It's Hard out Here for a Pimp
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| "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" | |
|---|---|
Grand Hustle | |
| Songwriter(s) | DJ Paul, Juicy J, Frayser Boy[1] |
| Producer(s) | DJ Paul, Juicy J |
"It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" is a song written by American
Background
The song was performed in
In 2015, Howard and Henson competed against each other in the Season 1 finale of the Spike series Lip Sync Battle and, by popular demand, performed the song as the first duet by competitors in the show's history.[3]
78th Academy Awards
At the 78th Academy Awards in 2006, Three 6 Mafia and Henson performed the song shortly before it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[1][4] Howard did not wish to perform at the ceremony, and since two of the song's writers are themselves artists in the form of the trio Three 6 Mafia, they were given the opportunity to perform it. Three 6 Mafia became the first hip hop group to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and the first hip hop artists to perform at the ceremony.[5] It was the second hip hop song to win an Oscar, after Eminem's "Lose Yourself" from the film 8 Mile (2002).[1]
This song became the third in five years to win the Oscar without a
References
- ^ ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Blog.vh1.com". Archived from the original on December 24, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
- ^ Lip Sync Battle First Competitor Duet - It's Hard out Here for a Pimp (from Hustle and Flow) - Terrence Howard & Taraji P. Henson Spike TV on YouTube
- ^ Popkin, Helen A.S. (March 5, 2006). 'It's Hard Out Here' for a good Oscar song. MSNBC. Accessed April 12, 2008.
- ^ "Three 6 Mafia Wins Oscar". xxxlmag.com.
