BREAKING: Skrilla just dropped a bombshell about the real meaning behind “6-7” — and it’s not what fans expected. He revealed the hidden story that inspired the track, plus exclusive details on his next album that even his team tried to keep quiet.
And when YoungBoy Never Broke Again gave him one piece of advice, everything changed. The message hit deeper than any lyric he’s ever written.
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Skrilla has everyone screaming “6-7.” His 2025 single “Doot Doot (6 7)” has birthed one of the year’s most viral trends that even he didn’t see coming. Currently in the middle of his Z Tour, Skrilla chops it up with XXL about the phrase that’s been taking over the internet, getting a cosign from YoungBoy Never Broke Again, new music and more.
The 26-year-old rapper from the Kensington section of Philadelphia has been making a name for himself over the past few years with his dark drill raps on projects like 2024’s Underworld and 2024’s Zombie Love Kengsington Paradise, which chronicle the grim surroundings of his hometown. This past February, he officially released the single “Doot Doot (6 7)” after initially leaking the track last year. Skrilla casually punctuates his verse with the numbers “6-7.”
Thanks to viral videos posted by high school basketball player Taylen Kenney and a YouTuber known as the “6 7 Kid,” blurting out the ambiguous numbers during various situations has become a thing.
“6-7 changed from a negative thing to a positive,” Skrilla tells XXL. “[It’s] millions of other things for other people. Everybody got they own meaning to it.”
The 6-7 craze has recently reached new heights. In October, Southpark dedicated a segment of an episode to mocking the trend. The same month, NBA YoungBoy brought out Skrilla during a MASA tour stop in the City of Brotherly Love. “He’s a good dude, not really what I expected from listening to his music,” Skrilla says of YoungBoy. “He gave me a bunch of advice.”
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In another “that wasn’t on the 2025 bingo card” moment, Skrilla also performed “Doot Doot (6 7)” onstage with British singer Natasha Bedingfield during an October tour stop in Philly.
Check out Skrilla’s exclusive interview with XXL, where he opens up about the 6-7 craze, touring, his hometown, his upcoming album and more below.
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Future
Song: Future’s “Comin Out Strong” featuring The Weeknd
Confusing Lyrics: “The only time I feel alive is when I take (Still comin’)”— Future
Why: With many hip-hop fans under the impression that the lyrics were, “The only time I feel alive is when I taste d**k,” it took a phone call from Kodak Black for Future to squash the confusion once and for all by explaining he was talking about taking “a pill.”
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Rick Ross
Song: Jay-Z’s “F**kWithMeYouKnowIGotIt” featuring Rick Ross
Confusing Lyrics: “Reeboks on, I just do it, n***a”— Rick Ross
Why: Nike’s tagline is “Just Do It” not Reebok.
Drake sits with Baka Not Nice as the Toronto Raptors play the Houston Rockets during their basketball game at the Scotiabank Arena on April 8, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Drake
Song: J. Cole’s “In the Morning” featuring Drake
Confusing Lyrics: “I love thick women ’cause my aunt she rode equestrian/I used to go to the stables and get them kids to bet me/And I would always ride the stallions whenever she let me” – Drake
Why: Drake’s horse metaphors for describing big booty women are questionable at best.
Missy Elliott attends UN Womens Entrepreneurship Day at the United Nations on November 15, 2019 in New York City.
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Missy Elliott
Song: Missy Elliott’s “Work It”
Confusing Lyrics: “Is it worth it? Let me work it/I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it/Ti esrever dna ti pilf, nwod gniht ym tup/Ti esrever dna ti pilf, nwod gniht ym tup”
Why: When Missy dropped her 2002 smash hit “Work it,” many were left baffled by the seemingly inaudible lyrics that take up half of the song’s chorus. However, it’s been established that after she rhymes “Put my thing down, flip it and reverse it,” she and Timbaland did exactly that. The following two lines are simply the same lyrics in reverse.
Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan performs with The Roots onstage during the 2022 Essence Festival of Culture at the Louisiana Superdome on July 3, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Ghostface Killah
Song: Ghostface Killah’s “Nutmeg”
Confusing Lyrics: “Scientific, my hand kissed it/Robotic, let’s think optimistic/You probably missed it, watch me Dolly d**k it/Scotty Wotty copper tipped me, big microphone hippie”
Why: Ghostface spits so much tongue-twisting verbiage on “Nutmeg,” fans are still trying to decode the lyrics.
Rapper Notorious BIG (born Christopher Wallace) attends the 1995 Billboard Music Awards, New York, New York, December 6, 1995.
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The Notorious B.I.G.
Song: The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Me and My B***h”
Confusing Lyrics: “When I met you, I admit, my first thought was to trick/You look so good, huh, I’ll suck on your daddy’s d**k”
Why: For most people, this is not the first thought they think of when they meet a beautiful woman.
Tyler, the Creator performs onstage during 2022 Made In America at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 03, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Tyler, The Creator
Song: Tyler, The Creator’s “Yonkers”
Confusing Lyrics: “I’m a f**kin’ walkin’ paradox, no, I’m not/Threesomes with a fuckin’ triceratops”
Why: Triceratops, a dinosaur, have been extinct for many, many years.
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LL Cool J
Song: Craig Mack’s “Flavor In Ya Ear (Remix)” featuring The Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J, Rampage and Busta Rhymes
Confusing Lyrics: “Hee-shee! Ugh, blow-ticious/Skeevy (Mmm), delicious”—LL Cool J
Why: What does it even mean?
Rapper Young Thug attends LEden by Perrier-Jouët on December 6, 2018 in Miami Beach, Florida.
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Young Thug
Song: Birdman, Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan’s “Lifestyle”
Confusing Lyrics: “Nelivliflikabegittldisondbeggining”—Young Thug on the chorus
Why: Translation, he’s saying: “N***a livin’ life like a beginner and this is only beginnin’…”
Gucci Mane speaks on stage during REVOLT Summit x AT&T – Day 2 at 787 Windsor on September 25, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Gucci Mane
Song: Gucci Mane’s “Lemonade”
Confusing Lyrics: “I’m smoking grits and selling chickens/Corvette painted lemon (It’s Gucci)”
Why: While in some areas cigarettes are nicknamed grits, the line left most people dumbfounded thinking that Guwop was lighting up some food.
Robert Kraft and Jay-Z attend Michael Rubins 2023 Fanatics Super Bowl Party at the Arizona Biltmore on February 11, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Jay-Z
Song: Jay-Z’s “U Don’t Know”
Confusing Lyrics: “I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in Hell/I’m a hustler, baby, I’ll sell water to a whale [well]” –
Why: Whether or not Hov says “whale” or “well” has been widely debated throughout hip-hop since “U Don’t Know” dropped back in 2001. Aside from Pusha T, who clearly believes Jay-Z uses the word “whale,” as is evident by a line Push spits in his 2022 Arby’s-sponsored diss track aimed at McDonald’s, Hov’s notoriously debatable punchline has been so widely argued over that Jay-Z himself felt the need to explain the meaning of the “U Don’t Know” lyric to the song’s producer, Just Blaze. Apparently, the Roc Nation boss intentionally left the “whale” or “well” rhyme open for interpretation.
“Haaaa!!! Well/whale,” Jay-Z texted Just Blaze last year, according to journalist Sowmya Krishnamurthy via Okayplayer. “It’s never a coincidence when these things happen. I try to make things work on multiple levels every time I sit down to create. It keeps me engaged.”
Jay-Z clarified the controversy by explaining that the line was meant to serve as a double entendre.
Jeezy attends his 2nd Annual Sno Ball Gala at Flourish Atlanta on September 29, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Jeezy
Song: Kanye West’s “Amazing” featuring Jeezy
Confusing Lyrics: “Standing at my podium, I’m trying to watch my sodium” —Jeezy
Why: It’s good that Jeezy is keeping an eye on his daily sodium intake, but what does that have to do with standing at a podium?
Nas attends the Supreme Team premiere during the 2022 Tribeca Festival at BMCC Tribeca PAC on June 19, 2022 in New York City.
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Nas
Song: Nas’ “One Mic”
Confusing Lyrics: “Jesus died at age 33/There’s 33 shots from twin Glocks/There’s 16 apiece, that’s 32/Which means one of my guns was holdin’ 17/27 hit your crew, six went into you”
Why: Nas’ quick-witted math equation in reference to guns and Jesus Christ’s age at the time of his death has left people confused for years. Even though the Queensbridge legend’s calculations are legit, not everyone realizes he’s bringing the bars back around to Jesus.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony attends the premiere of USA Networks Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. at Avalon on February 22, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Song: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s “Tha Crossroads”
Confusing Lyrics: “Dead souls, n***a, this for Wally/Eazy, C’s Uncle Charlie”—Bizzy Bone
Why: While it’s always been clear that Bone’s 1995 masterpiece, “Tha Crossroads,” is a track dedicated to their lost loved ones, Bizzy Bone’s opening line has often been misinterpreted leaving fans bewildered at what he was actually saying.
Camp Lo attend Vibe Magazines 15th anniversary party on August 12, 2008 in New York City.
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Camp Lo
Song: Camp Lo’s “Luchini AKA This Is It”
Confusing Lyrics: “This is it, what/Luchini pouring from the sky/Let’s get rich, what/The jiggy vines, the sugar dimes” and “Then what we do after we sip the Amaretta?/We start the Harlem River Quiver, dig it, sweet daddy”
Why: Known for their obscure references and innovative vernacular, Camp Lo left fans’ heads spinning with some of the lyrics on their most popular song, 1997’s “Luchini AKA This Is It.” To the naked ear, it might appear that “Luchini pouring from the sky” refers to a specific brand of olive oil raining down onto the Bronx duo but it’s more likely that they’re talking about money.
As for the “Harlem River Quiver,” Camp Lo uses the title of a Duke Ellington song from 1928 as clever means to describe being drunk.
Jaden Smith speaks about staying authentic as a creator at the Samsung Galaxy Creators Collective at Gilleys Dallas on March 21, 2023 in Dallas, Texas.
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Jaden Smith
Song: Jaden Smith’s “Icon”
Confusing Lyrics: “I need you to listen to the vision/All your verses sound like dirty dishes”
Why: Do dirty dishes even make a sound?
