Khaby Lame Biography

His TikTok videos are all based on the simple content in which he wordlessly ridicules overly complicated life hack videos giving his simple life hacks with his famous shrug. Thanks to his videos which went viral around the year 2021, he rose to fame garnering over 117 million followers and more than 1.8 billion likes on the platform in a very short time, with which he is the second most-followed TikToker as of October 28, 2021.

Lame has been on the headlines several times for his increasing popularity however recently in October 2021, he was all over media for losing followers on TikTok after he posted “say no to racism”. With his untouching growing popularity, he has managed to accumulate more than 55 million followers on his verified Instagram account: @khaby00 and over 120k followers on his verified Twitter account: @KhabyLame.

What is Khaby Lame Famous for?

• Famous as a TikTok star personality.
• Known for his short comedy skits on life hacks.

Where is Khaby Lame From?

Khaby Lame was born on March 9, 2000, in Senegal. His birth name is Khabane Lame. His nationality is Senegalese. Khaby belongs to the African ethnicity while Pisces is his zodiac sign.

Born in Senegal, Khaby spend just one year of his life there as he and his family soon moved to Chivasso, Italy, where he spent all of his childhood. Lame was raised in Italy alongside his three siblings who reside in a public house paying rent every month.

Growing up, he was well exposed to the Italian culture and the neighborhood where he completed his schooling. Lame even worked as a machine operator at a factory to support his family.

Since childhood, he has had an interest in sports and even used to play basketball and football for his school team. He has also participated in the junior-level basketball championships.

Khaby Lame’s TikTok Supremacy; Most Followed TikToker?

• Khaby Lame began posting his first TikTok videos during the COVID-19 pandemic around March 2020. His early videos were more of him dancing and watching video games which were mostly in Italian.
• He rose to popularity when he reformed his videos and start making videos in form of TikTok’s “duet” and “stitch” to the complicated life hack videos.
• He depicted the complicated life hacks with his simple videos showing how to do the same task more simply without saying anything. More precisely, he points out people who complicate simple tasks for no reason.
• While other new TikTokers were more concerned with perfection, Lame worked on simpler forms different than the prevailing videos.
• The videos which he made just for fun, were soon reached out by millions of people around the world making him an overnight celebrity.
• Just within a year of his start of TikTok, he garnered over 25 million followers on his TikTok account: @khaby.lame 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.
• As of November 1, 2021, he has followers of over 117.7 million followers with over 1.8 billion likes on his verified TikTok account which has a bio saying, “If u wanna laugh u r in the right place😎”.
• Apart from his TikTok world, he also has established himself as a businessman as well as he is the founder of his clothing brand, Khaby Shop. The shop has limited products of shirts with Khaby’s face printed on it and does worldwide shipping as well. The shop itself has an Instagram following of over 166k on “khabyshopofficial”.
• Also, in August 2021, Lame appeared as a co-star for Juventus F.C.’s announcement of a new player, Manuel Locatelli.
• He also collaborated with influential activists; Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate to work on climate justice.
• In 2021, he also attended as a Hollywood celebrity at the Venice Film Festival which was attended by several popular celebrities including Georgina Rodriguez.

Khaby Lame’s Sexuality? Is he Engaged?

Khaby Lame is a straight guy and is very friendly and respectful to all the people around him. His bold personality with no speaking in useless things has undoubtedly garnered him a million followers around the world.

Apart, Lame is currently in a relationship with his beautiful girlfriend, Zaira Nucci. The couple has been dating for years eventually got engaged to Nucci in October 2020 as he announced via his social media sites. Currently, he lives in Milan with his agent but doesn’t possess any Italian passport or citizenship, only a Senegalese passport.

How Much is Khaby Lame’s Net Worth? How Much Is He paid?

Khaby Lame has quite good earnings from his professional career as a TikTok star. Having his career started initially as nobody but just a machine operator at a factory, Lame’s life, and career whole changed when he decided to join the community of TikTok and started posting videos of simplicity in today’s complex world.

His videos where he never utter a word nor did he perform but just explaining complicated life hacks with his 5-sec actions made him an overnight personality nobody ever thought about.

Currently, with his 117.7 million followers on TikTok and over 54 million followers on Instagram, Khaby has been listed to be one of the richest TikTok influencers of 2021.

It is reported that he could be charging between $98,561 and $147,842 per TikTok post with his sponsored posts valued at $13,380 to $22,300. His estimated net worth is between $1.3 million and $2.7 million with his monthly income of around $200k. Talking about Khaby Lame’s car collection, Khaby often shows Range Rover, Mercedes G-Class on his videos.

Khaby Lame’s Height and Weight

Khaby Lame is a good-looking black guy with skinny body weight in his 20s. He stands tall with a height of 6ft. 1inch. while his body weighs around 68kg. He has a unique face with his black complexion, big nose, and gummy smile which makes him stand out among the people.