Three 6 Mafia
A Memphis horrorcore crew from 1991 that ended up on the Oscar stage in 2006, winning Best Original Song for "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" while "Stay Fly" was all over the radio. Nobody saw it coming, least of all the Academy.
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"Walking in Memphis" — Marc Cohn
A struggling New York session singer takes a trip to Memphis to cure his writer's block, hears Al Green preach, sings "Amazing Grace" with a retired schoolteacher named Muriel in a Mississippi café, and comes home with the song of his life. Number 13 in 1991, a Song of the Year nomination, and a Grammy for Best New Artist.