Coventry student quit studying for OnlyFans and now earns £3,000 a month

An adult content creator who ditched his automotive engineering degree at Coventry University to post explicit content on OnlyFans is now earning £3,000 a month. Caramel Baba, 25, from Birmingham, was studying for his degree and said the move was motivated by the “lack of representation” of gay Asian men in the sex industry.

Within a month, he gained around £860. But Caramel, who comes from a Muslim family, says he hasn’t officially come out to them yet. He told them in 2023 and his wider community, which he found “very isolating”.

But she was able to find people with similar experiences on social media, something she says saved her life. Caramel now uses Minstars, a platform for sex-positive content, and has been able to make more money thanks to the platform taking 5% of subscriber payouts compared to OnlyFans’ 20% of earnings.

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He told PA Real Life: “I can take time off when I want to take time off, I don’t have to approve anyone’s time off. I feel much more empowered with myself.

I’ve been through a journey and there were times when it felt uncomfortable at first, but it’s something I’ve had to address, like shame, and also not seeing my body as the enemy. And that really helped me become more confident and open.”

While studying for his degree, he decided to start posting on OnlyFans in February 2022. He says the pandemic has made him self-reflect and says that if “it’s all about the money” then he’d rather choose the OnlyFans route to “live with”. freedom.

He added: “I think the pandemic made me reflect on myself and what I really wanted to do, and it made me reflect on the industry I was trained in. And, like the labor market, as a generator. Person Z, I mean, it’s quite difficult, I thought if it’s all about the money, I’d rather go the (OnlyFans) route so I can get to the life I want to live with freedom.”

Speaking about wanting to show representation in the online sex worker industry, Caramel spoke about the media in general: “I think the first gay Asian character I saw was in EastEnders, which was probably 10 or 15 years ago .

“I wanted to show representation in an industry where gay Asian men aren’t really wanted and haven’t really been in front of the camera, even though the UK has quite a high Asian ethnic percentage.”

Despite being culturally Muslim and not practicing the religion on a daily basis, Caramel felt conflicted when considering opening an OnlyFans account: “There was definitely a conflict because I think it drew attention to you , in itself I understand that there is a trade-off there, but it is a trade-off. my job, I have to work, I’m sure there are many people working that don’t even fully align with their religious beliefs.”

However, speaking about the future, he said: “I would love to continue working at MintStars with an internationally diverse group of people. It’s also allowed me to work on social media and I’d love to do more social activism, and I’m so privileged to be able to do these things If I was working nine to five, I would never have been able to do this.

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