Before its official release, "Doot Doot (6 7)" was unofficially released to platforms in December 2024, [5] Following the unofficial release on social media, the song's repeated lyric, "6-7", quickly gained traction on social media. Kansas commit and Overtime Elite basketball player, Taylen Kinney later went viral for being strongly associated with the emerging meme after he said "six-seven" to a Starbucks rating. [6] Due to this, he was later given the nickname "Mr 67". [7]
Two months later, the track was officially released on February 7, 2025. [8] Following the track's release, it immediately went viral on social media due to the amount of usage it got on edits relating to basketball star, LaMelo Ball, who shared the same height as the two numbers. [9]
The meaning behind the two numbers is still up to questions among fans, with some have connecting it to 67th Street in Skrilla's hometown of Philadelphia, [10] or to 67th Street in Chicago. [11] Linguist and African-American English expert Taylor Jones has speculated that it may refer to "10-67", the police radio code used to notify of a death. [12] : 9:30 This aligns with the previous lines' descriptions of gun violence and his interpretation that the line depicts the narrator playing innocent during a traffic stop. [12] : 7:20 Skrilla himself has stated, "I never put an actual meaning on it and I still would not want to." [10] [13] Despite this, the term later became word of the year by Dictionary.com in 2025. [13]
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