Three 6 Mafia Prepare For Upcoming Release, ‘Laws Of Power’
Juicy J and DJ Paul of Three 6 Mafia are recognized for their label, Hypnotize Minds, gritty beats, street lyrics and their acclaimed performance at the 2006 Oscars. Among all this success, the most admirable aspect of Three 6 Mafia is how far they have come from their roots in Memphis, and their impressive longevity in the music industry.
“Memphis is a very tough city. As a kid I was always interested in music,” Juicy J tells andPOP. ”I didn’t exactly know it was going to be rap that I was doing but as I got older, I got into deejaying, and I taught myself how to scratch, and around 14 or 15, my friend Denny Jackson (we called him D-Magic), would let me use his equipment.
“He would set the equipment up, and I would come in and scratch and mix, and that’s how I got myself a name for being a DJ. I was doing mix tapes on the north side of town, Paul was doing mix tapes on the south side of town, and a friend of ours just hooked us up and then we started Three 6 Mafia and Hypnotize Minds and it just grew from there.”
