By Emmanuel Adeleke
Ling and Lamb are American-Nigerian couple with big social media presence. The couple, Taccara Rae (Ling) and Yinka Lawanson (Lamb), are the producers of Storytime, a vlog talk series on relationship and marriage.
The couple has 4,705,314 followers on their Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Instagram accounts as of June 20, 2022. They also celebrated 1 billion views on their social media accounts on April 4, 2022.
For Lamb (Yinka Lawanson) the journey to stardom, started on the street of Lagos in Surulere when he was in Nigeria. He was popularly known by his stage name Lamboginny. He is a passionate Nigerian Afro-dancehall Musician/ Global Prison Ambassador and AFI Representative at United Nations in Vienna and New York, using his voice to advocate for prison reform across the world.
His love story with Ling is one that can be described as a twist of fate. As a talented recording artist in Nigeria, Lamb used his time and talent to passionately push for prison reform in Nigeria. It was on this journey that he was invited to America for a fundraising concert where he met Ling. It turned out that Ling’s mum was a member of the team organising a music concert for Lamb who ensured that he publicised the concert on Facebook, tagging quite a lot of people. One of those Lamb tagged, though unknowingly, was Ling. The two eventually met physically on the set of his music video “Give me love.”
They quickly became friends and eventually got engaged on November 17, 2017. Lamb and Ling got married on January 5, 2018, in a small private ceremony at her parents’ home.
In 2020, they officially adopted the name Ling and Lamb, and have been an internet sensation ever since. With hilarious, educative and entertaining contents, their videos showcase their life as a couple.
How a Nigerian husband adjusts to life in America, funny pranks by his wife,, sponsored videos as well as a snack chat section that gives viewers an insight to how they handle important issues like finances. Despite having a rich array of content, Ling and Lamb are most famously known for their food tasting, pranks and love/relationship advice videos.
In March 2020, after posting multiple hilarious videos and pranks around Lamb’s love for crocs, Ling and Lamb announced their partnership with popular footwear brand, Crocs.
The couple have since become a household name around the world and have several ambassadorial and endorsement deals to their name.
In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the couple gave back to their community in Fairfield County, Connecticut, distributing groceries. On September 11, 2021, they launched ‘The Food Is Ready Project,’ with the aim to feed one million kids from different continents. The project kicked-off in Uganda as they supplied meals to kids in the country.
In a recent post on their Instagram page, Lamb talked about losing his parents and grandparents before he turned 23 and how God brought him from Lagos to become a social media sensation.
“From the trenches of Lagos, Nigeria to America. I’m a living miracle of God’s grace and mercy. I have traveled a very, very long road to becoming who I am today.
“Every time I hit rock bottom; God always picked me up. Lost my mom, dad and all grandparents before my 23rd birthday.
“In all of this, God never stopped showing up for me! Count your blessings. I hope this inspires someone out there,’’ he wrote.