who knew that all it took to make a few million dollars was a few well-timed hand gestures and the most relatable face on the planet no words required as of 2021 the famous tick tocker known as cabinet khaby lame has a net worth of over 2 million dollars a crazy aspect of that fact is that lemay was born in this century the year 2000 to be specific making the multi-millionaire just 21 years of age all of that wealth was built up over the previous few years when the young man found a mass following on a social media app he decided to mess around with one day Khaby lame started on tiktok very similar to many other generation z folks who i swear would have loved vine rest in peace he did minor dance videos copying trends and even some video game play along however one fool with a glass of water and some zip ties gave cobby lemay exactly what he needed to shoot off into stardom lemay has amassed his large following thanks to his particularly dry humorous style mocking overly complicated do-it-yourself tips videos the first one involves someone using two zip ties to hold a third zip tie onto a water glass and then be used as a handle cobby then comes in to show how one can just use their hand to pick up the glass of water some of his other greatest hits include mocking overly complicated ways to peel a banana or a cucumber lemay of course just uses his hands or a peeler what is especially great about cobby's videos is that their humor and design is simple there is very little production design or editing that goes into them meaning that one hundred percent of the humor relies on kaabi lemay himself with his signature face that makes him seem perpetually fed up with the do-it-yourselfers of tiktok and his hand movements showing us how obvious the solution is often he will finish up with a little head shake or eye roll to cap off the ridiculousness of some of the extremely overthought methods for simple tasks on the internet overall his videos have a very relatable theme and that is that life is often simpler than we make it out to be that is probably what drew people in such large numbers to copy lemay's page especially in a time where the world seemed more complex than ever lemay even points out that the silence of his videos is extremely intentional as it allows him to reach and connect with audiences of people all over the world not only is lemay's comedic timing perfect but he was able to strike gold with his tiktok channel because of his timing in the market his first video back in march of 2020 came at a time where tiktok was really taking off and was just surpassing all of facebook's adjacent properties as the most downloaded app of the time this is what allowed lemay to gain over 50 000 followers within a month from the start of his first video from there the train was rolling and there was no stopping it since then kaabi lemay has gained 114 million followers on tiktok making him the most followed man and second most followed tick tocker of all time it also helped that the chinese-owned apt at the time definitely was looking for more african-born creators as the continent was a market that they were certainly trying to grow in la may is second only to charlie dimelio a california teen who basically called dibs on the dancing trend before anyone else got to it since his first video he has released over 900 some of which branch from his signature style in newer videos he will assume random positions like a cameraman or security guard watching the events of popular internet videos unfold with the same sort of fed up tone as his previous ones in fact as his popularity grew some of his fans started doing the work for him tagging koby lemay and overly complicated videos because they know he is the man who gets things done those 900 some odd videos have generated over 1.8 billion likes at the time of this recording for cobby lemay equating to about 1 million dollars in revenue on top of that lemay diversified his platforms and currently has over 50 million followers on instagram but just who was kobe lemay before he became one of the most recognizable faces on the planet lemay was born in senegal west africa but moved with his family to italy where he currently resides at the age of 1. he loves to play basketball and today even idolizes players like lebron james he is bilingual speaking both italian and english he lives in the town of chavasso turin in public housing and eventually became a factory worker earning a small wage as a machine operator i like to imagine back then him sitting in a meeting before hitting the factory floor while some new employee pitched a new way to turn the machine on or off or something of that nature while mae would then head to the floor make his signature face and gesture to his machine with no words and shake his head it kind of makes you think about what you're doing now in your everyday life that maybe you should start recording he lived in shavasa while he had this job but eventually the inevitable struck as the world experienced the global coronavirus pandemic at the beginning of 2020. kaabi certainly didn't come for money and he made very little at his factory job but while some faced very difficult times during the pandemic kaabi lemay personified the idea of making the best out of a bad situation he lost his factory job when italy closed many of its industries at the beginning of the pandemic and he found himself stuck back at home where he lived with his parents and his three siblings it was there stuck in his small bedroom with very few options on the table that cobby lemay began experimenting with tiktok the 21 year old social media influencer and basically overnight sensation was incredibly smart with his decision making some people who find themselves in fame and fortune in a short amount of time also find themselves falling out of that situation very quickly one of the first things khabi lemay did was to hire a social media manager by the name of rigio alessandro who manages over 150 popular social media accounts for influencers and rising stars this allowed his videos to find the right channels and led to alternate ways of kaby lemay earning money since his rise in fame he has partnered with several brands such as netflix italian food company berea and indian fantasy sports platform dream 11. lemay has declined to say how much profit has been generated from these partnerships but it is said that tick-tock stars can earn millions of dollars from partnerships such as these plus he has several others in the works currently he charges brands fifty thousand dollars for a single promotional ad on his tick tock channel and it is estimated that he makes somewhere around two hundred thousand dollars a month you know the yearly salary of most american families yeah per month i swear i'm just going to start recording myself doing mundane tasks like washing the dishes or taking out the trash just to see if there's some untapped audience there anyway despite all of his success lemay started out very frugal with his money the first and only thing he bought for some time was a new iphone 12 so that he could record better quality videos however since then he is starting to accept more of a life of luxury all of this is fair considering within 18 months he went from a factory worker to unemployed to a multi-millionaire he has since started a modest car collection including a jeep compass for thirty thousand dollars an audi rs5 for seventy five thousand dollars a bmw x5 for just under 60 grand and a Mercedes amg g63 for 156 thousand dollars he also nearly broke the internet when he bought a ring possibly as an engagement present for his 19 year old girlfriend zaira nucci for an unknown amount of money lemay hopes to continue expanding his brand and business strategy it is a lifelong dream of his to appear in films especially alongside his idol will smith this is not far off as more and more social media influencers have been tapped by hollywood to appear in films for the recognizability to a younger audience i mean as far as recognizability and relatability go kobe lemay has gained the clout from a new generation by breaking into a market at just the right time i mean i don't want to harp on this but seriously i have a glass of water on my table and a banana in my cabinet right now i really feel like i missed out here but good on the 21 year old for making it big kaabi lemay has gained such nicknames as the gen z mr bean and becoming a status symbol like that definitely comes with some perks today social media influencers with over 1 million followers can make up to 250 grand per post from brand deals needless to say kobe lemay has far surpassed that milestone you
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