It's Hard out Here for a Pimp performance at the Oscars
ABC NEWS
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As soon as "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" � a song from the rap-centered drama "Hustle & Flow" � was nominated, everyone began scratching their heads, wondering just how this song would be rendered on Oscar night, famous for squeaky-clean musical performances.
The song aptly describes what Terrence Howard's movie is about, and the scenes of him recording it make up some of the film's pivotal moments.
Still, the profanity-laced lyrics might be too much for the image-conscious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Show organizers will no doubt be sweating and grateful for the five-second time delay.
Three 6 Mafia has already assured the Academy that the sanitized version has been purged of F-bombs and N-bombs, and will meet ABC broadcast standard.
"We took out all the cuss," rapper Paul "DJ Paul" Beauregard, who co-wrote the song with Jordan "Juicy J" Houston and Cedric "Frayser Boy" Coleman, told the Associated Press.
In one case, the rappers found a tamer alternative to "f"-ed up," singing instead, "It's messed up where I live but that's just how it is."