The short answer is that no one person is definitively credited with “saying 67 first,” but the modern 67/“6‑7” meme traces back to a specific rapper and then a viral kid clip.

Where the “67” meme comes from

  • The current internet trend around “67” (often said as “six, seven”) originates from the rap song “Doot Doot (6 7)” by the artist Skrilla, released in 2024.
  • In the track, Skrilla repeatedly says “6‑7,” which fans then lifted into edits, TikToks, and sports memes, especially around basketball highlights.

So who “said 67 first”?

If the question is about the meme version of “67”:

  • The earliest widely recognized source is Skrilla in “Doot Doot (6 7),” so most explainers point to him as the one who effectively “said 67 first” in the way the meme uses it.
  • The phrase blew up even more after a viral clip of a young boy at a basketball game (often called the “67 kid”) shouting “67” excitedly into the camera, which turned into a reaction meme across TikTok and YouTube.

Why people joke about Shakespeare “saying 67 first”

  • Some short-form videos play this for laughs by claiming “it was William Shakespeare who said 6 7 first,” treating the number as if it were a deep literary reference.
  • That’s a tongue‑in‑cheek joke: Shakespeare obviously used the numbers 6 and 7 in various ways centuries ago, but that has nothing to do with the modern meme where kids chant “six, seven” as a kind of in‑joke or hype phrase.

How the meme is used now

  • “67” has become a general hype or inside‑joke exclamation, especially among Gen Alpha, shouted in classrooms, at games, or anytime the number appears unexpectedly (like seeing 67 on a test score or order ticket).
  • It was popular enough that Dictionary.com even selected “67” as its 2025 Word of the Year, emphasizing how it functions more as a viral chant than a word with a fixed meaning.

Bottom line: in meme culture, people credit Skrilla’s “Doot Doot (6 7)” as the origin, with the “67 kid” clip turning it into a full‑blown viral catchphrase.

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