Khaby Lame, the most followed TikTok star in the world, has been granted Italian citizenship at the age of 22, despite having lived in the country since he was a young child.
Senegal-born Lame, who has more than 148 million followers and was raised near Turin, is known for making funny mute videos.
Lame, who still has a Senegalese passport, told the press that he was “very proud” of his new citizenship and felt “a great responsibility” for the oaths he has taken, according to the Guardian newspaper.
In the citizenship ceremony, which took place on Wednesday, Lame said he had always felt Italian: “Very little has changed,”the Euro News site quotes him as saying.
Lame turned to TikTok after losing his job in a factory when Italy went into lockdown at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, going on to attract nearly 150 million followers so far with his videos in which he mocks viral content with his trademark exasperated expression. BBC News
Khaby vatonetsa,kana tiri kuno kuZim toti mbashto dzake dzikushanda🤣🤣🤣🤣
They now grant him because he is now popular…
So what we have serious issues
Clever Chiweshedako
They see the tax money!!!
Shingi Mai Ngoni Right! 🤷🏿♂️
He showed them how easy it is to give him citizenship😂😂😂😂
Lazarus Kambamura he was like
Kayreen SN 😂😂😂😂😂😂
soon it’ll be nationality
They will clime you after you have achieved your dream’s first that’s wickedness
What are requirements for Italian citizenship?
Josh Makore tik Tok 🤣
Melusi Dhliwayo apparently
Just because he is now popular eeeeeeeish ….. society sometimes is toxic. …..
Lol he lived there for years and has only been granted citizenship now that his rich
Havisikuda kuti mari yake ibude munyika chete! Ndosaka muchiona ana Elon vachipiwa masitizeship kwese nekuti they bring employment, pay taxes and invest .
I have to start my tik-tok too
Sad reality of immigration laws in these western countries. If you’re African it will take you a life time to get paperwork!
Kennedy Masiye “These Western countries” is quite a generalisation here. In most countries, it is much easier than in Italy.
Doro Grebe not quite. Western countries, especially those in Europe, generally make it hard for African immigrants to get citizenship.
Kennedy Masiye My point being that not all have such strict and retrogressive laws as Italy. In other countries, he would have long been a citizen, especially if he came there as a child. I agree though that they do have generally stricter laws than the US when it comes to citizenship (not necessarily immigration).
Doro Grebe I don’t know why you’re trying to justify what these countries are doing. Even the UK is the same, there are folk who came here when they were months old & some were even born here but at the age of 25yrs & upwards still don’t have British citizenship in their name.
Coz him black as charcoal
So people don’t deserve citizenship unless they are famous. Wow, he should have refused and went for American or another country’s citizenship.
They take all the talent.musina chamunogona ndimi munorambirwa🤣🤣🤣🤣
Like Greece wouldn’t give Giannis citizenship until he got drafted into the NBA. It’s not subtle 🤦♂️
Denounce it and move to great Britain jus to spite them
Willie Maruma Brownthe nigga ought to come back to africa and vote. Its embarrassing to have that as news even
In short he has been granted citizenship still without saying a single word again?
He has talent well done young man
So his money can be spent there.