Khaby Lame has lived on each side of life.
Over two years after changing into TikTok’s most-followed creator, Khaby Lame remains to be adjusting to his fame.
“Before TikTok, I used to be working in a manufacturing unit. I had quite a lot of totally different jobs,” the 24-year-old tells PEOPLE as certainly one of 2024’s Creators of the Year. “Then my world modified fully. It’s an entire totally different life now.”
Lame started creating movies throughout COVID-19 as a option to unfold laughter. “It wasn’t one thing that I anticipated to be my type of work sooner or later,” he shares.
Now a worldwide sensation, Lame has attended occasions just like the Grammys, partnered with Hugo Boss, and even walked in Milan Fashion Week. But his proudest second? Buying a much bigger dwelling for his household.
“We’re a household of seven… My household has all the time finished a lot for me,” he says.
Expanding his profession, Lame made his Hollywood debut in Bad Boys: Ride or Die, alongside Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
“Will Smith has been my idol for years,” Lame gushes.
Looking ahead, Lame is engaged on a local weather change challenge with Robert Redford set in Africa. “I’m captivated with local weather change,” he says. “Let’s present [young people] how fortunate we’re to have all of the issues that now we have.”
With massive plans for 2025, together with extra campaigns and potential surprises, Lame teases, “This is just the start.”
