About

"Area Codes," also known by its lyrics, Got a White Boy On My Roster and I Got Hoes In Different Area Codes, is a song by rapper Kali released in March 2023. The song became a popular lip dub audio on TikTok that April after Twitch streamer Duke Dennis, Kali's ex, reacted to the music video, reciting the lyrics perfectly while rubbing his eye.

Origin

On April 6th, 2023, rapper Kali released the music video for her song "Area Codes," released on streaming services the month prior, on YouTube,^[1] garnering over 2.7 million views in a month (shown below).

Got a white boy on my roster
He be feeding me pasta and lobster
He just hit me up on Tuesday like, "What you doing, bae?
Let me take you shoppin'" (Brr)
I told him, "Well, I'm a little busy" (Damn)
He said, "Damn, I'm in your city (Fuck)
But anyway, it's okay, hope you have a good day

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On April 7th, 2023, TikToker^[2] @_clipsbytj posted a video from one of streamer Duke Dennis's Twitch streams where he reacts to the music video for "Area Codes." Dennis is Kali's ex-boyfriend. When the video starts, Dennis acts like he doesn't want to listen to the song, rubbing his eye, as he recites the lyrics to the song perfectly. The video gained over 1.3 million views in a month. A longer version of the video was uploaded by YouTuber^[3] W/L Community Plug the next day, garnering over 42,000 views in a month (shown below, left). On April 13th, YouTuber SilkyLive posted a video reacting to the clip, garnering over 92,000 views in a month (shown below, right).

On April 20th, 2023, the @femalerapverses TikTok^[4] page uploaded a clip from the music video, garnering over 7.2 million views in three weeks. The original sound was used over 142,000 times in the same span of time, mostly in lip dub videos. On April 29th, TikToker^[5] @darkskinkinge posted a video recreating the Duke Dennis reaction, garnering over 15.5 million views in a week (shown below, left). On May 6th, TikToker^[6] @sydsmfworld posted a lip dub that gained over 15 million views in three days (shown below, right).

On May 8th, TikToker^[7] @ryan.mcfad posted a video lip dubbing to the song while wearing a suit, garnering over 8 million views in a day (shown below).

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