DJ Paul, along with rapper Juicy J, founded and leads the Academy Award-winning hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, who won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 2005 for their track “It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp,” from the movie “Hustle & Flow.” He also consistently wears a cast on his right arm, which is smaller than his left arm — in fact, DJ Paul reportedly refers to his right arm as his “baby arm.” What’s the deal with his limb difference?

Per Distractify, DJ Paul (Paul Beauregard) was born with Erb’s palsy, which according to Cerebral Palsy Guide is “also known as a brachial plexus injury” and “often occurs during abnormal or difficult childbirth.” The condition is caused by an infant’s neck being stretched in a way during childbirth that results in damage to the brachial plexus, which is “a network of nerves that run down the spine and give feeling to the nerves in the arm.” It occurs in about one out of 1,000 babies, and can be temporary or permanent.

Erb's palsy is reponsible for DJ Paul's limb difference

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