Keep the Meter Running Is One of TikTok’s Best New Series

Kareem Rahma, a New York–based comedian, hops in the back of a cab with two camerapersons. One lens is focused on him, the other on the taxi driver. “Take me to your favorite place,” Rahma instructs the man behind the wheel as a percussive score strikes up, “and keep the meter running.” This is the tagline and premise of Rahma’s viral new TikTok series, Keep the Meter Running. In it, the Egyptian American comic hails drivers who end up taking him to restaurants like Papaye, a West African and Caribbean stalwart in the Bronx; Dera, a Pakistani family spot in… Read Full Article