The stage was reimagined as a brothel dancers assumed roles as hookers, Johns, and cops. However, the presentation of "It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp" was elaborate. The Oscars had good, memorable performances before 2006: a teenage Michael Jackson’s haunting rendition of Ben’s namesake in 1973 and Madonna’s Marilyn Monroe-inspired romp through Dick Tracy’s "Sooner or Later" in 1991, to name a couple. Three 6 Mafia’s performance-and mere presence-was the antithesis to the Academy. One way to make the Oscars more engaging was introducing non-traditional performers. But with social media in its infancy in 2006, fueling the community joke was impossible. Although there is a demographic who appreciates the dry elements of their production, there’s another only watching in anticipation to affix the Jordan Cry Face to whomever is most deserving. Let’s grab the elephant in the room by its tusks: "sophisticated" award shows like the Grammys and Oscars are boring. The big winner that night, however, was Crash, which Howard also appeared in. Jamie Foxx become the third in 2005 due to his uncanny reanimation of Ray Charles (Morgan Freeman also took home the Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Million Dollar Baby), and 2006 saw Terrence Howard-the star of Hustle & Flow, the film underlined by "It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp"-earn a Best Actor nomination. Four years before, Denzel Washington and Halle Berry became the first black performers to win awards for leading roles in the same year: Berry, the first black woman to be awarded Best Actress in a Leading Role, and Washington, the successor to Sidney Poitier as just the second black man to win the top award. The 78th Academy Awards took place at a time of faux progress in Hollywood. But at the same time, they're also viewed as products of it. Their victory and performance of "It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp," the first rap song performed at the Oscars, stand out in contrast to the awards' egregious whiteness. The irony of #OscarsSoWhite- Jada Pinkett-Smith’s proposed boycott of the ceremony to President Barack Obama's executive branch two cents, included-is that it coincides with the 10th anniversary of Three 6 Mafia winning Best Original Song. This disregard for varied stories is nearly as routine as winners getting played off during verbose speeches. Twenty years ago, Jesse Jackson organized a protest of the 68th Academy Awards because just one of the 166 nominees was black. The neglect of minority performers by the Academy is longstanding. I won’t say mufuckas never loved us, but years worth of evidence certainly supports the claim. That a revived hashtag got this rolling is a testament to social media’s influence, but the Academy being held accountable via a flame beneath its ass is long overdue. This year’s bleached list of Oscar nominees has evoked such fierce resentment that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was forced to publicly acknowledge its diversity issue.
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