Djay never offers to help.īrewer and Singleton were still in search of the key song for the movie when they paid Three 6 Mafia member Juicy J for the song "Pop It for Some Paper." The two also signed on another Memphis rapper, Al Kapone, to write a few more tracks for the movie, including one performed by Djay on screen, " Whoop That Trick. I mean, really, how hard is their life?"īrewer drove that home in the scene in which Djay comes up with lyrics for "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp," while walking with his friend Key (Anthony Anderson), who is struggling to carry an air conditioner. "But we also wanted to articulate the absurdity of that, because it's an outrageous idea.
"John kept saying, 'We need a song that shows how difficult it is to be a pimp,'" Brewer said. (L-R) Craig Brewer, "Hustle & Flow" producer Stephanie Allain, and John Singleton.Įven before production began, Brewer and Singleton were planning out the songs for the movie, especially one showcasing Djay's life. Ten years ago next week, Three 6 Mafia became the first hip-hop group to perform at the Academy Awards. Black’s debut solo album entitled On My Own was released on September 19, 2006.
At the 78th Academy Awards in 2006, Three 6 Mafia and Frayser Boy won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for It's Hard out Here for a Pimp. The group not only became the first hip-hop group to perform at the Academy Awards in 2006, but they also won the best original song award for It’s Hard Out Here For a Pimp from 'Hustle & Flow' at the show. Searching for the musicĪround the time of Craig Brewer's failed attempt to come up with rap lyrics, in the early 2000s, he was making the rounds in Hollywood, script in hand, trying to find financing for "Hustle & Flow." Brewer always planned to showcase Memphis rap in the movie, but as he recalled to BI, in those early meetings, the executives would throw out more commercial names like Nelly, Dr. Three 6 Mafia’s Night at the 2006 Oscars Was Even Weirder Than You Thought. Crunchy Black was a longtime member of the Oscar-winning rap group Three 6 Mafia from the group’s founding until 2006. This year's Oscars marks the 10th anniversary of when the film's lead track, "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp," written by the Memphis group Three 6 Mafia, won the award for best song - the first time a rap group ever won the prize.īusiness Insider talked to some of the people behind the song and movie to uncover how it was created and what its win, which was considered a shock at the time, means now. It also paved the way for "Dirty South" rap, which was just beginning to hit the mainstream, giving the film an underdog sensibility as it made its way to the Oscars in 2006. For Three 6 Mafia, one.' 'Its Hard Out Here for a Pimp' is not the first rap song to win an Oscar - that honor goes to Eminems 'Lose Yourself,' from the 2002 film 8 Mile. Henson (who plays a pregnant prostitute with an incredible voice). The movie was championed by "Boyz n the Hood" director John Singleton, who came on as a producer, and launched the careers of Howard and Taraji P.
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