Three 6 Mafia

Three 6 Mafia
DJ Paul, Koopsta Knicca, Crunchy Black, Lord Infamous, Juicy J, and Gangsta Boo
Background information
Also known as	Triple Six Mafia Tear Da Club Up Thugs Backyard Posse Da Mafia 6ix
Origin	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Southern hip hop Memphis rap gangsta rap dirty rap horrorcore crunk trap
Discography	Three 6 Mafia discography
Years active	1991–2012 2019–present
Labels	Hypnotize Minds Prophet Columbia Sony Sony Urban Loud Relativity
Members	DJ Paul Juicy J
Past members	Lord Infamous (deceased) Koopsta Knicca (deceased) Gangsta Boo (deceased) Crunchy Black

Three 6 Mafia is an American hip hop group from Memphis, Tennessee, formed in 1991. Emerging as a horror-themed underground hip hop group, they went on to enjoy mainstream success.^[1] The group's 1995 debut album Mystic Stylez became an influential cult classic.^[2] They have released music on independent labels such as Prophet Entertainment and their own Hypnotize Minds label, as well as Relativity, Loud, and Columbia Records.

Two of their albums are RIAA-certified platinum: When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1 (2000) and Most Known Unknown (2005), the latter featured their hit single "Stay Fly". In 2006 the group won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 78th Academy Awards for their song "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" from the film Hustle & Flow. The group's latest studio album, Last 2 Walk, was released in 2008. Three 6 Mafia's worldwide album sales stand at 5.5 million as of 2016.^[3]