Three 6 Mafia is an American hip hop group from Memphis, Tennessee formed in 1991. Their music has been variously described as Southern hip hop, Crunk, hardcore hip hop, horrorcore and gangsta. Three 6 Mafia’s Choices II: The Set-Up is the follow-up to the rap group’s highly successful street movie Choices. After a heist goes wrong for two Me (more) Three 6 Mafia Member Koopsta.
Contents History The group started in 1991 in Memphis with (Paul Beauregard), (Jordan Houston), and (Ricky Dunigan). The original name for the hip hop group was 'Backyard Posse', followed shortly after by 'Triple Six Mafia'.
The group formed through release of many EPs from their own record company with Nick Scarfo, later launching their own label, Records; during their early career, they also propelled the careers of several other rappers. Eventually added before the release of were rappers (Robert Cooper), (Lola Mitchell), and (Darnell Carlton). At this point in the group's evolution, having signed to a major label and having scored an admirable hit single, group leaders and began extending their brand.
They started by releasing group member solo albums (, ), non-group member solo albums (, The Kaze) and also compilation-styled albums (, and ). Around this time, they also released collections of tracks from earlier years (, ).
Academy Award win On, Three 6 Mafia made history as they became the first black music group to win an (the first black artist to do so was for in 1971) and also became the first hip-hop artists to ever perform at the ceremony. The group was nominated for the song ' from the soundtrack. Three 6 Mafia were credited by their real names, Jordan Houston (Juicy J) and Paul Beauregard (DJ Paul), along with Cedric Duane Coleman (Frayser Boy), although host did refer to them as 'Three 6 Mafia' after their victory, saying 'To recap, Three 6 Mafia: 1.: 0.' Scorsese would finally receive his own Oscar, for, the following year. Recent events On, Sony officially acknowledged the departure of original Three 6 Mafia member, Crunchy Black. He stated his reason for departure was to make a solo album that DJ Paul and Juicy J had allegedly put off for years, with most of the material being used for.
Thereafter Three 6 Mafia consisted of remaining members DJ Paul and Juicy J. Lord Infamous left the group because of a breach of contract he was locked up. The two producers of the group now have their own reality show, on. The show focuses on what it's like to be a member of the Three 6 Mafia, balancing the increased fame after their Oscar win while attempting to stay true to their loyal fans. The show premiered on at 10 p.m. Eastern time on MTV. The group made an appearance in, where they offered to pay $200 if he would eat horse.
England did so, and the group paid up. In December 2006, Three 6 Mafia contributed the song 'It's a Fight' to the soundtrack of the movie. Three 6 Mafia have released their newest album, which was released on June 24, 2008.
Three 6 Mafia has stated, that there will be three 'undated' new movies coming out,under the Hypnotize Film Production which are: Choices 3: The Return of Big Pat, Hollyhood The Movie and Streets of Memphis. DJ Paul and Juicy J appeared in the May 9th, 2008 episode of the CBS television series ',' which revolves around the murder of a rapper. The group also performed 'Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body)' on the show. Three 6 Mafia is featured on the song 'You've Got Me Now' by Korean pop sensation on his U.S.-debut album coming summer 2008. Superstar uses their song 'Somebody's Gonna Get It' as his entrance theme and can be seen on.
Performed at a UCI event called Shoctoberfest. AfterLord got out of legal troubles, his contract was still broken so, he became the co-CEO of his friend's II Tone's label called Black Rain Entertainment - releasing tons of albums in a short amount of time aswell as working with Lil Wyte's 'Wyte Music' Imprint. Lord Infamous passed away of a heart attack during the tour supporting the album '6ix Commandments' - by Da Mafia 6ix, the newest incarnation of Three 6 Mafia (without Juicy J and as of the 2nd album 'Watch Wut U Wish' Gangsta Boo left the group. The current line up is DJ Paul, Koopsta Knicca, Crunchy Blac and RIP Lord Infamous aka Scarecrow, who still pops up all over the new album thanks to DJ Paul finding old and unreleased verses). Lord Infamous's casket went on the 2nd half of 'Da 6ix Commandments' tour so he could be there with the fans. 'It's what Lord would've wanted' - said Paul about that in an interview. DJ Paul was talkin' to Lord like 'Yo man what do you think about doin' another The Serialz Killaz record next' the original name for the simplified 'DJ Paul & Lord Infamous', Lord replied 'Man, instead of that - why don't we just get everyone back together and do Three 6 again?'
Emphasizing they go back to their roots of darker music that made them famous. Lord was so pumped about the project, before he died - Paul promised him he'd continue the group and probably why DJ Paul is going back remastering alot of Lords best material. Controversy Satanic imagery controversy Three 6 Mafia's name has been a topic of controversy because of some people's belief that their name refers to the (supported by their former name 'Triple Six Mafia'). They are known to have mentioned the occult in song topics and this, with their name, has potentially affected their amount of television and radio play (until their success with 'Stay Fly'). In their first full length LP, the groups references to the occult reached its climax.
The most notable example of the group's occult references can be found in the song 'Fuckin wit Dis Click.' Lord Infamous states 'No I'm not a Christian,' and DJ Paul's verse is filled with blatant Satanic lyrics, such as 'I'm on a cross, Lucifer, please cut me free,' and 'A mind for murder but the barrel couldn't tell you half about this antichrist; Look into my eyes tell me what you see; The demonic man about scarecrowism; Saints can you feel me.'
Also on the track 'Murder On My Mind,' the distorted voice of DJ Paul identifies 'Lucifer' as 'the leader of the Three 6 Mafia.' However the group has never claimed to worship, and in their acceptance speech at the 2006 group member Juicy J thanked for their nomination and win for Best Song in a motion picture. The name's meaning is attributed to the fact that 'it started with three people in the group, and ended up with six; Three 6 Mafia' according to an interview with Juicy J. Their 2005 single, 'Stay Fly,' was also referenced in the argument of Three 6 Mafia's satanic 'shoutouts' for the high pitched, almost female voice, in the background at the beginning of the song. The voice was assumed, by at least some, to be saying 'You're My God, 'You're My King' You're My Father'. Some also thought it repeadily said 'Lucifer'.
However, the track was actually derived from the classic song 'Tell Me Why Has Our Love Turned Cold' by / singer,. The actual track says 'You're my pride, you're my dream, you're my dar-ling.'
Juicy J and DJ Paul recently conducted an interview with Chris Loos in which they were again asked about allegations regarding the 'Stay Fly's lyrical content, with Juicy J maintaining that Three 6 Mafia were not devil worshippers, mentioning that his father is a preacher - also referenced in the song 'Father Houston' - and that if he ever did worship Satan, his father would 'kill him'. In an issue of Entertainment Weekly, Juicy J defended the group, saying that the group's name was decided for entertainment purposes: 'Back then in the '90s, nobody knew who we were. We had to get ourselves out there and be known; put something that would draw attention, and it did.' Dispute with Bone Thugs-n-Harmony While many will argue the origin of the original dispute with the group, the initial beef was spurred when Bone referred to the entire city of as a 'bunk ass town' in the February 1995 edition of Vibe Magazine.
This infuriated not only Three 6 Mafia but other local rappers and citizens in Memphis. As a form of retaliation; several artists struck back lyrically and musically: Tommy Wright III recorded and released 'Thuggish Ruggish Busters' while Kingpin Skinny Pimp, and recorded a song called 'Lay It Down' with where Kingpin Skinny Pimp says ' So fuck you Bone, biting our fuckin' style'. On the 1995 single, Three 6 Mafia accused Cleveland group of stealing its style (a mix of quasi-harmonic rapping and blatant references to the ).
A rebuttal from Bone Thugs-n-Harmony came on the track ' All Original' and ' U Ain't Bone' as well as making a few remarks about them on ' on their album, that speaks critically of Three 6 Mafia. Bone continued to insult them on the song ', with. The dispute is over now. Krayzie Bone has been featured on a Project Pat album and in the video for 's ' I Don't Give A Fuck', you can see Juicy J, DJ Paul, and La Chat standing next to Krayzie Bone as he begins his verse. DJ Paul & Juicy J have also produced a song for Bone called 'We Workin' for their latest album, however it did not make the final cut for the album.