a multi-year partnership with Hugo Boss[12] and was featured in the #BeYourOwnBoss campaign.[13][14]

On 22 June 2022, Lame became TikTok’s most followed creator, surpassing Charli D'Amelio with 142.1 million followers.[1][15]

Public image

Taylor Lorenz and Jason Horowitz of The New York Times attributed Lame's success to his "universal exasperated everyman quality" and described his rise to fame as different from most TikTok stars as it was "entirely organic". Samir Chaudry, the founder of The Publish Press, a newsletter focused on the creator economy, stated that Lame's appeal was due to him representing "authenticity over production" and "not trying too hard".[5] Christina Ferraz, the founder of American marketing agency Thirty6Five, stated, "His exasperation is relatable, and feelings are universal." Lame has credited his own rise to fame to his humorous facial expressions and his silence, which he has described as "a way to reach as many people as possible".[16] As of October 2021, 8 of the 25 most-liked videos on TikTok are his.[17]

Personal life

Khaby Lame is a practicing Muslim.[18][19] Lame announced his engagement to Zaira Nucci in October 2020.[20]

Lame has lived in Italy since he was one-year old, and he was a Senegalese citizen living in Milan with his agent.[6] In August 2022, Lame became an Italian citizen in Chivasso, after the Italian Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior Carlo Sibilia announced that he would be granted citizenship.[21][22] Lame said he "always felt Italian",[23] and he previously stated that he "did not need a piece of paper" to define himself as such.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 CNN, Faith Karimi. "This wordless comedian is now the most-followed person on TikTok". https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/23/world/khaby-lame-most-followed-man-tiktok-cec/index.html. 
  2. ↑ Pasqui, Giulio (13 May 2021). "Khaby Lame, ecco chi è l'italiano che ha più follower di Mark Zuckerberg ed è diventato una star dei social senza mai dire una parola" (in italian). https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2021/05/13/khaby-lame-ecco-chi-e-litaliano-che-ha-piu-follower-di-mark-zuckerberg-ed-e-diventato-una-star-dei-social-senza-mai-dire-una-parola/6196830/#:~:text=%C3%88%20lui%20il%20fenomeno%20del,persone%20in%20tutto%20il%20mondo.. 
  3. ↑ "Khaby Lame è il più seguito al mondo su TikTok: "A scuola facevo casino"" (in italian). https://www.skuola.net/news/spettacolo/khaby-lame-il-piu-seguito-al-mondo-su-tiktok-si-racconta.html. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vinci, Alessandro (23 April 2021). "Khaby Lame è l'italiano più seguito su TikTok: dalle case popolari al sorpasso su Gianluca Vacchi" (in italian). https://www.corriere.it/tecnologia/scuola-dad-didattica-in-presenza-futuro/notizie/khaby-lame-l-italiano-piu-seguito-tiktok-case-popolari-sorpasso-gianluca-vacchi-682a32ca-a38a-11eb-8b99-a42a4f90039f.shtml?refresh_ce-cp. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Horowitz, Jason; Lorenz, Taylor (2 June 2021). "Khaby Lame, the Everyman of the Internet". https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/style/khaby-lame-tiktok.html. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Karimi, Faith; Mezzofiore, Gianluca (2 October 2021). "He's the most popular man on TikTok. And he doesn't say a word" (in en). https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/02/world/tiktok-khaby-lame-cec/index.html. 
  7. ↑ Waite, Thom (16 July 2021). "Khaby Lame is set to overtake Charli D'Amelio as TikTok's biggest star" (in en). Dazed Media. https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/53555/1/khaby-lame-is-set-to-overtake-charli-d-amelio-as-tiktok-biggest-star. 
  8. ↑ Web, Redazione (26 April 2021). "Khaby Lame supera Gianluca Vacchi: con 27M follower è il più seguito in Italia su tiktok" (in italian). https://www.deejay.it/articoli/khaby-lame-supera-gianluca-vacchi-con-27m-follower-e-il-piu-seguito-in-italia-su-tiktok/. 
  9. ↑ Beltrami, Marco (18 August 2021). "La Juventus ufficializza Locatelli con Khaby Lame: svelate tutte le cifre dell'affare" (in italian). https://www.fanpage.it/sport/calcio/la-juventus-ufficializza-locatelli-con-khaby-lame-svelate-le-cifre-dellaffare/. 
  10. ↑ Bo, Marco (20 June 2021). "Khaby Lame, Dybala e Del Piero: anche il re dei social tifa Juve" (in italian). Nuova Editoriale Sportiva. https://www.tuttosport.com/news/calcio/serie-a/juventus/2021/06/20-82853458/khaby_lame_dybala_e_del_piero_anche_il_re_dei_social_tifa_juve. 
  11. ↑ americanpost (11 September 2021). "TikTok star Khaby Lame walked the Venice red carpet". American Post. https://www.americanpost.news/tiktok-star-khaby-lame-walked-the-venice-red-carpet/. 
  12. ↑ Teen, Vanity (1 April 2022). "Khaby Lame, the influencer who has changed the rules of the game." (in en-GB). https://www.vanityteen.com/khaby-lame-the-influencer-who-has-changed-the-rules-of-the-game/. 
  13. ↑ Gardner, Chris (26 January 2022). "Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner, Lee Min-ho and TikTok Star Khaby Lame Star in BOSS Rebrand Campaign". https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/kendall-jenner-hailey-bieber-hugo-boss-campaign-1235079310/. 
  14. ↑ Leitch, Luke (11 February 2022). "TikToker Khaby Lame and the big Boss rebrand in the Dubai desert". https://www.voguebusiness.com/fashion/tiktoker-khaby-lame-and-the-big-boss-rebrand-in-the-dubai-desert. 
  15. ↑ Sato, Mia (23 June 2022). "Khaby Lame is now the most-followed TikToker in the world" (in en). https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/23/23180139/khaby-lame-tiktok-followers-charli-damelio. 
  16. ↑ Onukwue, Alexander (17 August 2021). "Senegal-born Khaby Lame is Europe's first TikTok megastar" (in en). https://qz.com/africa/2048483/senegal-born-khaby-lame-is-as-famous-on-tiktok-as-charli-damelio/. 
  17. ↑ Tapia, Amancay (8 October 2021). "The 17 most liked TikTok videos (all in one place)" (in en). Dev Pragad. https://www.newsweek.com/17-most-liked-tiktok-videos-all-one-place-1635066. 
  18. ↑ Hazari, Usama (6 October 2021). "Famous TikToker Khaby Lame reveals that he is a 'practicing Muslim'" (in en). Siasat Press. https://www.siasat.com/famous-tiktoker-kaby-lame-reveals-that-he-is-a-practicing-muslim-2202684/. 
  19. ↑ "Most-followed TikToker in the world,". 6 July 2022. https://www.globalvillagespace.com/most-followed-tiktoker-in-the-world-khaby-lame-is-hafiz-e-quran/. 
  20. ↑ Longhitano, Lorenzo (1 June 2021). "Chi è Zaira Nucci, la fidanzata del tiktoker Khaby Lame" (in italian). https://tech.fanpage.it/chi-e-zaira-nucci-la-fidanzata-del-tiktoker-khaby-lame/. 
  21. ↑ "World's most followed TikToker to get Italy citizenship". 24 June 2022. https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2022/06/24/worlds-most-followed-tiktoker-to-get-italy-citizenship_4421e607-aebc-477a-ae5c-97d0edd06f61.html. 
  22. ↑ "TikTok star Khaby Lame granted Italian citizenship after moving there as an infant" (in en). 2022-08-21. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/tiktok-khaby-lame-italy-citizenship-senegal-b2149420.html. 
  23. ↑ "Khaby Lame, TikTok’s most followed star, granted Italian citizenship" (in en). 2022-08-17. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/17/khaby-lame-tiktok-most-followed-star-granted-italian-citizenship. 

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