1. Khaby Lame is known for his TikTok videos, in which he silently mocks overly complicated "life hack" and other situational videos.
16 Facts About Khaby Lame
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Khaby Lame served as a juror on the 2023 edition of the television show Italia's Got Talent.
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Khaby Lame's family moved to Italy when he was one year old and lived in a public housing complex in Chivasso, near Turin.
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Khaby Lame studied in Italian schools until he was 14, when his parents decided to temporarily send him to study at a Quranic school near Dakar.
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Khaby Lame worked as a CNC machine operator at a factory near Turin, before getting laid off in March 2020.
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On 22 June 2022, Khaby Lame became TikTok's most-followed creator, surpassing Charli D'Amelio, with 142.1 million followers.
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Khaby Lame was a juror for the Cannes Festival alongside Rithy Panh in 2022, where he judged TikTok short films.
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Since 2023, Khaby Lame has served as a judge on the television show Italia's Got Talent.
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Samir Chaudry, founder of The Publish Press, a newsletter focused on the creator economy, stated that Khaby Lame's appeal derived from his emphasizing "authenticity over production" and "not trying too hard".
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In November 2023, it was publicly announced that Khaby Lame had married Wendy Thembelihle Juel.
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Khaby Lame has lived in Italy since he was a year old, and he is fluent in Italian.
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Khaby Lame was solely a Senegalese citizen living in Milan with his manager until August 2022, when he became an Italian citizen in Chivasso, after the Italian Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior Carlo Sibilia announced that he would be granted citizenship.
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Khaby Lame said he "always felt Italian" and has previously stated that he "did not need a piece of paper" to define himself as such.
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Khaby Lame has a voice cameo in the Italian-dubbed version of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
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Khaby Lame makes a brief, non-speaking cameo appearance in the 2024 action comedy film Bad Boys: Ride or Die.
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On 28 June 2024, Lame's unscripted comedy series Khaby Is Coming to America premiered on Tubi.