Youngest London Cabbie Earns Badge

0:00On April 17, London's got a new record holder in the black cab game, 21-year-old Baha Mujagata from Bahrain, now the youngest cabbie to earn. His badge after turning 21 on March 26th. He snagged the title from another young gun, Conor Dill, by mastering the knowledge that brutal exam where you memorize 25,000 streets. In 20,000 landmarks in central London, Baha moved here from Uganda, back in 2022, at just 17 to join his dad, who's already driving cabs. While hitting the books for a computer science engineering degree, he decided to chase the cablife for quick cash instead of the usual student gigs, like bar work. Passengers came believe their eyes when they see him behind the wheel. One lady even confessed she was sweating the whole ride, questioning if he had. A license before bailing out fast. Growing up outside London made it tougher, but his dad dusted it off an old map and his little brother jumped in to quiz him during moped runs around.

1:01Town. He crushed the test in two years and five months, way quicker than the usual, three to four, even nailing tricky bits like pronouncing granite right. Despite the scorching 40 degrees Celsius heat that hit him like a shock. Baha plans to graduate this summer and pivot to cyber security engineering, maybe pick up acting again too, but he digs the cab freedom, no boss, pick. For hours, cash in hand, every fair. It's the ultimate flexible hustle that sticks around whenever he wants it.