Music
From writing some of the most iconic hip-hop songs to leading the trailblazing 2x Grammy Award winning group Arrested Development to super stardom, this Milwaukee native has graced stages with legends from Nelson Mandela, James Brown, The Roots, Hilary Clinton, Public Enemy, Herbie Hancock, Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama. Speech’s song “Tennessee” (performed by Arrested Development) was named by VH-1 as one of the top 500 songs of all time and his 5 solo albums reaped consecutive top 10 singles in Japan.