"Adventures in Hollyhood", their deeply embarrassing MTV reality show, was full of moments like the one where they got kicked out of their mansion after an underling pissed on Jennifer Love Hewitt's lawn. After that Oscar, the group's narrative became the story of goofy funny rapper guys who inexplicably won an Oscar, a story that the group themselves were fully complicit in. Hard to remember now, but that Oscar came just a few months after their soul-drenched all-Tennessee posse cut "Stay Fly" brought them close to breaking through to the mainstream on their own terms. Once a mysterious, sprawling crew of psychedelic and bloodthirsty Memphis rappers, Three 6 entered the national consciousness in the most cartoonish of ways: their giddy and incomprehensible acceptance speech. In some ways, the Best Original Song Oscar that DJ Paul and Juicy J won a couple of years back might be the worst thing that ever happened to them. Then: "You know what? I think it just got a little easier out here for a pimp." And a moment later: "If you're keeping score at home, Martin Scorsese: zero. Jon Stewart steps to the mic, looks behind him, smiles to himself, pauses for a beat.
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