Skrilla
Jemille Edwards, known professionally as Skrilla, is an American rapper. Raised in Kensington, a neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he signed to Priority Records in 2023 and has released two albums through the label: Underworld and Zombie Love Kensington Paradise. His single "Doot Doot " became popular on TikTok in 2025, sparking the "6-7" trend.
Early life
Jemille Edwards was born on June 3, 1999 and raised in Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia that is widely known for its open-air drug trade. His mother is Mexican and from Texas, while his father is African-American from Philadelphia. Edwards' parents met in college. He described his childhood as "the best time of life" and has stated that he began selling drugs in his neighborhood at around age 12. He also played basketball for the Amateur Athletic Union and ran cross country in his youth, but stopped playing sports in order to focus on selling drugs. As a teenager, he aspired to become a fashion designer and was a member of the Young Chances Foundation program. In 2013, he was involved in organizing a protest for the program against the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin. He has stated that, while in high school, he spent two and a half years under house arrest following multiple heroin-related charges against him.Career
Edwards was inspired by fellow Philadelphia rapper RecoHavoc, his childhood friend, to begin rapping. He soon recorded "Dog Food", his first song as Skrilla. He released his debut single, "Green Snake", in 2018. His mixtapes Kutthroat and Gemini Season were released in 2022 and 2023, respectively. He was signed to Priority Records in 2023 and released his first single with them, "Booted", later that year. His singles "GD", released in January 2024, and "Chrome Hearts", released in August of that year, followed. His album Underworld was released in early 2024 and its follow-up, Zombie Love Kensington Paradise, was released on November 1, 2024, with a deluxe version released on February 28, 2025. He also appeared on 03 Greedo's 2024 album Crip, I'm Sexy.A snippet of Skrilla's song "Doot Doot " was uploaded to TikTok by an anonymous account in September 2024. It was partially popularized by Taylen "TK" Kinney, a basketball player for the RWE team of the Overtime Elite league who recited the song's lyric "six, seven" in many of his interviews over several months, and through TikTok videos referencing basketball player LaMelo Ball's height. By February 2025, it had been used in more than 126 thousand videos on TikTok. It was released as a single that month with a music video. Later that month, he posted on his Instagram account, inviting fans to the filming of a music video with livestreamer N3on in Kensington. It amassed a crowd of more than 200 people that was soon broken up by Philadelphia police officers. In late February, Kyle Pagan of Crossing Broad called Skrilla "the hottest rapper in the city of Philadelphia right now". He embarked on his debut headlining tour in 2025.