The inspiring story of award-winning Tiktoker & dancer Klaus

Kenyan TikTok influencer ‘Just Call Me Klaus’ with followers of over 1 million started dancing back in form two.

It now pays him hundreds of thousands online by signing contracts with brands that use him as their Influencer. 

In an interview with Kabugi Creatives, Klaus shares his journey before fame and the struggles he had gone through. 

Online dancer Klaus felt discriminated against before he got into TikTok because of the stereotypes that were being associated with the platform at the time it was gaining popularity.

“My whole bunch of friends including me had the stereotypes like Mwanaume anafanya nini TikTok, Mbona ukue na tiktok kwa simu yako.

“In a few months, I joined TikTok because of  boredom, Nikiona what people were doing got me interested,” 

His passion for music and art started in high school kept him pushed and elevated. Stories of most celebrities had begun in the university. 

Klaus was encouraged by this. Fellow dancer Colloblue also inspired him and motivated him to get into the dance industry online.

“I posted my first video on 25th December 2021, I remember even praying and my second was then around the new year, sikutaka kukosa content, I got 300 followers by sending links to my Whatsapp groups and I got 100 likes with 1000 views I was so impressed. Passion ya dance ilikuwa but TikTok aspect of it haiko,” he said. 

TikTok influencer started sharing his videos online regularly which sparked his popularity. He could be greeted randomly by people in the school environment. He started getting gigs like video shoots as a vixen and getting paid.

“I once shot a video with some of my friends and one of them got a million views, that video went viral with an increase in followers, and from there I didn’t stop,”  Klaus said.