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

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