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This is the story of a meteoric rise. Nothing predestined Khaby Lame, a Senegalese immigrant who lives in Italy, to become a star of the social network Tik Tok. It has over 120 million subscribers.
Making fun of influencer tips without ever saying a word is Khaby Lame’s specialty. With 120 million subscribers on the Tik Tok social network today, he was unknown 18 months ago. It is now the second most followed account in the world. His specialty is to reproduce the videos of influencers and break the codes with humor.
The young man received the editorial staff of 13 Heures at his home in Milan (Italy). Of Senegalese origin, he arrived in Italy when he was a child, he was a worker in a factory. It was the first confinement that gave him the time to create small videos with always the same idea. “Me, I simplify what people do incorrectly. I do not base myself on the person in itself but on the object and I make the action normal”says the young man.
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