From $4500 to $45 Million: Three 6 Mafia's 'Mystic Stylez' Success Story

Three 6 Mafia's debut album, "Mystic Stylez," is hailed as a game-changing moment in hip-hop, introducing the sub-genre of horrorcore and paving the way for crunk music. The group's obsession with slasher films inspired their chilling and threatening verses. Despite lacking major-label support, they invested $4,500 of their own money into the album, which eventually generated $45 million in revenue. Their DIY success influenced independent artists and inspired the late-2000's to mid-2010's hip-hop scene, as well as the SoundCloud rap movement.