When host Jon Stewart came back onstage following Three 6 Mafia's unprecedented win, he couldn’t contain his astonished laughter: “You know what? I think it just got a little easier out here for a pimp.”
But “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” rightfully took home the award, besting these two mawkish white-lady hymnals designed in a lab to appeal to the stereotypical Academy voter. There was nothing more satisfying than seeing, who presented Best Original Song, open the envelope, smirk, then start singing, “It’s hard out here for a pimp!” The Three 6 boys piled back onto the stage, yelling over each other with insurmountable glee, thanking everyone from Jesus to George Clooney.
When host Jon Stewart came back onstage following this unprecedented win, he couldn’t contain his astonished laughter—because who would have thought these knuckleheads would trounce these test-tube Oscar babies? “You know what?” Stewart asked. “I think it just got a little easier out here for a pimp.” Jamie Foxx loved that joke, and I did too.
Three 6 Mafia’s win went on to define the evening; I remember a joke about how the group now had more Oscars than . There was something off-putting about all the white presenters having a laugh at these successful Black men’s win. And consideringwon for its tone-deaf message about breaking down racial boundaries , it felt like the Oscars were doing some tokenistic back-patting.
But man, was “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” deserving. An utter earworm, a mini-masterpiece of storytelling, and a true stand-out. How fun it was to see something so unlike the typical Academy Award fare not only bring the house down, but take the trophy along with it? It felt like lightning in a bottle, something not to be repeated. So of course the Academy would wait nine years to hand another Black musician an Oscar, and not for hip-hop, mind you.
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