N.B. TikToker aims for a ‘Melo Moon’

Moneeb Kassimi, also known as @TheMeloMoon on TikTok, has amassed a global audience of 4.4 million followers from his bedroom in Fredericton, N.B. (LinkedIn/Melo Moon)

Moneeb Kassimi is your typical third-year mechanical engineering student.

As he walks through the long, narrow corridors of Head Hall at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, N.B., he runs into a classmate and the pair exchange a firm handshake.

“Are you coming to class today?” his classmate asks.