Three 6 Mafia: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color photograph of Three 6 Mafia at a photoshoot for Murder Dog magazine. From left to right are Crunchy Black, DJ Pau, and Juicy J, standing against a white background.

Black is wearing a blue jersey-style jacket and pants with orange and white stripes and white baseball cap with an NBA logo. He wears a chain necklace with large pendant, a large watch and pink ring with diamonds on his proper right hand, which makes an "m" gesture with his fingers. In the center is J Pau, wearing a Memphis Grizzlies jersey with his name on it and a brown and orange Von Dutch hat. He holds an emblem that reads [KING OF MPH]. Juicy J wears a black Kangol bucket hat, black sunglasses and a green leather-type jacket with depictions of various types of paper currency. His hands are in the pockets of the jacket. All three men look directly at the camera. An inscription on the back by Bill Adler identifies the subject and the photographer.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: March 2004; printed 2005
• Photograph by: Barry Underhill, American
• Subject of: Three 6 Mafia, American, founded 1991
• Subject of: Crunchy Black, American, born 1974
• Subject of: DJ Paul, American, born 1975
• Subject of: Juicy J, American, born 1975
• Subject of: National Basketball Association, American, founded 1946
• Subject of: Von Dutch, American, founded 1999
• Subject of: Memphis Grizzlies, American, founded 1995
• Type: chromogenic color prints
• Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 15 7/8 × 12 in. (40.3 × 30.5 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 14 5/8 × 11 in. (37.1 × 27.9 cm)
• Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Fashion
• Topic: Gesture
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.430
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Barry Underhill Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.