Arrested Development

Arrested Development is an American alternative hip hop group, founded as a positive, Afrocentric alternative to the gangsta rap popular in the early 1990s.

Their first album, 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of..., which produced several hit tracks including "Tennessee", "People Everyday", and "Mr. Wendal", all of which hit the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100. The group won two Grammy Awards in 1993 for Best New Artist and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, and were also named Band of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine.

The group composed a song, "Revolution" for the Spike Lee biopic Malcolm X in 1992.

They released their follow-up albbm, Zingalamaduni, in 1994. The group broke up due to "creative differences" in 1996, but reunited in 2000 and they have been touring and releasing records.

Their next album was Among The Trees in 2004 followed by Since The Last Time in 2006. In March 2007, they toured Australia as part of a triple-bill, along with Simple Minds and INXS.

The group released their ninth album, Strong, in December 2009, and had a top ten hit with the single "The World is Changing" in Japan.