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For the Happy Hardcore DJ, see DJ Paul Elstak.

DJ Paul (born Paul Beauregard in 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee) is one of the producers (along with Juicy J) of Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia and collective Hypnotize Minds. He is the half-brother of group member Lord Infamous. Three 6 Mafia won an Academy Award for Best Song for "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp".

Together with production partner Juicy J, DJ Paul played an important role in the South's rise to prominence within the once East and West Coast dominated rap industry. Behind the duo's leadership, Three 6 Mafia rose from an underground phenomenon in Memphis to a nationally recognized rap empire, spinning off numerous solo albums for the collective's many members in the mid- to late 1990s. Like his production partner, DJ Paul specialized in dark, eerie tracks driven by bass-heavy beats and haunting sounds. He also raps as a member of Three 6 Mafia. Moreover, Three 6 Mafia ventured into filmmaking with Choices (2001), a straight-to-video film starring most of the Three 6 Mafia's collective, Hypnotize Minds. Juicy J (born Jordan Houston) and DJ Paul (Paul Beauregard) first came together at the dawn of the 1990s, when they worked as DJs in the Memphis area. The two soon began producing their own tracks and invited numerous Memphis rappers to rap over the beats. They released the resulting tracks locally as Three 6 Mafia; years later these recordings would resurface as re-releases. In 1995, the loose collective Three 6 Mafia began to form and self-released its debut album, Mystic Stylez. The album became an underground success, and Three 6 Mafia, in turn, signed a distribution deal with Relativity for its Hypnotize Minds imprint. Throughout the late 1990s, Juicy J and DJ Paul produced numerous albums a year for Hypnotize Minds and capitalized on the lucrative distribution deal. By the end of the decade, the two producers were at the helm of an empire, having extended their brand to alarming lengths, culminating with their commercial breakthrough album, When the Smoke Clears (2000), which debuted at number six on Billboard's album chart.

• DJ Paul is from Memphis, Tennessee
• DJ Paul (who also goes by the alias "Fatyssee") grew up a few blocks from where The King, Elvis Presley used to live.
• DJ Paul and his half-brother Lord Infamous were intensely into the horrorcore rap scene in the early 1990s.
• DJ Paul has an adopted son named Nautica Beauregard. Nautica was in the "Who Run It" video, and will have a cameo on one of the episodes of Adventures in Hollyhood. DJ Paul dedicated Chapter 1: The End to him.
• DJ Paul's right arm is deformed into what he likes to call his "baby arm" due to a disease he was born with.
• DJ Paul is left handed.
• DJ Paul is a GD.

For 'Three 6 Mafia' or 'Hypnotize Minds' discographies, see Three 6 Mafia or Hypnotize Minds.

• Memphis rap

• Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

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• Three 6 Mafia Official Website
• Three 6 Mafia Official Fansite
• Three 6 Mafia MemphisRap.com Profile
• DJ Paul at MySpace
• DJ Paul MemphisRap.com Profile