Three 6 Mafia is a hip-hop group from Memphis, Tennessee, formed in 1991. Starting as an underground act with a horror-themed style, they rose to mainstream prominence with influential releases like their 1995 debut Mystic Stylez. The group achieved platinum success with albums When the Smoke Clears in 2000 and Most Known Unknown in 2005, which featured the hit single Stay Fly. In 2006, they won an Academy Award for Best Original Song with It's Hard out Here for a Pimp from the film Hustle and Flow. Three 6 Mafia has sold over five million albums worldwide and released their most recent studio album, Last 2 Walk, in 2008.