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Khaby Lame was born in Dakar, Senegal in 2000. The following year, he came to Italy with his parents, settling in a public housing project in Chivasso, a small town near Turin. He had a happy childhood. His dyslexia presented challenges at school but he “managed to get by” and dreamt of becoming an actor, idolising Will Smith on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” He often made funny YouTube videos. “They were always comedy videos, where I made fun of myself or parodies of someone else,” he recalls. “I always liked making people laugh, entertaining them.”