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- 2006 – In an upset, Three 6 Mafia takes home the best original song Academy Award at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Drawn from the film “Hustle & Flow,” the group’s “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” also made history as the first rap song ever performed at the event.
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* Music (Original Song) - It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp in "Hustle & Flow" Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard Actor in a Leading Role - Terrence Howard
" It's Hard out Here for a Pimp " is a song written by American hip hop group Three 6 Mafia, alongside Cedric Coleman, as the theme song to the American drama film Hustle & Flow (2005). [1] . It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and in 2006 was ranked number 80 on VH1 's "100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop". [2] Background.
- 3:02
- Memphis rap
- 2005
23.0% ( Nielsen ratings) ← 77th. Academy Awards. 79th →. The 78th Academy Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 5, 2006, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST.
- March 5, 2006
Academy Award for Best Original Song; Country: United States: Presented by: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) First awarded: 1934: Most recent winner: Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell "What Was I Made For?" Website: oscars.org
- United States
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
Mar 5, 2008 · 03/5/2008. 2006 – In an upset, Three 6 Mafia takes home the best original song Academy Award at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Drawn from the film “Hustle & Flow,” the group’s “It’s...
Mar 5, 2006 · March 5, 2006: On this day in 2006, Memphis hip-hop pioneers Three 6 Mafia make history, twice over. Hustle & Flow is a 2005 film about a Memphis pimp who wanted to pursue a rap career, and Three 6...