Juicy J

Juicy J, a rapper and producer from Memphis, Tennessee, helped start Three 6 Mafia in 1991 and spent years recording with the Southern hip-hop group, which began underground before signing with Loud Records in 2000. The group's biggest commercial success came with Stay Fly in 2005, and that same year they recorded It's Hard out Here for a Pimp for Hustle & Flow (2005), which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Between group albums he released Chronicles of the Juice Man (2002) and Hustle Till I Die (2009) himself, then signed with Kemosabe Records and Taylor Gang Entertainment. Bandz a Make Her Dance, from 2012, was a top 40 hit and set up Stay Trippy (2013), which opened at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. He also guested on Katy Perry's Grammy-nominated Dark Horse, produced for many other artists, and released Rubba Band Business (2017) and, independently, The Hustle Continues (2020).