Craig Brewer

Taraji's there.

She records the hook.

It all happened like right then and it was so Memphis.

It was just such a very quick but inspired combination that came together that happened to create an Academy Award winning song.

I have to be really honest with you.

As soon as I knew we were nominated, I thought we had won it.

I was pretty confident because every other song that was nominated was

was more of like a background song.

They were great songs, but they weren't integral to like the plot.

They weren't something that people were like working towards and striving towards.

So I was pretty confident we won it and then we won it.

And then I got the call that I've, I've, that has never been equaled, which was my agent, uh, Charles King, who now runs a big company called macro, uh,

Charles said, you've been invited to Prince's house.

Do you want to go?

I was like, yes, sir.

And went there and Ludacris was there.

And Ludacris was just saying like, man, nobody knows how big of a deal this is.

That not only did we just win, did a rap group win an Academy Award, but that a Southern rap group that we've all known about for like 10 years and has been only kind of like on the local Southern circuit has

just blew up on a global stage.

It was a big night for us.