CHICAGO - There are food influencers and then there is Keith Lee.
It all started just a few years ago. Lee would go into small business restaurants, carry out the food , and do ratings in his car.
‘I started recording myself’
The backstory:
In less than three years, Lee, a former MMA fighter and Detroit native, has earned a massive following across TikTok . Lee said he always had to maintain weight as an MMA fighter, so food was always a focus.
"I started recording myself in order to get comfortable in front of a camera because I always had social anxiety," Lee said. "So I would set up the TikTok as if it was a thousand people watching and I only had like 40 followers."
There was something about those heartfelt reviews that clicked, and now, almost 18 million followers later, h