Kabi Lame became Tiktok's latest profile with an incredible 142,8 million followers
Kabi Lame officially overtook the mega-popular teenager Charlie D'Amelio and became the most recent profile of "Tiktok", writes CNN.
This master of short funny videos now has 142,8 million followers on the net, which puts him above Charlie (who currently has 142,3 million).
Lame was born in Senegal, and his family moved to Chivaso, Italy when he was one year old. He opened his own channel on Tiktok and shared his first video in March 2020, after being fired from a factory in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
@ khaby.lame 🏀 The basketface 🏀 sad life 😅🤣😭 #learnfromkhaby #learnnotiktok @tik tok ♬ suono originale - Khabane lame
The 22-year-old's comic videos gained immense popularity and he became one of the most famous and beloved content creators of "Tiktok" in the world.
Lame's cult facial expressions and body language (his videos usually do not include dialogue) allowed his content to be appealing around the world, and he developed a specialty for reaction videos and falsifying absurd recommendations.
"Since childhood, I have been passionate about fun and people laughing and I am grateful to Tiktok for offering me a global stage to share my passion with the rest of the world," Lame said in a statement in August 2021, when he surpassed 100 million. followers.
@ khaby.lame If @ 50 Cent had to do a casting in the 19th century. 🤣 #learnfromkhaby #learnnotiktok @tiktok @tiktokcreators ♬ sonido original - 0riginal_G7
As he said, the inspirations for his videos include "The Prince of Bel-Air" and Will Smith, Eddie Murphy, French actor Omar Say and cartoons.
Lame released his first video, which went viral in November 2020. In the clip, which has been viewed more than 17 million times, he reacts to a video of a girl being immobilized after a man locks the backpack she is carrying on a pole and wordlessly shows that she can get out by simply taking off her backpack.
@ khaby.lame #stitch con @antonchaley #foryoupage #foryou #comic ♬ suono originale - Khabane lame