The famous Khaby Lame, born in Senegal in 2000, rides the famous red carpet of the Venice Mostra.
He is the most followed tiktoker in Europe and the second in the world to reach 110 million followers. He was a bricklayer, window washer, waiter…In March 2020, Italy is experiencing its first lockdown and all its dramatic consequences.
At the age of 21, he finds himself overnight, unemployed, locked up in social housing in the suburbs of Turin with his parents and four siblings. To defeat boredom, he starts having fun on the Tik Toc app. He then becomes a star in just a few months and all without saying a single word in these famous videos. Some of his videos sometimes surpass 200 million views.
Today he has an agent who manages his partnership requests. He receives up to 500 emails per day for collaborative requests. For a post from him, which can reach 3 million interactions in a week, he gets paid between 70000 and 180000 euros. An Italian producer even offered him a film screenplay. His dream would be one day to turn with Will Smith and he believes strongly…Great example of rematch on life.
When blessing comes your way even the devil can’t stop it
Indeed there’s a time for everything