Oscar Season Wrap: 'Tenet,' 'Wonder Woman,' Pundits & GermsĪfter the win was announced (with unadulterated delight) by Queen Latifah, the group - Juicy J, DJ Paul and Frayser Boy, L-R above, joined onstage by Crunchy Black - burst out from the side of the stage like ecstatic fans running onto the field after a surprise football victory, laughing and hugging and whooping and giving an impromptu (and largely unintelligible, due to their heavy Memphis accents) acceptance speech. How to Throw a COVID-Safe Oscar Viewing Party Henson belted the song’s chorus, resplendent in a glamorous white dress and heels.Ĭatherine Zeta-Jones Relives Her Oscar Performances, Including Her Pregnant Duet With Queen Latifah There was an elaborate, Oscar-level set themed around the film with dancers and dazzling lights, but there was also Three 6 Mafia swaggering across the stage in street wear while the film’s co-star Taraji P. It’s safe to say the Academy Awards had never seen anything like the group’s performance on the show, either. The Memphis-spawned hip-hop group won Best Original Song in 2006 for the theme track from the Terence Howard-starring film “Hustle & Flow,” which bears the spectacularly unsubtle title of “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp.” “It was fifteen years ago, and I still don’t believe it,” says DJ Paul of Three 6 Mafia, possibly the most shocking Oscar winners in history.