Khaby Lame: content creator drops unemployment to six figures thanks to viral videos TikTok Ghana news

• Khaby Lame, a young man, lost his job at a factory in 2020 due to the pandemic
• Khaby started spending time on TikTok, and he became a worldwide sensation, although he never said a word in his videos.
• Khaby, who said his only goal is to make people laugh, is now making a lot of money and wants to buy his mother a house

A young man made jobless by the COVID-19 pandemic has beaten the odds of becoming one of the world’s most recognizable TikTok stars.

Senegal-born Khaby Lame, 21, aka Khaby has over 100 million followers on TikTok, but he never said a word in his videos.

Khaby, based in Italy, is the second most followed person on TikTok in Europe and has become famous for reacting to the ridiculous videos of others.

The sensation TikTok, whose reactions transcended language barriers, has amassed more than 1.5 billion likes on his videos.

Unemployed

In a previous interview with the New York Times, Khaby revealed he worked in a factory but lost his job in 2020 due to the pandemic.

With plenty of spare time, Khaby started making TikTok videos reacting to content from other creators.

Khaby would react to TikTokers videos going all the way to doing simple tasks by doing the same task directly.

Although his father urged him to look for another job, Khaby focused his energy on the social media platform which paid off.

Recently, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg commented on a thumbs-up emoji on one of Khaby’s Instagram posts.

Making people laugh

According to Khaby, he didn’t start making TikTok videos to become a celebrity.

“I went about it to make people laugh,” said Khaby, who cites Will Smith and Eddie Murphy as his idols.

Life in Italy

Khaby was born in Senegal but has lived in Italy since the age of one. However, according to the online sensation, he does not have a passport or Italian citizenship.

“I don’t need a piece of paper to define myself as Italian,” he said.

Khaby further disclosed that while black Italians like footballer Mario Balotelli have faced racism, he has never experienced it.

“I’ve never had such a problem. No one ever dared to insult me ​​because we were a united group and we have a lot of respect,” noted Khaby.

Rich

Thanks to his TikTok videos, Ladbible estimated that Khaby is now worth over 5.5 million Ghc.

The down-to-earth celebrity told The New York Times that her dream was to buy her mother a house.

YEN.com.gh Previously reported that, Aunt Ernestina Ohenewaa, a Ghanaian woman who sells in the market, has become the new sensation on TikTok, an app which is mainly used by teenagers.

The woman has cracked the ribs online with her creative videos in which she lip-syncs to hilarious comments made by popular people.

When not in lip sync, Ernestina takes to the dance floor to show off her laughing skills on the famous app as well.

Source: yen