Khaby Lame: The World's Most-Followed TikTokker Paid R13.2 Million Per Post Aims a Hollywood Movie Role

• TikTok celebrity, Khabane “Khaby” Lame is the most followed personality on the video hosting app
• The Senegalese-born Italian has 2.4 billion TikTok likes, earns R13.3 million per TikTok post, and is reportedly on track to make $10 million this year
• Lame is now spending hours learning Engling by watching animated series to achieve a dream of casting in a Hollywood movie

Senegalese-born Italian, Khabane “Khaby” Lame, is the world's most-followed TikTok personality who earns R13.2 million per TikTok post.

The internet sensation, reportedly on track to make R176.1 million this year, is determined to add his name to the league of Hollywood movie stars.

Fortune reports that the 22-year-old with 149.5 million TikTok followers spends three hours a day learning English from a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood-inspired animated series Daniel Tiger.

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Lame's goal is to master English to score roles in major Hollywood films and become the best comedian in the world and win laurels.

''My dream is that one day we’ll win an Oscar,'' Lame told Fortune. ''I like making people laugh. I love my family. I love my company.''

With 2.4 billion TikTok likes, Lame derives the majority of his income from endorsement deals, with brands paying him about R7 million per TikTok on average, according to Riggio (an agency source pegs the number closer to R6.1 million).

Aside from TikTok, Lame has also cofounded a creative agency, Iron Corporation, with Riggio to oversee athletes, actors, and fellow creators’ social presences and monetisation play.

The Senegal native who emigrated from Dakar to the Turin suburb of Chivasso, Italy, emerged into prominence by sharing overly complicated life hacks in 2020 amid the pandemic.

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Lame's wordless videos have garnered him millions of followers, and in June of 2022, he surpassed Charli D’Amelio to become the most-followed TikTokker in the world.

Thuso Mbedu shares cool video alongside her co-stars from The Woman King, SA can't wait for the movie release

In other entertainment news, Briefly News also reported that Thuso Mbedu is having fun with her co-stars from the highly anticipated movie The Woman King featuring stars such as Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, John Boyega, and South African star Siv Ngesi.

The stunner turned heads with her elegant black dress at the movie's world premiere on Friday. Thuso rocked a black-figure hugging dress that showed off her hourglass figure.

Taking to her Twitter page, Thuso Mbedu shared a cool clip while having fun with her co-stars at the Toronto International Film Festival. The star's fans flooded her timeline with comments about how they can't wait for the movie's release.

Source: YEN.com.gh