"Who Dat Boy" is a song by American rapper

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featuring fellow American rapper

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. It was released on June 30, 2017 alongside, " 911 / Mr. Lonely" through

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, as the lead singles from the Tyler, the Creator's fourth studio album ''

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''. The song was written by the two artists and produced by Tyler, the Creator.

Background

Tyler, the Creator began a one-week countdown on

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and

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to promote and release the two dual-singles called "Who Dat Boy" and " 911 / Mr. Lonely" on June 30, 2017. The single debuted at 87 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song was originally written for

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, but he turned it down.

Music video

The song's accompanying music video was uploaded on June 29, 2017 on Tyler's official

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channel. The music video was directed by Tyler under the

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Wolf Haley. The music video features rapper

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's face being sewn onto Tyler's, as well as visual

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s to the 2017 film ''

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''. It also features a snippet of the song "911/ Mr. Lonely" at the end of the track. The video features rapper A$AP Rocky, who is the doctor performing the operation, and Tucker Tripp, who is Tyler's co-driver.

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

Lyrics of this song at Genius
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