Indian YouTuber 'CarryMinati' named by Time Magazine as "Next Generation Leaders" in 2019

Indian YouTuber Ajey Nagar was named by Time magazine as a "Next Generation Leaders" in 2019, a list of just 10 young people from around the world who are new to politics, music and other fields. . Nagar, 19, better known as "CarryMinati," has nearly 7 million subscribers to his YouTube channel, Time said in his profile.

"India is also generating a huge craze for YouTube. With nearly 265 million monthly users, India has surpbaded the United States by 2018 to become the country with the largest YouTube's public audience and with its energetic presentation style and Hindi lyrics, Nagar is now one of the most followed YouTubers in India, "said Time.

Among the other young leaders on this year's list, Sweden's Greta Thunberg has become one of the most powerful voices reproaching world leaders for tackling climate change and calling for concrete action, saying, his speech to the British Parliament, that "you did not act in time".

On Nagar, the US publication declared YouTube's first video at the age of 10 and found its place in 2016 by producing "diss tracks" repeating what it calls videos generated by users "worthy of interest" on platforms such as Facebook and TikTok. Nagar's career gained considerable momentum in January when his "dissident title" against the controversial Swedish YouTuber Felix Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie, became viral. Time added that Nagar, like many Indians, had been shocked by PewDiePie who had posted a video that mocked the use of broken English by an Indian man.

titled "Goodbye PewDiePie", Nagar rapps in Hindi to tell PewDiePie that "someday, India will rule the whole world". "His goal, he said, was to inspire the Indians to stand up to those who ridicule their culture and embrace their identity." Instead, "said Time, adding that this motivation had prompted Nagar to produce videos in Hindi.

"Although India is the second-largest English-speaking country in the world, studies suggest that most Indians prefer to access the Internet and online videos in their own regional languages. "Time, Nagar, who interviewed Hollywood actors Tom Cruise and Henry Cavill to help promote their movie" Mission: Impossible – Fallout "in India, feels no obligation to switch to English. that his popularity lies in his ability to stay connected to his roots and he remains reluctant to change to attract Westerners.

"I want to send the message that you should be yourself," said Nagar at Time. you try to be someone else, you will not be accepted, "he said.

The list also includes Ethan Lindenberger, from Ohio, who was vaccinated against the wishes of his mother when he had 18, a few months ago, is now calling for the need to vaccinate children as the United States grapples with the largest measles outbreak in a quarter of a century after its declaration of elimination in 2000 She also has Ramla Ali, born in Somalia and the first Muslim woman to win an English boxing title. , aiming at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

South Korean player Kim Se-yeon, 19, among others, plays the role of player "storming the world of e-sports dominated by the men "and the Egyptian musician Dina el Wedidi, 31.