DJ Paul

DJ Paul
DJ Paul performing in 2015
Background information
Birth name	Paul Duane Beauregard
Also known as	Da Killa Man DJ Paul K.O.M.
Born	(1977-10-13) October 13, 1977 (age 46) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Southern hip hop Memphis rap crunk trap horrorcore
Occupations	Rapper songwriter DJ record producer actor
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Hypnotize Minds Prophet Slumerican Scale-A-Ton Psychopathic
Member of	Three 6 Mafia
Website	djpaulkom.tv

Paul Duane Beauregard (born October 13, 1977), known professionally as DJ Paul, is an American rapper and record producer.^[1] He is a founding member of hip hop group Three 6 Mafia and the half-brother of rapper Lord Infamous. DJ Paul is also the half-brother of convicted drug lord Craig Petties.^[2] He is also a part owner of FaZe Clan.^[3]

DJ Paul started his career in the late 1980s as a DJ and released a number of solo tapes, as well as three collaboration albums with Lord Infamous as The Serial Killaz. Juicy J was introduced and the three founded the group Three 6 Mafia, going on to achieve national success in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Their 2000 album, When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1, debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified platinum. Later followed by Da Unbreakables in 2003 and Most Known Unknown in 2005, both of which were commercially successful. 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. Paul has also released three solo albums, and created soundtracks to two movies. He and the rest of Three 6 Mafia are known as the originators of the crunk style of music. ^{[citation needed]} In 2018, he co-produced the track "Talk Up" from Drake's fifth studio album, Scorpion.

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.