Oscar's Best Original Songs: The Rightful Winners and the Snubbed Losers
Songs like 'Once' and 'Lose Yourself' deserved to win. But how could the Academy have overlooked '(Don't You) Forget About Me?'
2005
Won the Oscar: "It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp," Hustle & Flow (music and lyrics: Three 6 Mafia)
In order to perform this glowing crunk masterpiece during the Oscars without offending the nation’s impressionable youth, Three 6 Mafia substituted the word “bitches” for “witches.” But they still wore hooded sweatsuits and gold grills on stage — and the latter matched their golden trophies.
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