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Juicy J Recalls Will Smith’s Surprising Response To Three 6 Mafia Winning An Oscar

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Juicy J says that Will Smith didn’t have the reaction he expected to seeing Three 6 Mafia win an Oscar in 2006. At the time, the group took home the award for Best Original Song for their Hustle & Flow track, “Hard Out Here for A Pimp.” The rapper reflected on meeting Smith at the ceremony during a recent interview with Allison Kugel.

“[Will Smith] ran up, he was like, ‘Man, I’m just mad ‘cause y’all got one before me,’” Juicy J told Kugel. “It could’ve been a joke, but I don’t know him. First of all, when I seen him, I was like, ‘I grew up listening to your music, man. It’s an honor to meet you.’ And he shook my hand, but he was like, ‘Man, what the hell? Y’all got one before me?’ And like I said, he could have been joking. He’s a comedian too. But I didn’t take it like that because I’m thinking people are gonna be like, ‘Congratulations.’ But he didn’t say that.”

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Juicy J In Concert

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 18: Rapper Juicy J of Three Six Mafia performs onstage during Once Upon a Time in LA Music Festival at Banc of California Stadium on December 18, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

Will Smith didn’t win his first Oscar until 2022 when he took home Best Actor for his portrayal of Richard Williams in the biographical sports drama King Richard. It was during the same ceremony that he infamously slapped Chris Rock and received a ban from the event.

Juicy J Discusses Meeting Will Smith

Elsewhere in Juicy J’s interview with Kugel, he reflected on his relationship with Mac Miller. In doing so, he admitted that he still regrets not dissuading the late rapper from using drugs when they were in the studio together prior to his death. He specifically recalled a time when Miller brought a “party pack” of tons of different drugs to record.

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Juicy J Claims Mac Miller Brought “Every Kind Of Drug You Can Take” To The Studio Prior To His Death

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Juicy J says that Mac Miller once brought a “party pack” of tons of different drugs to the studio prior to his death. He reflected on the moment during a recent interview with Allison Kugel. Juicy says he regrets not taking the drugs away from him and being a better influence.

“We was in the recording studio and he had a party pack … it’s like every kind of drug you can take and it’s in a pack or a box or whatever,” Juicy J said. “He pulls out this box and pops a couple of things and he offers me some coke. If I could turn back the hands of time, I would have snatched that box. And I know he probably would have tried to fight me, but I would have snatched that box and I would’ve dumped it in the toilet and flushed it.”

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Juicy J Performs At The Mac Miller: A Celebration Of Life Benefit Concert

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 31: Juicy J performs onstage during “Mac Miller: A Celebration Of Life” Concert Benefiting The Launch Of The Mac Miller Circles Fund at The Greek Theatre on October 31, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for LiveNation)

From there, Juicy discussed his broader relationship with the late rapper. “I knew Mac Miller when he was like 17,” he told Kugel. “I threw his 18th birthday party at my studio … He was like a little brother to me. I hated to see him do that. He was around 25 or 26 before he passed, so he a grown-ass man. I seen what he was doing, I didn’t say anything. I just told him, ‘I’m cool, I’m straight. Let’s just finish the music.’ I swear, if I could turn back the hands of time, I would have snatched that box and thrown that box across the street.”

Juicy J Reflects On Mac Miller

Juicy J continued: “And [I should’ve] said, ‘Look, get mad if you want, but I love you, bro. I want to see you alive. Let’s talk. Let me tell you some stories about my drug use. Let me tell you some stories about growing up and Three 6 Mafia and the whole Memphis scene and what I went through and how things can turn up if you do the wrong drug or you overdose or whatever.’ I wish I could, man.” Juicy further reflects on their last moments together in his new memoir, Chronicles of the Juice Man.

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