![]() ![]() We’re just piggybacking off of each other, you know? Just creating a vibe, so when I go to those cities, we lit, and I can go hang with them and see what their area code is like. They definitely added to “Area Codes” and brought their audiences in too just like I brought my audience to theirs. It’s called “Area Codes,” so I gotta go to different area codes and see which artists are popping off and can really bring something new to the track! I did Luh Tyler, Sexyy Red, Mello Buckzz, Lil Kayla and Kenzo B, and they’re all super-popping right now. I just wanted to expand “Area Codes” and get everybody tapped into the song. How did you come up with the idea to do different remixes for different area codes? What was the process of selecting and securing those artists for each of the remixes? I don’t know the names of the teams, but a lot of baseball teams were doing it. Because even if they aren’t relating to it, they’re having fun with it, so I love seeing the sports teams do it. I feel like once guys get a hold of a female song, you’re winning. ![]() I always say it was when the sports teams started using it on TikTok. This is the one, I’m telling y’all, it’s a hit!” And I was right! Yes! When I finished recording “Area Codes,” that same night, I called my team, and I was like, “We got one. When you finished recording the song, did you have a special feeling about this one? “Area Codes” is taking over the world right now. I look back like, “Maybe those songs weren’t ready to come out and I wasn’t ready to be this huge artist.” Everything literally happens for a reason. You can’t control what God has planned for you. Now that you’re at this point in your career, what would you say to 12-year-old Kali and the Kali of This Why They Mad Now?Įverything happens for a reason. When you first started putting out music, it kept getting taken down. You’ve been rapping since you were 12 years old. When somebody thinks of Atlanta - like who represents Atlanta and what Atlanta sounds like - I want it to be me. I just wanna be legendary in Atlanta, like, “Oh, Kali brought her own swag to Atlanta and she just been killing it for the females.” I’m younger and I love rap music like Thug, Future, Gucci Mane, them is like… that’s Atlanta to me. That way people know like, “Oh, Kali, she’s a really cool rapper, but she also taps into her Spanish side.” So, it’s something that I wanna work on in the future. I wanna wait to solidify myself in the rap game and then tap into that. I haven’t really tapped into the Panamanian. How do those two cultures impact your artistry? 33 peak.Īs Kali readies her next steps to continue the momentum of “Area Codes,” we linked up with our June R&B/Hip-Hop Rookie of the Month to speak about her forthcoming new mixtape, her song on the Barbie soundtrack, Ludacris’ “Area Codes,” and whether she really likes “pasta and lobster.” Buoyed by a bevy of remixes featuring everyone from Kenzo B to Luh Tyler, “Area Codes” is also Kali’s fastest-growing music video, as well as her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, where it currently sits at its No. Since its March release, “Area Codes” has amassed over four billion views on TikTok, and the song is pulling over 11 million streams per week in the U.S. For Toxic Chocolate, which also featured collaborations with fellow early 2020s breakout stars Yung Bleu, Muni Long and BIA, “I was in my toxic bag,” Kali notes.īlending her around-the-way affability with slick wordplay and delivery that can be as flirtatious as it is biting, Kali’s style is already singular - and she’s just getting started. A remix of “MMM MMM” featuring Billboard 200 chart-topper Moneybagg Yo and fellow Atlanta MC Latto appears on Toxic Chocolate, Kali’s major label debut. She got her first minor hit in 2021 with a This Why They Mad Now track titled “Do A B-h,” and the ATL Jacob-produced “MMM MMM” became her first TikTok hit later that year. ![]() Since the release of her first mixtape, Kali has been steadily laying the foundation for this moment. ![]() Shania Twain, Brad Paisley, Coi Leray & More Added to CNN's The Fourth in America Lineup: Exclusive ![]()
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