In 2006, DJ Paul, Juicy J, Crunchy Black, and Frayser Boy won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" from the film Hustle & Flow.

Aside from music, DJ Paul has been involved in a variety of business ventures, including film production and real estate.

He founded his own record label Scale-A-Ton Entertainment, co-owns the fashion wear line Dangerus / Skandulus, has a collection of BBQ seasonings and is the spokesman for a legal version of the drink Sizzurp.

DJ Paul eventually bought studio equipment, consisting of a keyboard, a turntable, and a four-track recorder.

[10] DJ Paul and Juicy J soon began producing tracks, described as "dark, eerie ... driven by bass-heavy beats and haunting sounds.

They also started their own label Hypnotize Minds and signed a number of local artists, such as Project Pat, MC Mack, La Chat, Frayser Boy and Lil Wyte, among others.

In 2002, DJ Paul released his debut solo studio album Underground Volume 16: For da Summa.

In 2006, DJ Paul, Juicy J, and Crunchy Black won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" from the film Hustle & Flow.

[12] After Three 6 Mafia released their 2008 album Last 2 Walk, the group had conflicts with their label Sony about their music style,[13] which led DJ Paul and Juicy J to pursue other ventures and their solo careers.

The mixtape features many upcoming and new Memphis artists such as Lion Heart, Thug Therapy, Partee and Miscellaneous.

Instead, in 2011, Paul made a new collaboration mixtape with rapper Ya Boy and producer Lil Lody, called Pray For Forgiveness.

A Person of Interest was packed with a bonus DVD, including a self-titled short movie, music videos and behind the scenes footage.

[5] In late 2013, Paul and Lord Infamous were discussing creating a sequel to their 1993 album Come with Me 2 Hell, when the latter came with the idea to try and reunite the whole Three 6 Mafia crew.

Infamous brought back Crunchy Black, Koopsta Knicca and Gangsta Boo, and the five of them reunited as "Da Mafia 6ix" with plans to release an album in 2014.

[20] Juicy J and Project Pat also appeared as surprise guests on the posse song "Body Parts", being credited just as "& more" in the track listing.

[22] On November 26, 2013, DJ Paul released Volume 16: The Original Masters, a remaster of his 1994 mixtape 4 da Summer of '94.

[23] It was revealed on the PSYR17 EP given away at the 2014 Gathering of the Juggalos that DJ Paul plans to release his next solo album, Master of Evil, on Psychopathic Records in 2015.

On September 2, 2018, Paul announced that he had begun working on the next volume in the "Underground" series titled "Drackula: Vol.

The show also featured their personal assistants Computer and Big Triece, as well as Hypnotize Minds artists Project Pat and Lil Wyte.

In 2011, DJ Paul starred in VH1's cooking show Famous Food together with seven other celebrities and eventually won first place.

[30] In an interview,[31] Paul cleared up some controversy from the show, involving Ashley Dupre best known from the Eliot Spitzer scandal.

In a 2013 interview, Paul said he is getting three hours of sleep a day due to the amount of work he has to do in the variety of business ventures he has a part in.

"[32] On December 20, 2013, his half-brother, Lord Infamous, died from a heart attack at his mother's house in Memphis, Tennessee.

[34][35] In 2007, DJ Paul and Juicy J started their own fashion wear line titled "Dangerus / Skandulus".

[43] In October 2012, a few days before his third album was released, DJ Paul was arrested in New York when a Taser stun gun was found on him during a routine search.