Yesterday’s slum dweller, today’s most famous tiktok/famous Muslim “Khabi Lim” gesture brought him 150 million followers.

Fars News Agency – Media Group: “Khabi Lim” is an influencer whose famous pose is familiar to anyone who has visited the virtual world. He who got the most number of followers on Tik Tok social network, now Italy granted him citizenship.

Quoted from Euronews, “Khabi” was born in Senegal and immigrated to Italy when he was very young and grew up in one of the poor neighborhoods of Chivaso on the outskirts of Turin. With the spread of the Corona epidemic, 22-year-old Kabi lost his job at the factory and was forced to stay at home like millions of Italians.

Khabi started working on social networks to pass the time, and with his silent videos and his famous and interesting gesture, he quickly gained fame and popularity on the Tik Tok social network.

He currently has 148.5 million followers and has become an international star. Last June, Kabi passed American influencer Charlie Dumleu with 142 million followers.

Khabi’s famous characteristic is his silent reactions to events that he considers ridiculous and meaningless. Also, Tik Takish’s motto is “If you want to laugh, you’ve come to the right place.”

Kabi’s famous gesture in Tik Tok

Khabi is always proud of his origins despite his international success and signing sponsorship and advertising contracts with various companies. “I spent my childhood in the slums,” he said on Wednesday after becoming an Italian citizen at a ceremony in Chivaso, recalling his childhood in the slums of Via Togliatti. Even though we had nothing there, we were happy and played together in the yard.

“Khabi Laim”, like many children of immigrants, had to wait until reaching adulthood to receive Italian citizenship.

The granting of citizenship in Italy is subject to the law of blood, and if the parents of a child born there do not have Italian citizenship, the process of obtaining citizenship for the child will be very long.

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, became Khabi’s follower

Quoted from The Guardian: Khabi Lim started his activity in April 2020 during the Corona epidemic. In his short comedy videos, with his special facial expression, he refers to people who do simple things in a complicated way for no reason. The number of followers on his Tik Tok account is more than 148.5 million people, and he has more than 78 million followers on Instagram.

Taylor Lorenz and Jason Horowitz of New York Times, attribute Lim’s success to “universal quality for everyone” and describe his rise and fame as different from that of many TikTok stars and “completely organic”. Samir Chaudri, founder The Publishing Press, a newsletter focusing on the creative economy, stated that Lim’s appeal is that he demonstrates “authenticity over production” and “doesn’t try too hard”. “His anger is relatable and his emotions are universal,” said Christina Frese, founder of US marketing agency Thirty6Five. Lim attributed his rise to fame to his humorous facial expressions and silence. As of October 2021, 8 of the 25 most popular videos on Tik Tok belong to him.

Khabi is a Muslim. Lim announced his engagement to Zaira Nucci in October 2020. As of 2021, Lim lives as an expat with his fiance in Milan. Although he has lived in Italy since childhood. His net worth was estimated between 1.3 and 2.7 million dollars before this granting of citizenship.

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