By Rob. Walton

As chronicled on their new MTV reality series Adventures in Hollyhood, Memphis-based hip-hop outfit Three 6 Mafia is doing its damndest to bring the Dirty South to the wild West. The multi-platinum rappers made history by winning a Best Original Song Oscar for the movie Hustle & Flow, and have since produced material for Ludacris and appeared with fellow Tennesseean Johnny Knoxville in Jackass Number Two. As part of their ongoing plan to take over Hollywood, best friends and business partners DJ Paul and Juicy J tackled their next big challenge, slipping into Playboy's Santa Monica studio for an after-hours photo shoot as guest photographers.

They dropped by late on a Sunday night when they were sure to have our studio all to themselves. It's a good thing, too, because it was a rowdy night. Rapid-fire, wisecracking, populist Juicy J took the first crack behind the camera. Full of compliments and outrageous praise, Juicy J contorted his gorgeous model -- Cyber Girl Jennifer Korbin -- into all the right poses. Korbin, a milky skinned, ginger-topped gymnast, was easily able to comply with his acrobatic instructions.

As soon as he started, Juicy J proclaimed, "I want to do something different!" Channeling his inner artist, he focused as much on the behind-the-scenes aspects of the photo session as he did on the set. J wanted to capture the entire experience, painstakingly shooting the grips and makeup artists in the background and even assigning everyone on the crew a nickname.

Next up, DJ Paul took a more deliberate approach to his photo shoot. With his camera mounted on a tripod, he took one shot at a time before re-posing Jennifer and repositioning the cameras and lights for his next shot. This, regardless of the fact that the reflection off his diamond-encrusted grill was almost enough to light the set by itself.

"Say 'grilled cheese!'" he coaxed, eliciting warm smiles from his naked subject. DJ Paul's tendency to stop and tell elaborately detailed off-color jokes between set-ups took the session way into the wee hours. At the end of the shoot, Paul decided to represent the Dirty South accurately by getting Jennifer to pose in the bed clutching a bottle of barbecue sauce and a can of Bud Light.

"It's to put some South in your mouth," he joked.

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