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.”
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Oscar-winning rap trio THREE 6 MAFIA’s forthcoming gig at a Maryland university has been cancelled amidst security concerns.
Officials at Towson University have pulled the Welcome Back Concert, which was set to take place on 8 September (07), claiming one audience member was stabbed during the group’s last gig in the area in 2004.
Student activities co-ordinator Bridget Chase says, “The Campus Activities Board wanted to have a big hip-hop concert early in the school year and they selected Three 6 Mafia based on which performers were available for early September.
“We went through the negotiation process and we were ready to sign a contract. When the students learned that the show wasn’t going to happen, they were pretty upset because we worked to plan this and we put a good amount of time into it.”
Teri Hall, associate vice president for campus, replies, “When I heard that (Three 6 Mafia) was the group scheduled to perform, I connected the group’s name with the (stabbing) and I was nervous about bringing the group to campus.” (ES/WNWCSO/LJ)
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Three 6 Mafia are the latest stars to get their own reality show on MTV.
The project was announced by MTV on Wednesday, and that the rappers would have a “comedy/reality” show.
The series is to be called “Adventures in Hollywood” and would follow the members of Three 6 Mafia as they try to “establish” themselves as Hollywood players.
The rap group will be followed as they move from their home in Tennessee to Hollywood, and features Ashton Kutcher as an executive producer.
No premiere date was announced.
