GIVE A STANDING OVATION FOR YA MAN “SPEECH.” HE’S BEEN AROUND THE WORLD AND BACK! “SPEECH” WAS BORN “TODD THOMAS” IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN! HE STARTED AND PRODUCED THE HIP HOP GROUP “ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT” IN GEORGIA. “ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT RECEIVED TWO GRAMMY AWARDS, BET NEW ARTIST AND BEST RAP SINGLE BACK IN 1993 FOR THE ALBUM “THREE YEARS FIVE MONTHS AND TWO DAYS IN THE LIFE OF.”