Khaby Lame was heard speaking in a rare video posted on Instagram by The Shade Room – in the clip, the famous silent Senegal-born TikTok star opened up about his favourite musician and surprised netizens with his voice.

WOW! TIKTOKKER KHABY LAME SPEAKS
TikTokker Khaby Lame is known for captivating his TikTok viewers with humour conveyed through his comedic body language and online bits. He recently had social media users’ jaws dropped after he was heard talking in a video. In the clip, he spoke about not getting enough of his favourite musician.

He could be heard saying: “I really like Tupac. He is my best African artist.”

 

Lame has over 161.5 million followers on TikTok today. He currently ranks 11th on the Forbes Top Creators list of 2023. According to the publication, the silent TikTokker fetches a whopping $750 000 (an estimated R1.4 million) to feature a product in a TikTok and Instagram post

That is indeed a remarkable achievement considering that in 2019 he was assembling car filters in a factory outside Turin.
“I just realised I never heard him talk… He’s been doing those blank stares all this time,” @itsrachelsimone said.

“This is the first time I heard him speak. Lol,” @itsjanesta replied.

“That’s his accent fr fr?’ @rash.eeka asked.

“Guy hates talking but yall forcing him to speak, this what you get😂😂,” @lethabolejpy wrote.

“Yall making fun because his English is not good enough is crazy. He is Senegalese-Italian. He speaks at least 3 languages that’s more than most people in these comments. English is not his first language,” @tifenymoreira commented.