The absurdity of 6-7 is the point.

“Six-seven!”

If you’ve been anywhere near kids lately, you’ve probably heard it: shouted across classrooms, echoed down sidewalks or gleefully screamed by toddlers who picked it up from older siblings.

For adults trying to decode it, “6-7” might sound like pure nonsense, and that’s exactly the point.

The phrase has swept from TikTok to playgrounds to dinner tables, becoming a bizarre but oddly unifying inside joke for Gen Alpha (and driving math teachers everywhere to the brink of insanity).

Where it started

The “6-7” craze traces back to rapper Skrilla’s drill-rap track “Doot Doot (6 7).” With its looping lyrics and infectious beat, the song was made for social media – easy to remix, exaggerate and meme into oblivion.

By early 2025, TikTokers had paired the track with clips of Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball, who, fittingly, stands 6’7”. The trend took off, and soon sports edits were everywhere, from LeBron James dunks to local pickup games.

From there, “6-7” took on a life of its own, spreading across platforms and even popping up in a South Park episode.

Like “Skibidi” before it, it became a catchall for silliness: a meaningless phrase that somehow manages to mean everything and nothing at once.

The faces behind the meme

High school basketball star Taylen “TK” Kinney gave the meme a second wind – and a face. The 17-year-old, a top-20 national recruit, went viral after a clip of him shouting “6-7!” during a game started circulating on TikTok.

The timing was perfect: the phrase was already everywhere, and Kinney’s confident delivery blended basketball swagger with meme culture.

In one clip, when asked to rate his Starbucks drink, Kinney........

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