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{{short description|American alternative hip hop group}} {{lead too short|date=March 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Arrested Development | image = 2018 Arrested Development Promo picture.png | caption = 2018 Arrested Development promo picture | image_size = | alias = | origin = [[Atlanta]], Georgia, U.S. | genre = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[progressive rap]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|date=n.d.|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/arrested-development-mn0000599732/biography|title=Arrested Development: Biography & History|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=March 1, 2021}}</ref>}} | years_active = 1988–1996, 2000–present | label = {{hlist|Vagabond Records & Tapes|[[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]}} | associated_acts = | website = [https://www.arresteddevelopmentmusic.com www.arresteddevelopmentmusic.com] | current_members = [[Speech (rapper)|Speech]]<br/>One Love<br/>Jason "JJ Boogie" Reichert<br/>Fareedah Aleem | past_members = Headliner<br>Kamaal Malak <br>Montsho Eshe <br>Astrid Maure<br> Nyasa Sullivan<br>Aerle Taree<br>Ajile<br>Kwesi Asuo<br>[[Nadirah Shakoor]]<br>[[Foley (musician)|Foley]]<br>Rasa Don<br>Baba Oje<br>Nicha Hilliard<br> Isaiah "Zā" Williams<br>[[Dionne Farris]]<br>Tasha Larae }} '''Arrested Development''' is an American hip hop [[musical ensemble|group]], that was formed in Atlanta in 1988. It was founded by [[Speech (rapper)|Speech]] and Headliner as a positive, [[Afrocentrism|Afrocentric]] alternative to the [[gangsta rap]] popular in the late 1980s. Baba Oje and frontman [[Speech (rapper)|Speech]] met at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee when they were both students.
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