Arthritis or not, one 99-year-old grandma is ready to party. A senior citizen known as the "Gangster Granny" on TikTok has become an online sensation because of her brimming youthful exuberance.
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The Ohio-born online wonder, whose real name is Pauline Kana, has passed out Christmas gifts with the Cleveland Browns, asked John Cena to prom at a live show, and has drawn over 400 million views on TikTok.
Her adventures have led to run-ins with The Rock, Bad Bunny, Kevin Hart and Bubba Wallace, among others.
The 99-year-old kept the party rolling at the Rock the Country music festival in Texas earlier this month, where she set an astonishing world record.
During Country star Brantley Gilbert's live performance, Kana celebrated with an epic crowd surf.
Laid flat on a stretcher, Kana was gently passed around the 20,000-person audience.
Her trip around the packed crowd at Austin County Fairgrounds earned her the Guinness World Record for 'Oldest Person to Crowd Surf.'
Crowd-Surfing Granny
"Thank you to all the 20,000 people for making this happen," Kana's grandson shared on Instagram. "I still have chills listening to that Granny chant. What an iconic and funny moment."
Kana, who turns 100 in August, said that she never imagined being famous. Especially not with assistance from social media, drones and digital subscribers, which she noted didn't exist when she was born.
"It still feels so new to me," Kana told PressPass in 2022. "My generation didn't have TV or the internet, only radio. To go from obscurity offline to this place where people seem to know my name. It has been a whirlwind in the very best way.
"I'm not interested in fame. But I do love that I now have the opportunity to connect with so many new people all across the world. And hear their stories while sharing our own. I could never have expected or even wished for this chapter of life. But I wouldn't change it for the world."
