Amplifying African American Influences On The Use Of The English language Words "Bro", "Br'er", "Bruh", "Bruhz", And/Or "Brah"

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a four part pancocojams series about the use of the words "Bro, "Br'er", "Bruh", "Bruhz" and "Bra" as referents (particularly in the United States).

This post presents excerpts of various internet articles and AI Overview write-ups about the use of those words. These excerpts are presented as a timeline. 

This timeline and the other posts in this pancocojams series strives to amplify the historical and cultural record as a way of helping to correct what I perceive to be the scarcity of details and/or the minimization of the tremendous role that African American culture has had and continues to have on the use of the words "bro" and "bruh" in American English and in the use of the English language throughout the world. 

Additions and corrections are very welcome.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/06/examples-of-omega-psi-phi-fraternity.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post showcases three YouTube videos of the historically Black Greek letter fraternity Omega Psi Phi, Inc. That post also includes selected comments from those video's discussion threads. Those comments document examples of the use of the words "brother", "bruhs",and "bruhz" by members of that fraternity and by other commenters..

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/06/uyleesboutique-april-2-2025-remember_0196860863.html for Part III of this pancocojams series. That post showcases two YouTube videos of the character Bruh-man from the 1990s television series Martin. Selected comments from the discussion thread for one of those videos of Bruh-Man are included in that post.

Click  https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/06/im-not-your-brah-bro-bruh-videos.html for Part IV of this pancocojams series.  That post showcases YouTube videos, information, and comments about the use of "bro" as a referent for females as well as males.

The content of this post is presented for historical, linguistic, and socio-cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all the sources that are quoted in this pancocojams post. Read the titles and links for some of those resources within this time line list.

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TIMELINE OF THE USE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORDS "BRO:, "BR'ER", "BRUH", AND "BRA"- 17TH THROUGH THE 2020s    

the late 17th century - late 18th century
"Though usage of bro as an abbreviation of “brother” can be traced back to at least 1660, conversational uses more similar to what we hear today begin cropping up in the mid- to late 18th century, according to lexicographer and Indiana University English professor Michael Adams. He points to the text of a 1762 burlesque play titled Homer Travestie, which includes the word bro several times. “That suggests maybe it’s low or underworld speech—a type of slang of the period,” Adams says. “Brother would often be shortened to bro in this period, in the same way that many names were radically shortened, so that William would be shortened to Wm. You just skip all the letters you didn’t really need to identify the person. So in casual correspondence, that was the way people referred to each other, and it may have migrated into speech.” [From https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/08/bro-slang-origins-history-and-overuse-suggests-the-term-may-not-last.html "The End of Bro: The term’s ubiquity may signal its demise." by Matthew J. X. Malady, August 13, 2014

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1877
"The first documented use of "br'er" in print is in the 1870s, specifically popularized by  (White American Joel Chandler Harris starting around 1877. He incorporated the term—a Southern African-American vernacular spelling of "brother"—into written folktales in the Atlanta Constitution, later publishing them in the 1881 book Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings". [from AI overview #1]

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the early 20th century
"Bro’s use as a simple abbreviation appears to have remained fairly consistent during subsequent centuries. But its slang usage really took off during the past 100 years or so as it gained popularity in the black community as a replacement for brother in conversation. (Use of the term brother in the black church, Adams says, can be definitively dated back to at least the early 20th century, though “that’s partly just the emergence of African-American culture into print, so it’s quite likely that brother associated with the church has a longer history. It just ends up not being recorded anywhere.”)" [From https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/08/bro-slang-origins-history-and-overuse-suggests-the-term-may-not-last.html "The End of Bro: The term’s ubiquity may signal its demise." by Matthew J. X. Malady, August 13, 2014]

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the mid to late 20th century
"While the heavy use of brother by those participating in social movements during the 1960s helped propel bro into the realm of casual conversation among activists, its more broad ascendance into the pop cultural pantheon after that was mostly due to lots of white kids trying to seem cool by emulating black slang. As the 20th century advanced, first brother and then bro became progressively more common in black speech says Geoffrey Nunberg, a linguistics expert who teaches at Berkeley’s School of Information. “Then,” he adds, “like everything else in black English, it’s appropriated and reinterpreted both deliberately and unwittingly by other speakers.” [From https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/08/bro-slang-origins-history-and-overuse-suggests-the-term-may-not-last.html "The End of Bro: The term’s ubiquity may signal its demise." by Matthew J. X. Malady, August 13, 2014]

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the late 1980s -the 1990s
"the Bruhs" used as a referent for members of the historically Black Greek letter fraternity Omega Psi Phi, Inc.
" There is no specific, universally agreed-upon calendar date or single archival document that historians cite as the absolute first time an Omega Psi Phi member uttered or wrote the colloquial term "Bruhs" (or "Bruhz").

Because the term is an informal, vernacular evolution of the formal title "Brother," its tracking requires understanding how it transformed from official records into the fraternity's distinct subculture:

The Formal Baseline: 1911
"From the very inception of the fraternity on November 17, 1911, at Howard University, the official and documented referent for a member has always been "Brother" (e.g., Brother Edgar A. Love, Brother Oscar J. Cooper). Every official document, from the original minutes of the Alpha Chapter to national conclave records, strictly mandates this formal title.

African American Vernacular English (AAVE) & Slang Evolution
The shift from the formal "Brother" to the colloquial "Bruh" or "Bruhz" is tied to broader developments in 20th-century Black linguistics rather than a top-down administrative decree:

Late 20th-Century Shift:

While "brother" has been standard since 1911, the phonetic spelling and specific stylized pronunciation of "Bruh" became widely recognized inside the fraternity’s campus subculture during the mid-to-late 20th century. This directly mirrors the timeframe when other distinct, informal cultural traditions (such as "hopping" and barking) became commonplace alongside the widely known external nickname "Ques".

Intra-Fraternity vs. Extra-Fraternity:

Informally, members refer to one another internally as The Bruhs (signifying an unbreakable, organic familial bond) while external peers frequently use "Ques" or "Que Dogs". 

Official Stance on Vernacular

Because "Bruhs" is considered an informal colloquialism, it does not appear in official esoteric rituals or constitutional mandates, which prioritize the formal, historic title established by the founders. However, the phrase is completely embraced in modern times, utilized heavily in chapter-level communications, step show chants, and official fraternity media channels." [from AI Overview #2-retrieved June 2, 2026 ]

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"There is no recorded historical evidence or official citation that pinpoint a specific issue, page, or date where "Bruhs" or "Bruhz" made its absolute first print appearance in The Oracle.

 Because The Oracle (first published in Spring 1919) serves as the official, scholarly, and administrative journal for the "aristocracy of the Omega Psi Phi intellect", its formal publication standards have strictly guarded how language is printed. The trajectory of how these vernacular terms transitioned into the magazine reveals why a definitive "first date" remains elusive.

1.  The Strict Formal Standard of The Oracle
For the first several decades of The Oracle's existence (from the 1920s through the 1970s), editors maintained rigorous guidelines regarding fraternal nomenclature. Authors, chapter reporters, and grand officers were explicitly expected to use the formal title "Brother" (e.g., Brother Walter H. Mazyck or Brother Edgar A. Love).Slang variations were widely considered unpolished campus vernacular and were intentionally excluded from national, public-facing print. If a chapter reporter submitted a notes section using street or campus slang, it was typically scrubbed by the editorial board before publication.

2.     The Shift to Chapter Reports (Late 20th Century) When colloquialisms like "Bruhs" or "Bruhz" did eventually breach the pages of The Oracle, it did not happen via a formal cover story or a grand officer's message. Instead, it surfaced incrementally during the late 1980s and 1990s.

This inclusion happened via Undergraduate Chapter Reports. As the editorial tone shifted to accommodate authentic campus life, regional and local undergraduate chapters began incorporating their localized chants, step show lyrics, and casual greetings into their submitted updates (e.g., "The Bruhz of [X] Chapter have been working hard..."). Because these sections feature thousands of small text blurbs from across the country over many decades, historians have not isolated the single earliest printed typo or stylized submission.

Modern Official Legal Adoption
While its exact editorial debut remains an uncatalogued part of the fraternity's oral-to-written history, the modern era has seen total institutional acceptance:

Trademark Status
"Bruhz" is no longer just unwritten slang; it is an officially legally protected asset. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. holds registered trademarks for the term "BRUHZ" for apparel and organizational branding.

Modern Print & Digital Media
Today, the term is freely used across official fraternity digital campaigns, health initiatives (such as the Omega Training Camp tailored for "Bruhz"), and current digital issues of The Oracle. [from AI Overview #3-retrieved June 2, 2026]

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1993-1995
"Bruh-Man" (played by comedian Reginald Ballard) is Martin Payne's eccentric, freeloading upstairs neighbor from the hit 90s sitcom Martin. Famous for his slow drawl, signature walk, and badly fitting clothes, he constantly sneaks into Martin's apartment via the fire escape to mooch food and lounge around

Key Characteristics & Lore
The "F-a-a-a-ah 'Scape": Despite living directly upstairs on the fifth floor, Bruh-Man almost never uses the front door. He uniquely enters and exits through Martin's apartment window via the fire escape.The Catchphrases: His most famous taglines include "Bruh-Man from the fifth flo'" and "Nuttin'... just chillin'".

The Math: He frequently declares he lives on the fifth "flo'" while holding up exactly four fingers...

Famous Mannerisms -Bruh-Man is beloved for his distinct Texas-inspired country dialect. He had unique pronunciations that became fan favorites, [such as] commonly referring to:Sandwiches as "sammiches"...[AI Overview #4-retrieved June 2, 2026 ]

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the late 19th century to the 1990s
[This is the AI results for my query "Did White surfers and white fraternities'  use of the word "bro" come after black fraternities' use of the word “bruh?”]

"Yes. The slang use of both words is rooted in African American English (AAVE) and predates their widespread adoption by white surfers and collegiate fraternity members by decades.A breakdown of the historical timeline illustrates this evolution:Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries: The term "bruh" (and its earlier variant "brer") traces back to Black Southern dialects and folklore in the 1890s. By the early 1900s, "bro" was adopted in Black communities as a familiar title to address male friends and peers.

 A breakdown of the historical timeline illustrates this evolution:

Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries: The term "bruh" (and its earlier variant "brer") traces back to Black Southern dialects and folklore in the 1890s. By the early 1900s, "bro" was adopted in Black communities as a familiar title to address male friends and peers.

 Mid-20th Century: During the Civil Rights Movement, the usage expanded further within Black communities as a term of solidarity.

1960s – 1970s: White counterculture and youth subcultures (including Southern California surfers) adopted "bro" from Black slang. Surfers popularized the word and its variant "brah," embedding it into their culture.

 1990s: The stereotypical white "frat bro" or "surfer bro" archetype became cemented in mainstream pop culture (as seen in films like Encino Man), solidifying an association that had originated in Black culture decades prior." [AI Overview #5- retrieved June 3, 2026]

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the mid 20th century
"In an earlier time, the term "bro" was actually used to refer to African-American men. Today, it's a term that refers to beer-chugging frat boys in Abercrombie cargo shorts. The good folks at Oxford explain how this happened.

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What they [the Oxford blog] found was that the term "bro" used to refer to African-American men, a derivation of "brother." They write:

Bro’s meaning had begun to expand by the mid-20th century. It came to refer simply to a man (a synonym of ‘fellow’ or ‘guy’), or sometimes more specifically a black man. The rock critic Lester Bangs wrote in 1976, "if we the (presumably) white jass-buffs couldn’t get with it maybe it was only meant for the bros.

That usage of the word shifted in the ensuing decades, partly through the general appropriation of African-American culture. There were other reasons, too: One of the turning points they unearth is the cultural touchstone known as Encino Man:

By the 1970s, though, bro began to break new ground, untethered from brother. It came to mean not merely a guy, but a male friend. For instance, in the film script for the 1992 comedy Encino Man, the stage directions state: “Stoney and Hank have been bros since grammar school.”

It's been over 20 years since Encino Man was released in theaters. Today, as NPR pointed out, bros are predominantly white. Oxford explains that "by being the sort of person who says 'bro,' a person becomes a bro. In the immortal utterance 'don’t tase me, bro' it is not the person doing the tasing who is the bro, but the person being tased."…[https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2013/10/how-encino-man-changed-race-bros/310146/ "How the Bro Became White" By Alexander Abad-Santos, October 9, 2013
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from the 16th century to the 2020s
"Over many hundreds of years, a number of words have emerged that abbreviate "brother" including "bro," "bra" and now "bruh." The earliest evidence of an abbreviated use of "brother" is with the word "bro," used as early as the 16th century, said Jesse Sheidlower, former editor-at-large of the Oxford English Dictionary and an adjunct professor at Columbia University.

"Bro" usually came before "a man's name or to a character, especially the name of an animal," Sheidlower said. In African American folklore, we see "bro" being used in this way during the 19th century, especially in the Caribbean and Southern U.S., he said.

The first known use of the word "bruh" appeared much later, in the 1890s, according to Merriam Webster.

Back then it was being spelled "brer" and comes from the "Br'er Rabbit," a series of stories by Joel Chandler Harris, an American journalist and folklorist who wrote these stories from the African American oral tradition, Sheidlower said.

How has internet culture brought us to "bruh"

For a long time, "bruh" was put aside in favor of "bro" or "bra" (as surfers liked to call each other).

The use of "bruh" is a perfect example of how internet culture and especially TikTok, have transformed how people talk to each other, according to Brennan, who used to work at Know Your Meme, a website dedicated to documenting internet phenomena. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bro]

"I think 'bro' and 'bruh' are great examples of how words evolve over time and take their meaning so far away from what it used to be," Brennan explained.

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It really began with the age of the 2010s meme culture, a far simpler time in our internet's history, when the use of "bro" became widespread. While "bro" can be used as a way to refer to a friend, the internet evolved its meaning to refer to a stereotypical frat boy and their style and culture as "bro culture," Brennan said.

Brennan herself wrote the Know Your Meme page dedicated to explaining the use of  "bro."

Phrases and memes like "U Mad Bro?" became a sensation and so did "Come at me, bro" (from Jersey Shore fame). And then you have, "Don't Tase me, bro!" a phrase plucked from a viral video of a University of Florida student begging security officers not to Tase him during a Q&A with then-U.S. Sen. John Kerry. (They Tased him anyway.)

A short-lived app called Vine, where users watched and posted 6 second long videos that played on a loop, brought us to "bruh," according to Cohen, the media studies professor.

Twelve years ago high school basketball player Tony Farmer collapsed after hearing his sentence in criminal court for kidnapping, assaulting and robbing a former girlfriend. A creator on Vine used this clip and put the sound effect of someone saying "bruh" as Farmer collapsed. As far as we know, that is the origin of "bruh" on the Internet, Cohen said.

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"You could probably have a complete conversation with one word just based on how you use it. It can be despair or it could be excitement or it could be just a reference," he said.

Brennan added, "But the meaning is defined by everything happening in the moment around it, and it is a temporal word where I could say it five times a day, and each time could be like a different meaning of a sentence and it's just one sound."

Brennan had some advice for parents grappling with this new turn of phrase.

 "Don't be afraid of the slang. Just zoom out and think about how words are all made up by people, even the ones that aren't slang, and read your context clues." [https://www.npr.org/2025/06/25/nx-s1-5443929/bruh-meaning-explained-word "Brother to Bruh: How Gen Alpha slang has its origins in the 16th century", June 25, 2025 "Heard on All Things Considered" by Jaclyn Diaz

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the 1990s to date (2026)
"The use of "bro" as a universal, gender-neutral form of address for females began to gain mainstream traction in the 1990s and 2000s, largely popularized by skate and surf culture. By the 2010s, it evolved into an everyday slang staple embraced by Gen Z and Millennials

The shift in language can be broken down into a few distinct phases:

1990s (Skate and Surf Origins): Terms like "bro," "dude," and "brah" started losing their strictly masculine definitions on the West Coast. Surfers and skaters began using these terms as casual, non-offensive greetings for anyone in their social circle, regardless of gender.

2010s (Internet and Meme Culture): With the explosion of 2010s internet meme culture, "bro" and its variant "bruh" went viral. During this era, it shifted from being a mere synonym for "fellow" to a versatile pronoun replacement used in place of an individual's name.

Present Day (Mainstream Normalization): Today, "bro" functions similarly to "guys." Rather than meaning "brother," it acts as a casual, friendly exclamation to capture someone's attention ("Bro, listen..."). It is widely used by women towards both male and female friends.

Why did this happen? Linguists note that the phenomenon is similar to how "guys" evolved to refer to mixed-gender groups or women. When a society lacks a casual, gender-neutral equivalent to address an individual, masculine-coded words are often adopted as a neutral default." [AI Overview #6-retrieved June 3, 2026]

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What Does 6-7 (Six-Seven) Mean? And Where Did The Custom Of Children Saying Six Sevennn" Come From?

@Memeorphosis, Aug 31, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZzMS-PNKIs

If you've been seeing the numbers "6 7" all over your feed, you're not going crazy. It's an internet-wide inside joke that started with a Skrilla song, blew up with LaMelo Ball edits, and has now evolved into a wide spread joke and massive pattern-recognition game. We break down the full story.
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Watch this video and/or read its auto-generated transcript to learn about the "6 7" meme. 

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases three YouTube video shorts and presents information & comments about the "Six Sevennnn" (6-7) meme that is viral among kids in 2025 in the United States.

It's important to note that "6-7" is vocalized as "six sevennnn" and not as "sixty seven" ("67"). 

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural, informational, linguistic, and entertainment purposes.

I'm interested in documenting American school children's and teens' opinions and attitudes about this meme  compared with older people's attitudes and opinions about it . I'm also interested in documenting the use of African American Vernacular English and other American slang terms in some of these comments. [For example, read my comment in this pancocojams post's discussion thread about the meaning of "on bro" and "on my momma" that are included in the Selected comments section of this post.]. 

All copyrights remain with their owners. 

Thanks to all those who are featured in or are associated with these video shorts and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - The "6 -7" Meme Kid That Started it All



@YTShortsJustforyou, Sep 10, 2025

https://youtube.com/shorts/mMCNMR459sU?si=-lQP1wCThMKcTNHn

Description:
"The internet has seen thousands of memes… but few have had the staying power and absurdity of the “6–7” basketball kid. Today, we’re throwing it all the way back with the original video that gave birth to the legendary meme that took over TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and now YouTube Shorts.

This moment — a kid at a basketball game, being asked for his height and saying “6’7” with complete deadpan seriousness — became one of the most iconic, aura-rich moments in modern meme history. From Aura Farming lore to NPC compilations, this clip is the Rosetta Stone of meme energy.

The delivery, the look, the vibes — everything about this moment feels like it was blessed by the meme gods. It spawned countless remixes, voiceovers, parodies, and compilations of fake flexes, unearned confidence, and peak rizzless aura. It’s been referenced in basketball edits, TikTok stitches, and even branded content.

We’re talking about a core memory of the Meme Multiverse. This is where the “he’s not 6’7” but he believes he is energy began. It’s the intersection of NPC behavior, rizz delusion, and high school gymnasium chaos — a true cultural artifact.

If you're new here, welcome to the Auraverse. If you're an OG, you already know this is part of the generational meme debt that reshaped internet humor. This is more than a clip — it's a timestamp in meme evolution, forever etched in the algorithm."...

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - 6 7 🤣🤣 ‪@Scottyskits‬ #67 #memes #skit


MattyMoellz, Jul 11, 2025

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Here's my summary of these two skits: (Additions and corrections are welcome.)
Caption on the screen: "POV: That one friend that won't stop making 67 jokes".

Skit #1: Two young men are walking together outside. The White man asks the Black man when they are going to go hoop [play basketball.] The Black man says "around 6 or 7". The White man smiles and says "6 or 7!" (This is said in the meme standardized way with the number 7 elongated at the end and is said while performing the double handed gesture with both palms up near his waist juggling them up and down.  

Skit #2: The same young White man asks a man (his father?) standing on a porch how tall he [the man standing on the porch] is. The man responds "6ft 7". The young White man says "6 or 7!" in the meme standardized way....   
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Here's a comment from this video's discussion thread: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O2iJhdoAzw
@lucijavukcevic6385
"History teach said something about 1967 and all of us screamed SIX SEVEN! Also he said a distance between two villages is 67 m and the same reaction was there. We're so cooked bruh. I wish I could go back to what's 9 + 10"

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF THE SIX SEVEN (6-7) MEME

Here are the AI results for the question "What does 6-7 mean in slang?" [September 27, 2025]
"AI Overview

The slang meme "6-7," pronounced "six seven," originated from a song by the hip-hop artist Skrilla in December 2024 and became viral on TikTok, with its meaning being intentionally vague. It functions as a nonsensical, versatile phrase that can be used in many contexts, often with a double-handed gesture.

Origin and Spread

Skrilla's "Doot Doot": The term emerged from the 2024 song "Doot Doot" by Skrilla, where he rapped the line, "6-7, I just bipped right on the highway".

TikTok virality: The phrase gained significant traction on TikTok, becoming a popular meme and entering everyday text-speak.

Meaning and Usage

Vague and nonsensical: The key feature of the "6-7" meme is its lack of a concrete meaning. Users employ it in a wide variety of situations, relying on the established context to give it a perceived sense of coherence.

Hand gesture: The phrase is often accompanied by a double-hand gesture that resembles weighing two options, adding to its playful and ambiguous nature.

Explainer videos: The meme's deliberately nonsensical nature led to viral explainer videos on TikTok, with educators and users trying to decipher its meaning, which in turn contributed to its widespread popularity.

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE OFFICIAL YOUTUBE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR SKRILLA'S HIP HOP TRACK "DOOT DOOT" THAT IS THE SOURCE OF THE SIX SEVEN MEME 

Pancocojams Editor's Note:
I chose not to embed this video because it contains profanity and some scenes that I consider to be problematic.

All of these comments are from 2025.

Numbers are added to these comments for referencing purposes only.

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Skrilla - Doot Doot (6 7) (Official Music Video)

Skrilla, Feb 18, 2025  #skrilla #dootdoot [7 months ago]

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnygT6ANLzQ&list=RDXnygT6ANLzQ&start_radio=1

1. @Sh4d0w425
"Dude got everyone at school saying "6 7" "

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2. @TheKarmell88
"Everyone in 5th grade be saying 6 7"

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3. @fefe_thedee
"Everyone keeks saying 6 7 and I was like what?"

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4. @SaturnRBLXDude
" @TheKarmell88 im in 7th grade, and i always hear 6th graders say 6 7"

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5. @prabhjotkaurdhaliwal6850
"Frrrrrr bro"
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"for real bro"

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6. @SorayaAlami-j7e
"@TheKarmell88 REAL😭🙏"

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7. @ImaBig_SWIFTIE
"What does it mean?"

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8. @SorayaAlami-j7e
"@ it’s a song😭🙏"

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9. @ImaBig_SWIFTIE
"@ I mean 6 7 everyone is saying it"

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10. @FeeterVR
"Fr bro"

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11. @WhereAreTheAvacados.Official
"SAME"

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12. @TheJazTalks
"Why?  😂 Do yall even know why or what yall saying?"

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13. @jamesgrizzel653
" @REBIRTHED_DISCIPLE  No body knows.  It just sounds cool.  Skrilla doesnt even know"

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14. @BusNinety1
"Fr no one knows the lyrics but me they only know 6 7!"

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15. @lucid-692
"everybody my in 7th grade class keeps saying “Six-Sevennnnn”  😭🙏🙏"

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16. @diegoposadas3752
"Yall know 6'7 is talking about graves right? 6 feet down 7 feet apart its pretty obvious if youve been a long time skrilla fan but these kids on tiktok think its a height joke or something😂💀"

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17. @SorayaAlami-j7e
" @diegoposadas3752  yea but I just go with the joke"

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18. @Leostixx86_First_Officer
"Bro this is so true like I'm tired  of the boys in my class saying 67😊"

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19. @SupremeNaveen
"Same bro"

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20. @BigMKdaGOAT
"I’m in 7th and my homie be in my ear talkin abt some “Mk guess what,…SIX SEVEEENNNNN” 

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21. @user-bob69
"So true my whole grade says and my class says it at least 55 times and that’s is a understatement"

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22. @Ridewithme-h4q
"Ya 😂 guess what (6,7)"

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23. @bkomi
"​@ImaBig_SWIFTIE It's a reference to the measurements of coffins (6 - 7 1/2 feet long)"

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24. @CalvinLane-kj6ec
"Yeah my school is saying that"

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25. @CameronYT1620
"Same Even my girl saying it and my friends"

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26. @ambernicole15able
"On bro"
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Read my comment in this post's discussion thread about the meanings of "on bro" and the related comment #28 "on my momma". 

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27. @Dcfootballguy
"Frrrrr😊"

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28. @KDtheHitman
"On my momma tho bro im in middle school the girls be day 6’7 like what"

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29. @DDOsama-e2v
"I was wondering why my friend kept saying that"

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30. @kingvonc9w
"Me and my friends all be saying it"

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31. @baconhair1491
"People in my high school says it"

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32. @rayseankeysean17
"Doot dooot🌝😍🥰🦭🌬️🙄🥰🌝🤍🤍🤍🤦🏽‍♀️"

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33. @Jefff_XD
"Shades on, I'm Boul Wit Da Glasses

Bro say er 'cause he a savage

So many dead opps, so many ashes (brrt)

You ain't catch that, I can't pass this (come here)

Shooter stay strapped, I don't need mine

Bro put belt right to they behind

The way that switch brrt, I know he dyin' (oh my, oh my God)

6-7, I just bipped right on the highway (bip, bip)"
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34. @ChristineRankine
"Shooter

Stay strapped I don’t need mine bro put betting’s to they behind  brr no I know he dying 67"
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35. @joshfleming912
"Dude so many people don’t know who skrilla is but know 67 it’s confusing, “I think my kids bein rude” they don’t have context and skrilla is SKRILLA this meme really exposed to the kids who’s really an auntie and who’s geek gee geekie-ed up

Skrilla ain’t for the kids he shines light on a world that “don’t exist”respect from “mass ave” to “Kensington” I actually see what you doing I ain’t seen k strip or skid but I grew up around methadone mile it’s the same here"
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a "geek" etc. is up to date with that lingo.

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36. @MalteGrillmaster
"This dude sent up a bat signal with ts song🥀✌🏻"

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37. @mavericknazar
"Bro introduced fire to Nomads"

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38. @baileycalton4408
"I ❤ #67"

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39. @arturofernandez725
"you don't know the pain I have as a math teacher. I hear this reference like 6, 7 times a day."

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40. @antonesantos2418
"67 FOREVER ♾️"

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41. @MinenhleMabuza-n8f
"This world just got 67.67% cooked I'm 67 years old this came 6'7 months ago"

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42. @1Legend1Legacy
"Should have 67 million views"

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43. @peanutsveryepicchannel8699
"6-7 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"

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44. @Jaws552Fans
"I’m here (on my child’s channel) to find out what this 6,7 shyt about and baby im disappointed 😢"
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45. @Terriblytangentwkryssy
"I know some of my brain cells just died 😫. Came here after hearing people saying 6-7 🤦🏾‍♀️"

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46.@mr_samyar1234
"Broo why did you start 67 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭" 

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47. @jimjamjay159159
"What is happening with the world today.

I wanted to understand why my daughter was always saying 6 7....

And this is the reason....

God help humanity 🤦😂"

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48. @MwangazaElelwa
"now its a meme that started in the summer and is never gonna end 😭😭😭😭"

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49. @Lunargalaxy30
"I keep hearing this at school PLZ MAKE IT STOP!!"

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50. @Vanessa_barros654
"bro is the reason why the kids at my school be screaming 67"

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51. @user-qx5vq4xe4i
"Heard 6-7 year olds chanting the “6-7” came to find out this. What a generation to be in"

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52. @Skylar-l0ves
"My entire freshmen class says six seven. I hear it at least ten times a day. I would rather be taking four more honors classes than hear this anymore. I'm already in four."

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53. @Thetoxicpeaceful1
"But would you rather six or perhaps even seven more honor classes?"

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54. @ghoul_entity2912
"your lucky clearly. i hear it 50 times a day at LEAST"

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55. @lindycadwall2432
"Imagine how your teachers feel 😂🙏"

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56. @ghoul_entity2912
"@lindycadwall2432  they participate in the brainrot 😭"

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57. @greatkentuckian9032
"I recently became a new Social Studies high school teacher, and so many freshmen were repenting this 6-7 phrase so many times that I had to ask what it meant.  They told me to listen to this song which is honestly mid.  The New Gen is truly rotten in the brain."

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58. @TapOnRT
"SIX SEVENNNNNNN"

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59. @ulrichwarthen
"It's crazy because it's not even funny. The meme itself lacks the fundamentals of what makes a joke a "joke". Like Skibidi was stupid to but I can at least see why they find it funny. It's not very funny in general but at least it has some sensibility behind it. This 6 7 thing genuinely isn't even a joke. Kids just pointed at a random spot on a blank wall and laughed 💀"

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60. @irony_razor
"it turned our brains into mango pulp"

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61. @oliviatilleman8055
"girl this is NOT the first generation to have this kind of brainrot"

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62.@BobBacon-b7p
"It did to most of my classmates and they say nothing but 67"

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63. @lilredjellybean
"Truth. I had no idea what people meant by 6 7... my millennial brain can't comprehend this. 😂 "

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64.@jacobstaten2366
"I'm a bus driver and was so confused as to why the grad schoolers kept saying "6, 7" over and over. None of them could explain it. They just said it was a tic tok thing."

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65. @ybgdavis10
"what the 6-7🤣✌️"

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66. @OTE
"six-sevennnnnnnnnnn"

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67. @crusiix-r7e
"6 7😂😂✌️✌️6️⃣7️⃣7️⃣7️"

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68. @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
"rappers sure are dumb huh????????? how about writing about REAL stuff like um, idk, WORDS?????!!!!!!!! wtf is this " MUMBLE RAP " crap????!!!!!! hip-hop has solid rules and regulations and if you don't follow them i will get so mad about it i swear"

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69. @sereneove
"@LUSCIOUSDUNCAN  BOIIIIIIII TS SO 67💀💀💀💀"

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70. @MustardMango67-SyBaU
"@LUSCIOUSDUNCAN  BOIIIII get your garden gnome telephone ahh outta here  don’t disrespect the 67 bluds 😂😂😂😂🫱🏼🫱🏼🫱🏼🫱🏼🫱🏼"

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71. @JacksonWarzone
"SIXXX SEVEENNNN😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍"

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72. @Taffy_brain
"What does 6 7 even mean?!?"

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73. @Solomonstvr
"@ bro frfr I thought bro was bragging about his height. That whole song I need translated. Like I’m 30 and from these areas and I feel like he around my age I never heard any of this"

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74. @loyallibra2133
"No one knows what it mean 🤷🏾‍♀️"

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75. @JoAnnLuna-d1j
"Yooooooo get out 6-7777777"

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76. @frankocean9173
"What’s 67 mean to you"

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77. @diegoposadas3752
"@frankocean9173 Yall know 6'7 is talking about graves right? 6 feet down 7 feet apart its pretty obvious if youve been a long time skrilla fan but these kids on tiktok think its a height joke or something😂💀"

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78. @chou3amax499
"six seven 😂😂"

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79. @NathanielMetrock
"Even the ancient Egyptian's were fond of nonsense that nobody in the future could understand.

Congratulations about your comment."

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80. @TanOpperations
"When we all turn 67 we gotta bring this back"

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81. @lkb_runner4893
"How bout we don't"

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82. @Pink37021
"Hell no"

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83. @boiling_waterburns
"My school has 67 all over the walls and our teachers say it and played KPOP demon hunters and this song bro"

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84. @thenorthsface
"Some of yall complaining about “6 7” like we wasn’t yelling “21” through the hallways all day. 😭"

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85. @xxsantana-e9f
"1738 in my days 😂"

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86. @smoke_something
"Y'all age showing 😂 or maybe it's me 🤔"

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87. @MassimoBardini
"wtf even is 21"

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88. @napoleon3026
"@MassimoBardini  21 savage probably"

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89. @mintyCS
"@MassimoBardini  21 savage mixed with the whats 10+9 thing"

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90. @Cheet7
"​ @MassimoBardini  get off the ipad kid it's well over your bedtime"

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91. @Thejackelplayz
"My generation said "Ballinnnnnnn""

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92. @repentanceee
"what yall know about 1337"

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93. @smoke_something
" @Thejackelplayz WE FLYYYY"

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94. @noer4000
"21 was peak bro"

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95. @noer4000
"@MassimoBardini  are you like 9"

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96. @noer4000
" @napoleon3026  no it's what's 9+10? 21"

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97. @AshGhosh1
"And Marco Polo 😔"

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98. @inkypiinky
"Omg yes!! "What's 9+10?"

"Twenty-oneeee"  "

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99. @MrShronk
"True, however, 21 had meaning, it was in its own video. 67 is literally 3 separate incidents that made 1 big meme. You're telling me I'm supposed to trace some kid with blond hair in analog horror edits, back to Skrilla?"

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100. @maliahjoy2959
"We used to say 1 back in my day"

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101. @theghostreckon316
"Or 17 38 😅"

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102. @D4Dayz812
"sayin “69” was also a thing too vro"

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103. @mbrown176
"The Song Came Out 6, 7 months ago.... 6,7!!!!"

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104. @AfomiyaHailu-o2t
"I hear this song 6 7 timesss"

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105. @DanielleDavis-q8v
"67 ALL DAY.💯💯💯💯💯💯"

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Keke Palmer's Jennifer Hudson Show Spirit Tunnel Video "It's Keke It's Your Girl" (with comments that include African American Vernacular English words & expressions)

 

@JenniferHudsonShow, January 31, 2025
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Total # of views as of Feb. 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM EST-  185,465

Total # of comments as of Feb. 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM EST- 1,088
 
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Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision - Feb. 2, 2025

This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube video short of Keke Palmer's January 31, 2025 Jennifer Hudson Show Spirit Tunnel (post episode taping video) and includes the words to this Keke Palmer Spirit Tunnel chant.

In addition, this post presents selected examples of comments from the discussion thread for this video short.

I'm particularly interested in documenting some of the comments in that discussion thread that include African American Vernacular English words or expressions and/or other references to African Americans.*

The Addendum to this post presents some information about the "Sorry to this man
I hope he understands" meme that was sparked by Keke Palmer's words in 2019 and that were used as part of her 2024 Jennifer Hudson Show Spirit Tunnel chant.  

The content of this post is presented for cultural, etymological, and entertainment purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Keke Palmer for her cultural legacy. Thanks also to all those who are associated with the Jennifer Hudson Show Spirit Tunnels and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. 
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 * This post doesn't highlight those words/expressions or include any meanings or explanations for these words/expressions.  

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WORDS FOR "IT'S KEKE- IT'S YOUR GIRL" CHANT

(Staff singing in unison)

It’s Keke
It’s your girl
It’s Keke
It’s your girl
It’s Keke
It’s your girl
Sorry to that man
If he don’t understand.

(Repeat entire chant with some people saying adlibs such as "oooh" or  "Yeah" after the line "It's your girl")
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Update: Feb. 2, 2025
I wasn't aware until now that Keke Palmer's Spirit Tunnel chant combined two of her memes: the 2021 "It's your girl" meme and the 2019 "Sorry to that man/If he don't understand" meme. For comments about the Keke Palmer "It's your girl" meme, click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmjNf6IywCc Keke Palmer REACTS to #ItsYoGirlTrend #shorts, published by Entertainment Tonight, October 27, 2021.

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD

All of these comments are from January 31, 2025 and Feb. 1, 2025.

These comments are given in relative chronological order with the oldest comments given first, except for replies. (I added one of these comment, Sorry. I couldn't resist.) 

Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

https://youtube.com/shorts/f0R4j_uaiZ4?si=-ItBqATH-9Phg5cU

1 @kikiboharris1010
"Alright, Keke!!"

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2. @marionjackson1283
"Kiki you did that Spirit Tunnel!!"

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3. @sophialorencoffee9055
"Keke energy is always on a legendary level"

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4. @BeautyNTheBudget
"Keke is a forever vibe ❤"

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5. @vyearby1111
"A WHOLE VIBE!❤"

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6. @MavethTheReaper
"Whitney vibes, so boss"

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7. @lucillestoudemire387
"Ok girl U rocking that Ginger hair color!!"

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8. @CassMont-q6w
"Yesssss  Vibes galore!!!!"

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9.@rhondabaldwin7529
"Love you Babygirl ❤"

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10.@Hi.Shadow
"She did that lol😊"

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11. @sherylrendon1710
"She worked that dress, her crazy self.😂"

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12.@CivilianTrends
"Looking like Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett. #WaitingtoExhale #Keke #JHud"

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13. @AminahImani
"ATE!!!!"

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14.@imaladywith3
"And left no crumbs 😂"

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15. @lazybaby15
"Ok Keke Houston. We see you❤😂😂"

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16. @troycardi219
"Sister is Gorgeous"

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17.@Matai-f4b
"Love me some Lauren Palmer"

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18.@jasonchristopher5316
"Listen, Keke is ALWAYS ready for a turn up moment. I live!"

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19. @purple-reign1027
"Lawd have mercy- that woman is SO fine. Blk excellence!!"

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20. @B_ready4671
"Why is she so crazy 😆😆😆"

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21.@kingtryton
"She's giving Whitney vibes before the industry broke her"

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22. @alishamaxine375
"I just knew she would bring it! Her and Aaron need a dance off 😂"

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23. @tamekakey9686
"I don't expect anything less from KeKe she is such a vibe 🙂. I didn't know that my 3 year old granddaughter could hear me watching this until I heard her coming down the hall singing "It's KeKe it's your girl" 🤣!"

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24. @s.kelley7411
"She went from a cute little girl from Akeelah and the Bee and other movies 🍿🎥 she were in as a kid to a gorgeously beautiful young woman 👠👠. She looks effortlessly flawless and her hairstyle is BANGING too. Work it KP!!!"

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25. @HouseOfAriaLynn
"Yessssss KEKE You Better Swing That Natural Hair 😝😝😝😝"

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26.@mimisalazar3133
"Knew Keke was gonna come wit da sauce❤❤❤❤"

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27. @ShayJohnson-bp4si
"I love that natural hair boo😂😂😂😂"

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28. @red143rene
"Ok Ms Keke?!? The walking while shaking her head was 🔥"

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29. @QltyJwl
"It's Lauren Palmer now, she wishes for everyone to call her by her birth name and not her family's nickname KeKe.💙💙💙💙"

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30. @prettybrwneyez7757
"🙄gone forever be KeKe"

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31.@Tashamoneyo
"Giiiirl, KeKe you did that 👏🏾 🙌🏾 walk....while strutting giving "Whitney " vibes🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤LOVE IT BEAUTIFUL"

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32. @acmdu89
"She understood the assignment ladies and gentlemen!!!❤❤ Best one yet."

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33. @Mrs.Smith1093
"Naw It's Mufassa got her 😂😂. She number 2"

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34. @WhatsBiggin
"You should see the one where she arrived. That was the one!"

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35. @ericdaniel2638
"Straight up fool!😂😅😊 Gotta LOVE Keke ❤️"

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36.@leopoldgordon-w9g
"Go  Go  KEKE 👑🤎😘🥰😍🧬🌍❤️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️❤❤❤❤❤ You're AMAZING TALENTED and GIFTED WOW Love That SUPER CUTE HAIRSTYLE ITS VERY PRETTY MELANIN BEAUTY 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎"

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37.@e.d.h5533
"Best Spirit Tunnel dance.  You are nothing but beauty, joy, and vitality.  Thanks for blessing us with positivity every time you appear on tv. 😊 ❤❤❤"

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38.@letssee6473
"KeKe is thee bestie that lives in my head!! Such a kee!!"

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39.@csparklet
"Love this!  She's living her best life!"

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40. @valmcnair7397
"Why I'm stuck here? I'm rocking with her on my couch. Can't do the head circles though. I got vertigo.

😂😂😂I be dizzy.

She did that. I love her. She brought life. Its Keke, its your girl. OK, I'm leaving.  😂😂😂❤❤❤❤"

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41.@The1Only-k9r
"Love the realness baby girl😂❤❤"

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42. @johnjackson1466
"Alright Whitney Houston look alike. 👀🙏🏾📺💐🥂🍾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾"

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43. @cynthiagomes2979
"YUP!! Best one yet!! Confidence shining bright!!❤"

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44. @kathygrant3987
"Love you girl. You are now grown and fly ❤️"

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45. @tarahardy26
"Its the shade for me… sorry for that man if he dont understand🤔🤦🏽‍♀️😂😂😂"

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46. @myrnasmith4089
"Strut baby!!"

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47.@dorisbyrd5338
"😅 I love her acting and I truly enjoyed how Keke struted down the walkway;  especially after I paused this video several times;

it showed the sheer joy she was having with each step too. And the facial expressions 😂❤🎉  

Thank you; Keep on making us Proud, Ms. Keke."

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48. @latrelltruesdale3169
"YEESSS MA'AM❣️❣️❣️"

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49. @MsKylea
"The lady in the back wirh the sweater and jeans is a whole vibe"

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50. @preciousuno70
"Soul Train Line walked so that JHud Tunnel could RUN. 😏🥰🎶💃🕺"

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51. @pamalawilliams550
"The head twist did it for me! I love the red on her❤❤❤❤🎉🎉😂😂"

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52. @ygtchris1626
"Yea I’m stealing this hair color, period cousin!!!!"

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53. @deborahwilliams6630
"Yaassssssss!! It's Keke she's that girl. Those curls gave life 🎉

I love her. 💜💜💜💜💜💜" 

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54.@victoriaparker-mothershed9427
"I'm loving that hair color on her and she is giving Whitney vibes big time. Love ya girl ❤"

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55.@pookybear2155
"She is our siss❤"

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56. @laroyah.muhammad6402
"Keke is gonna always SERVE!!!! ❤❤❤❤"

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57. @SB-jt1ur
"Did y’all see the crew.. ole girl in the  color block shirt and the other chick on the right.. they kilt it too!!!!❤❤"

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58. @arlenesmalls2959
"👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🔥🔥🔥She did her thing👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️💕"

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59. @positiveenergyonly4748
"Goo KEE KEE💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽 Swing That Hair Giirrlll🥰"

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60. @dominiquewashington4761
"When I tell you she looks like a young Whitney Houston! ❤🎉❤🎉. You Betta work that isle Keke! Hahahaha 😊😅"

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61. @JordanFREEMAN-i3p
"She feeling the vibbeee❤❤😂😂"

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62.@miarawks
"Period 🫳🏾😊"

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63.@naturalcurls1513
"I enjoy watching Keke grow !! She can be both serious and funny practically at the same time!!❤😂😊"

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64. @orawelch3462
"Knew she was gonna be extra but I'm here for it! 😂"

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65.@AC-nd1fz
"One of the best spirit walks!! She has amazing energy!!"

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65. @followGreatness
"Spirit walk? What is a spirit walk!"

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66. @iluvmjjandfam96
"@followGreatness when the JHud show team sings to the guests, it’s called the spirit tunnel. When the guests walk down said tunnel, it would be considered a spirit walk."

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66. @aliciawinston6507
"She definitely understands the assignment.. I ❤ love that.."

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67. @Laviniatleonard
"Love how she heard them and immediately got on with it. Such a star."

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68. @Dwight876official
"She gave us I woke up like this,

You got it girl, let me see walk, in the club and then went all the way to Jamaica with that dutty whine❤❤❤"

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69.@karenjoyner6075
"Ok. Sooo let's talk about the spirit tunnel folks. They are the livest bunch. The sis on the right with the torn jeans, though. She is feeling it. She is giving!"

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70.@whatisaheck
"She ate this one up real bad ❤"

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71.@aliap.1234
"Babee! I knew Keke was gonna turn up!🎵 Sorry to that man if he don't understand 🎵😂Go Keke!❤❤❤❤"

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72. @justinlong5589
"Keke hella giving young Whitney vibes im sure Whitney somewhere smiling down!!"

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73. @Luvnthegodnme
"New spirit tunnel challenge to learn asap 😂😂😂"

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74. @gunxstha
"LOVE HER ATTITUDE 😂❤"

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75.@Dori90210
"This one will live on in the archives😍😍"

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76. @nichellesanchez3701
"Oh they did two songs for her! Love it! One for her entrance before the interview and one after the interview!

Everybody loves Keke! 🧡🔥🧡🔥🧡🔥"

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76.@novellag.thomas2574
"KeKe is always a vibe to me Virgo energy 💚"

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77.@nyny9598
"The one in the beige sweatshirt and blue ripped jeans was killin it for a sec!"

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78. @lorisharay1593
"Yo, "sorry to that man..." was her best quote ever 😅"

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80. @jbxta28
"@lorisharay1593 it sure was!!! I quote it often. 🤣🤣🤣"

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81. @Prettiest-EYEZ
"Just love Keke 😅😂 She did her thing walking down the tunnel 😅. You slay, You Rock ,
You definitely owned the look and walk. ❤😂"

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82. @monetja21
"I love me some KeKe Palmer. She is so charismatic."

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83.@Whatsgoingon-2025
"She sure turned out to be a BEAUTIFUL 🎉🎉BLACK WOMAN🎉🎉"

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84. @estephaniap9027
"I know we all talking about how Keke killed the walk, but check my girl in the torn jeans keeping the energy going! 😂"

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85. @Ol1v1as_world
"What about the employee with the tan sweatshirt and ripped jeans???!!! AYE AYE 🔥"

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86. @TheUnknownSpiderMan
"That "Sorry to that man, if he don't understand" slaps!"

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87.@karenbutler6784
"Keke is a GOAT!!! ❤"

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88. @patricewallace7150
"Keke is now favorite tunnel dance sorry guys loving the hair color"

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89.@msde625
"Ms. Keke came ready to dance down that Soul Train line. 😂"

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90. @delvinthomas3587
"SHE WILL ALWAYS BE AKEELA AND THE BEE IN MY BOOK 🎉😂!!!!!!!"

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91. @tammiewalker3485
"I❤me some KeKe she’s beautiful and so full of positive energy that you can’t help but❤her that’s my girllllll 👍🏾"

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92. @SSSS-wq4vn
"Chile I’m on the train and saw this and had to stop myself from dancing.

Keke is that girl.

I’m so proud of her.

Keep smiling, keep inspiring."

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93.@acmdu89
"She understood the assignment ladies and gentlemen!!!❤❤ Best one yet."

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94. @Mrs.Smith1093
"Naw It's Mufassa got her 😂😂. She number 2"

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95. @latonniahodges8593
"It's OUR GURLLLLLL KEKE SO DOWN TO EARTH AND BEAUTIFUL ❤❤❤💚💚💚💯💓"

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96. @MichaelLindsey-x5p
"The lady on the left with the dreads 😍"

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97.@cherylhill3302
"Love my people ❤❤❤❤❤"

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98. @Mrs.Kimmiee
"She’s always extra. She’s a whole vibe.😂😂😂"

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99. @nalosabali
"how many times did i watch this??? 😂😂😂😂😂 pure joy!!!😍😍😍😍😍"

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100.@JustUdoro
"She is a flipping VIBE!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I thank the Lord for her!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 KEEP GOING KEKE!!! 🙌🏾🔥🔥🔥"

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101. @ladytiff3610
"❤❤.... Okay Keke... giving me my life with the Whitney look... I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT ❤️"

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102. @lie395
"Looking like Angela Basset is coming down the tunnel all over again 🥰😍"

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103.@atlsongbyrd6084
"😭😭😭Not the sorry to that man lol!"

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104.@lindak.mcleod5858
"KEKE !! GIRL YOUR LOOKING GOOD GIRLLL!!! ❤❤❤❤ you have always been my girl ever since you were little. First and beauty shop then Akeelah and the Bee and the football movie wi !!! th Ice Cube. I'm so proud of you continued success...."

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105. @azizip171
"And don't forget the 2007 movie Jump! that KeKe starred in about teenagers in Double Dutch competitions. I think part of the reason we love Keke is that It's like we're watching a young relative of ours growing up and become successful."

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106. @wilanderfan22
"Oh she was READY ready 🔥❤"

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107. @TradeWynn65
"Now that's how you do the Spirit Tunnel 👏"

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108.W@yahwehschild2519
"This is soooo giving Whitney Houston!!$e all knew Keke was going to Show out 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾"

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109. @KayJames-z4t
"This is the most lit entrance...I didn't expect anything less from her 😅"

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110. @teekay3395
"This is top 5 for sure"

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111. @TheUnknownSpiderMan
"That "Sorry to that man, if he don't understand" slaps!"

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112. @renjoSounds
"A whole bop!!!!!"

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113.@MoniqueMeredith
"Get it girl . I love u girl . I love the spirit tunnel"

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114.@417mytimenow
"Yes ma'am Keke, you rocked that spirit tunnel to the ground! This is my 2nd best one with Aaron Pierre being number 1."

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115. @sisqo7dew
"Definitely Whitney Houston vibes with the first pose and that walk!"

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116. @lizzysmith4484
"Omg she's Angela Bassett twin"

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117.@Sapphiresocean
"🚨🚨🥰💯💜💙💚♥️Aayyyeee KeKe!!! You had this girl!! Love it lil sis!! 💜💙💚♥️💯😍😘🥰"

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118. @lashonhenry4105
"I love how they have a Theme for every guest. KeKe is sooo Hilarious and Beautiful. And yes I see Whitney Whitney  in herrrr tooo."

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119. @rehemahenderson9929
"My new fav tunnel walk! She worked that walk from beginning to end!

"It's KeKe! It's your girl!" And, we cant firget all the staff back there bringing all the vibez!! I love them!!!"

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120.@Fabluxwigs
"Whoever did that adlib - “oooh” perfectly on cue before “Sorry to that man” 👏🏾👏🏾"

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121. @Ch0c0lateG0ddess
"Keke really is the young fun auntie lmao 😂❤️"

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122.@Nell_3
"I love this young lady. She’s such a bright light and a positive vibe. She’s beautiful and I’m loving her hair. She had me weak when she says she compliments her hair and asks it to grow 😅That’s was so cute 🥰 💙"

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123.@traceymassie3582
"She murdered it❤❤❤❤❤ Luv her"

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124.@andreyamatthew2006
"This song and her energy is everythingggggg 😆😆😆😆😆🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩"

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125.@JoQreative
"That was great 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I would listen to most of these on repeat on, say  a Spotify podcast type or a whole YouTube compilation frome first to the present. Good on ya, JHUD! Ya, brilliance is showing!"

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126. @michelledilligard1131
"I Knew Keke was going to cut up!❤❤❤"

And She looks amazing while doing it.❤"

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127.@nathanielhutson3580
"My fav ❤ she ate this and sorry to that man if he don't understand"

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128.@FeliciaakaMsPhat
"I already knew she was gonna show up & show out... 😂 come on now, it's KeKe!!!"

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129. @baulitious1710
"Who comes with this cheers? 😂😂😂 Much love to the Sprit Tunnel hype people❤❤❤"

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130.@chiefoegift3402
"Yasssssssssssss girlllllllll!!!!🔥🔥

You’re a Queen!!!👑✨🤎"

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131. @macwell
"I just CAYN'T with KEKE!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀"

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132. @JamaicanDeelite
"This is how you do the spirit tunnel! Keke looking fabulous in that outfit, curls popping and attitude always at 100. I love it! 😁❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥"

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133.@JaeD904
"Her wig understood the assignment.  It stayed in place. I like this color and still on KeKe."

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134.@allyssahubbard3514
"Kekeeeeee!! The best walk yet,she got the memo!❤❤❤"

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135.@bijouxombakamango176
"1. Keke Palmer

2. Aaron Pierre

3  Lucky daye

4. Tia Mowry"

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136.@zsaymoore
"The best so far. Keke is explosive. She knows how to have her moment 😀💜"

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137.  @jali276
"It's the sista on the right in the ripped jeans for me, get it sis! KeKe will always be THAT GIRL!❤"

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138. @reneeedwards9109
"Keke did it like no other. She got down dancing 💃 and we know this is going viral .Dancing with the stars where are you?

Got to have Keke on the show."

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139. @britneylacy8991
" "Sorry to that man if he don’t understand, it’s Keke” they bodieddd this chant😭"
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140. @MissRaeRae085
"I love that they did two different versions for her and she ate on both!!!"

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141. @ohyeah2269
"I love how black girl magic always owns this tunnel ❤ love Kiki"

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142. @Von.Blacc.831
"Come thru Virgo ♍️ energy!!! #AlwaysWinning ♍️♍️❤"

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143.@striving1
"Yes Keke, it's wonderful to watch you grow up, overcome and triumph and be open with your failures. You are AWESOME 😎 Don't forget whether you like it or not, many are looking up to you. No pressure though. You keep looking to God, becoming a Mom changes your whole view on life."

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144 @tracieproverbs31
"I had to watch again so i could see how the staff was getting it in too. She had everybody vibing"

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145.@nursejackye
"Keke understood the assignment!  Best female response to the Spirit Tunnel so far. Aaron Pierre (that's Mufsa 😂) wins best male."

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146.@lakep7798
"THE BEST energy of any woman in the spirit tunnel yet!! 😂😂❤. I KNEW she’d bring it!  That’s what you call dancing the MESS out of the spirit tunnel 😂"

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147. @jaxie_logo
"I love Keke!!! My spirit sister!!! She slays she’s a queen!! 👏🏻 👏🏻 love her ❤


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148.@Li-Anderson
"💃🎶💃🎶Keke killed it!😂Wait a minute check out ladies in the back though!😂💃🎶💃"

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149. @c________782
"Okay. This is now favorite one! Aaron is now 2nd. Sorry to that man! 😅😂❤"

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150.@kem.essien
"My sentiments exactly 😂"

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151. @charleneblake4150
"Naaaaah, where do I apply because the energy of them spirit tunnelers🎉❤ and Miss Palmer don't miss ❤❤❤"

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152.@denisebrown2622
"🎶Sorry to that man if he don’t understand🎶 talking about her baby’s daddy lol 😂 I love that spirit tunnel so much"

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153. @afrilifewealth8743
"Could not click on this fast enough. Everything popping, the hair, the dress, grove-moves, the chants. Had this on repeat❤"

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154. @melissaj7535
"Baby we see you keke. I love it❤❤"

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155.@maroonrebel
"That’s gonna give Aaron Pierre a serious completion. She understood the assignment and came prepared.

And, she killed it like a pro!🎉❤"

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156.@direland8484
"KeKe is definitely my girl!! Love her energy & raw talent. I’m adopting her as my niece. Come on #ChiTown"

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ADDENDUM- INFORMATION ABOUT KEKE PALMER'S "SORRY TO THIS MAN. i  HOPE HE UNDERSTANDS" MEME

https://www.etalk.ca/tv/keke-palmer-responds-to-her-viral-lie-detector-test.html "Keke Palmer responds to her viral lie detector test" A meme-alicious moment. by Sadia Ahmad, September 16, 2019 
..."When Keke Palmer participated in Vanity Fair's ongoing Lie Detector Test series, she quickly went viral, not for what she knew—but for what she didn’t. When the questioning turned to her time playing the titular character in the Nickelodeon show, True Jackson, VP, the interviewer asked whether she felt she was a better VP than real-life US vice president Dick Cheney.  It's certainly a compelling character study, but it turns out Keke actually has no idea who that man is . . .  like, at all."I hate to say it, I hope I don’t sound ridiculous," she said, shaking her head. "I don’t know who this man is. I mean he could be walking down the street, and I wouldn’t know a thing… Sorry to this man." Her complete rejection of the man in the photo has inspired a whole host of online memes, from desired reactions to exes, to Dory from Finding Nemo comparisons"...
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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1QAcv2GSwA for a video of the 2019 Keke Palmer Vanity Fair clip that sparked this meme "Sorry To This Man" meme:
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Here's a portion of the auto-generated transcript from a January 17, 2025 interview that Keke Palmer has on the nationally televised talk show Late Night with Seth Meyers in which Keke talks about her viral "Sorry to This Man" comment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AysFViMWl9k  Keke Palmer Explains Her Viral "Sorry to This Man" TikTok Sound published by Late Night with Seth Meyers, Jan 17, 2025

from 2:56 to 4:02 in that video clip:

(Seth Meyers/SM)-I want to ask you how often you get approached
about a viral moment you had.
(Keke Palmer/KP) -Ooh.
(SM)-You were -- You were shown a photo of Dick Cheney.
(KP)-[ Laughing ] Yes.
(SM) And you --
Which is I'm jealous of this.
You did not recognize him.
(KP) [ Laughter ]
(SM) And you were also very polite.
And you said "Sorry to this man."
(KP)-Yeah.
(SM)-Which is a lovely framing.
(KP) Because it was a --
(SM)- And, you know-I do believe it came from a place of politeness.
I don't think. -
Genuinely.
(KP)-Yes. -In that moment,
I just knew I probably should know him.
And I don't know him. I'm sorry to this man, you know.
And it's so strange. I mean, it's the most –
I would have never expected that to become, like,
like, this viral thing.
And people absolutely ask me,
"Sorry to this man?"
(SM) -[ Laughter ]
And they were like, "Sorry to this man?"
Even -- I've done commercials or movies and they're like,
"You think there's a way that you can fit in"- "Sorry to this man"?
I'm like "There's no man to say sorry to."
You know, it's a very unique experience.
(SM)-It is. You know, I will say that I think the reason, uh, it endures for me,
it is so endearing watching you in the most politest way.
And I do think, like, if anybody ever said it about me,
I would go jump off a building.
(SM) -[ Laughter ]”…

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