<Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> DJ Paul, Juicy J, Frayser Boy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> DJ Paul, Juicy J </Td> </Tr> <P> "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" is a song written by hip hop group Three 6 Mafia and Cedric Coleman as the theme song to the film Hustle & Flow . It was ranked #80 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop". </P> <P> The song was performed in Hustle & Flow by Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson as their respective characters DJay and Shug . Three 6 Mafia included their own version of the song with vocalist Paula Campbell on a 2006 special edition reissue of their platinum album Most Known Unknown . </P>

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