6-7 (meme)

6-7 (pronounced "six seven") is an internet meme and slang term that emerged in early 2025 on TikTok and Instagram Reels.^[1] The phrase originated from the song "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Skrilla, which became popular in video edits featuring professional basketball players, and especially LaMelo Ball who is 6 ft 7 in (2.01 meters) tall.^[2][3]

The meme was further popularized through Overtime Elite player Taylen "TK" Kinney's repeated use of the meme.^[4] In March 2025, a boy became known as the "67 Kid" after a viral video showed him yelling the term at an basketball game while performing an excited hand gesture.^[5] A parallel meme is "41", derived from "41 Song (Saks Freestyle)," in which the rapper Blizzi Boi repeatedly raps the number.

Popularized by Generation Alpha,^[6][7] the meme has been cited as an instance of the online "brain rot" phenomenon.

Origin and spread

Demonstration of the hand gesture associated with the "6-7 Kid"

In his drill rap song "Doot Doot (6 7)", hip hop artist Skrilla raps, "6-7, I just bipped right on the highway (Bip, bip)" as the beat drops.^[8][9] The song was unofficially released in December 2024^[10] (and officially on February 7, 2025^[11]) and was soon used in video edits of professional basketball players, but specifically LaMelo Ball, due to him being 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) tall.^[10]

41 (pronounced "forty-one") is a meme of similar origin, deriving from the song "41 Song (Saks Freestyle)" in which rapper Blizzi Boi raps the number throughout.^[12]

Being a slang term, the numbers carry no fixed meaning.^[13] Social media users began to employ the meme in completely unrelated contexts, such as joking about getting a 67% on an exam.^[10]

Around the same time, Taylen "TK" Kinney, a high school basketball prospect at Overtime Elite, also became strongly associated with the phrase after a clip of him ranking a Starbucks drink by saying "six, seven" went viral on social media.^[4][14] His repeated use of the phrase during Overtime Elite content led to his nickname "Mr. 6-7", and he later launched a "6-7" branded canned water line.^[4][14]

The meme has been referenced in NBA highlights, WNBA news conferences, NFL touchdown celebrations, and also celebrities, including former NBA player Shaquille O'Neal, who participated in a video referencing it, despite admitting he did not understand its meaning.^[4] It has since spread beyond music and sports, and into a broader Internet phenomenon.^[15][7] Unlike other memes, 6-7's identity as slang term has allowed it to be shared in offline contexts, especially in schools.^[13]

The meme has been identified as part of the "brain rot" phenomenon—digital media considered to be poor quality,^[16] and increasing involvement of Generation Alpha in internet culture.^[13] The moniker "Mason 67" has been invented to refer to a stereotypical white boy who overuses the slang.^[17]

6-7 Kid

"6-7 Kid" as seen in the viral clip

On March 31, 2025, a YouTuber known as Cam Wilder posted a video titled "My Overpowered AAU Team has Finally Returned!" (stylized in all caps) in which the boy—later nicknamed "6-7 Kid"—is seen going up to the camera and yelling "six seven" while performing a hand gesture in which he moves his hands up and down with upward-facing palms.^[18][17][19]

In August 2025, social media users begin creating photo edits distorting the original 6-7 Kid in a bizarre or grotesque fashion likened to analog horror. This meme, called "SCP-067 Kid", satirizes the SCP Foundation, a collaborative fiction project about fictional paranormal anomalies; "SCP-067 Kid" is not to be confused with the canon "SCP-067", which is about a pen.^[17][20]

See also

• 41 (brainrot)
• 69 (number)
• Italian brainrot – 2025 Internet meme featuring AI-generated characters
• Skibidi Toilet – 2020s Internet meme which spawned a similar nonsense word.