A family in Oldham are receiving up to 60 phonecalls a day from Soulja Boy fans trying to speak to the R&B star. The lyrics to his latest single, 'Kiss Me Thru The Phone', contain a twelve digit number which, if dialled without the US dialling code within the UK, puts callers straight through to Gerry Matley and his wife Catriona Howard Smith.
Catriona told the BBC: "Some of them really want to believe that they have got through to their heart-throb. ... Some of them are devastated when we have to tell them that he doesn't live in Oldham but over the other side of the Atlantic. If they called the number with the American dialling code in front of it they will get through to a recorded message from him. We just hope the fuss will die down soon - we can't even change our number because Gerry needs it for work".
Gerry added: "What's the chances of our phone number appearing in a US rap song? Probably as likely as winning the lottery, but without the money".