The meme known as “6-7” exploded across social media in 2025. Derived from Skrilla’s drill-rap song Doot Doot (6 7), the phrase “6-7” became a widely used interjection — usually shouted along with a silly hand-gesture (hands up and down, palms up) for comedic effect.
Despite its massive popularity — it has been attached to highlight reels of basketball players, school memes, viral videos, and even earned the label as 2025’s “Word of the Year” by Dictionary.com — the actual meaning of “6-7” remains ambiguous. Most accept that it has no fixed meaning at all, instead serving as a kind of collective inside joke or “digital nonsense.”
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Skrilla: The Man Behind “6-7”
Skrilla — born Jemille Edwards — hails from the troubled neighborhood of Kensington in Philadelphia. Before his rap career, he even had a past involving selling drugs, and admitted to spending time under house arrest as a teen.
Musically, Skrilla is a drill/trap artist whose work reflects the gritty realities of drug use, street life, and despair in his community. What sets him apart is a deeply unsettling, eerie sonic style — with “haunting” beats, ghostly vocal samples, sudden shifts in tone — almost horror-core in its aesthetic.
More controversially, Skrilla has acknowledged practicing spiritual traditions tied to Afro-Caribbean belief systems — namely Santería and related ancestral spiritual practices. In interviews with “Passion of the Weiss,” as well as in lyrical content from his 2024 album Zombie Love Kensington Paradise, he alludes to spiritual and mystical themes, blending street pain, addiction, and supernatural imagery.
According to Skrilla himself, “6-7” was meant — at least originally — as a kind of “turn negative to positive.” He’s said in an interview:
“6-7 changed from a negative thing to a positive.”
“Everybody got they own meaning to it.”
That fluid meaning may partly explain why the phrase resonated so widely — it’s empty enough to be anything, yet catchy enough to latch onto social dynamics.
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Spiritual Reflection: What Could “6-7” Mean — and What Should Christians Make of It?
Given its murky origin, tenuous meaning, and ties to dark imagery and occult-tinged spirituality, the “6-7” meme presents a kind of spiritual test or mirror for believers. Here’s some thoughts (not absolute truths) on possible spiritual implications — and how we might respond in faith:
✝️ The Danger of Empty or Dark Symbolism
• The fact that “6-7” emerged from a song steeped in violence, drug use, and references to occult spirituality (via Santería) is a caution sign. While I cannot definitively claim what spiritual forces are at work — that belongs to God’s domain — it’s fair to say that the environment from which the meme arises does not reflect light or life.
• The meme’s meaningless absurdity — its reduction to “brain-rot” humor among youth, even taken seriously — exemplifies how easily culture can drift from truth into emptiness and confusion. For believers, it highlights the need for discernment, especially when spiritual language or symbolism is co-opted for meaningless entertainment.
🌟 The Opportunity for Redemption: Turning Darkness Into Light
Yet — as Christians — we know that God specializes in redemption. The ambiguity of “6-7” leaves open a space for believers to reclaim or re-interpret. A few possibilities:
• Christians could reclaim the numbers as a call to stand firm: maybe “6-7” becomes a code for “spiritual vigilance,” “walk upright,” or “from death to life,” turning a symbol of emptiness into one of hope.
• It could become a prompt for conversation — a chance to lovingly warn younger believers about the spiritual void in many viral trends, and to point them toward true meaning in Christ.
• The absurdity and emptiness of “6-7” can remind us of the emptiness of sin and the futility of chasing worldly notoriety. In that sense, witnessing to Christ’s transforming power becomes more urgent.
In short: a cultural meme doesn’t get the final say — God does. He can take what was meant for distraction, darkness, or chaos, and use it for His glory.
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Prayer for the Body of Christ
Heavenly Father,
We come before You with humble hearts, asking You to shine Your light into every dark corner of this world — even into the empty noise of passing trends and hollow memes.
Lord, we pray for Your children, for every young soul who hears “six-seven” echoing on screens, in hallways, in classrooms: guard their hearts, keep them anchored in Your love and truth.
Forgive us for times we have tolerated or even laughed at meaningless, empty cultural noise. Give us boldness to speak life, to offer real hope — not just commentary, but the Gospel that transforms.
Father, turn every attempt at empty hype into a doorway to Your Kingdom. Let what distraction meant for chaos become a testimony of Your salvation, a beacon for those wandering.
Fill us with Your Spirit, empower us to stand firm in truth, to love others, and to point all people — especially the young — toward You.
In Jesus’ holy name, Amen.
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In Conclusion
The “6-7” meme is — in many ways — a symptom of a generation craving connection, laughter, belonging. But because it emerges from darkness — violence, drugs, occult references — its spiritual implications are ambiguous and troubling. As believers, we have a choice: ignore it, judge it, or redeem it.
I believe we are called to redeem — to proclaim that even the emptiest cultural noise cannot out-shout the fullness of Christ. May we remain vigilant, loving, and courageous, pointing souls not to numbers, but to the Name above every name.
The DARK truth behind the 6 7 meme
📝 Sources
• “6-7 (meme)” — Wikipedia.
• “67 Meme | Know Your Meme” — KnowYourMeme.com.
• What does “Six Seven” mean? — NSS Magazine.
• What does it even mean? — WHYY News.
• “Skrilla: biography and background” — Wikipedia.
• “Let’s Talk About ‘6 7’” — Pitchfork / The Pitch.
• “Skrilla Reveals the True Meaning of ‘6-7’” — XXL Magazine interview, Oct 29 2025.
• “Zombie Love Kensington Paradise (Deluxe)” — review / background on Skrilla’s spiritual content.
TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!!!
In Truth and Mercy,
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