diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 47f76d00f9d..ba63813b747 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -4067,28 +4067,23 @@ class Router:
             verbose_router_logger.debug(
                 f"Inside _aspeech()- model: {model}; kwargs: {kwargs}"
             )
+            parent_otel_span = _get_parent_otel_span_from_kwargs(kwargs)
             deployment = await self.async_get_available_deployment(
                 model=model,
                 messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "prompt"}],
                 specific_deployment=kwargs.pop("specific_deployment", None),
                 request_kwargs=kwargs,
             )
-            data = deployment["litellm_params"].copy()
-            for k, v in self.default_litellm_params.items():
-                if (
-                    k not in kwargs
-                ):  # prioritize model-specific params > default router params
-                    kwargs[k] = v
-                elif k == "metadata":
-                    kwargs[k].update(v)
 
+            self._update_kwargs_with_deployment(deployment=deployment, kwargs=kwargs)
+            data = deployment["litellm_params"].copy()
             model_client = self._get_async_openai_model_client(
                 deployment=deployment,
                 kwargs=kwargs,
             )
 
             self.total_calls[model_name] += 1
-            response = await litellm.aspeech(
+            response = litellm.aspeech(
                 **{
                     **data,
                     "input": input,
@@ -4098,6 +4093,31 @@ class Router:
                 }
             )
 
+            ### CONCURRENCY-SAFE RPM CHECKS ###
+            rpm_semaphore = self._get_client(
+                deployment=deployment,
+                kwargs=kwargs,
+                client_type="max_parallel_requests",
+            )
+
+            if rpm_semaphore is not None and isinstance(
+                rpm_semaphore, asyncio.Semaphore
+            ):
+                async with rpm_semaphore:
+                    """
+                    - Check rpm limits before making the call
+                    - If allowed, increment the rpm limit (allows global value to be updated, concurrency-safe)
+                    """
+                    await self.async_routing_strategy_pre_call_checks(
+                        deployment=deployment, parent_otel_span=parent_otel_span
+                    )
+                    response = await response
+            else:
+                await self.async_routing_strategy_pre_call_checks(
+                    deployment=deployment, parent_otel_span=parent_otel_span
+                )
+                response = await response
+
             self.success_calls[model_name] += 1
             verbose_router_logger.info(
                 f"litellm.aspeech(model={model_name})\033[32m 200 OK\033[0m"
diff --git a/tests/router_unit_tests/test_router_endpoints.py b/tests/router_unit_tests/test_router_endpoints.py
index 03a9baa9864..f4c6fbefe05 100644
--- a/tests/router_unit_tests/test_router_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/router_unit_tests/test_router_endpoints.py
@@ -262,6 +262,32 @@ async def test_aspeech_success_returns_response():
     assert mock_aspeech.call_args.kwargs["model"] == "openai/tts-1"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_aspeech_sets_deployment_metadata():
+    router = Router(
+        model_list=[
+            {
+                "model_name": "tts",
+                "litellm_params": {"model": "openai/tts-1", "api_key": "fake-key"},
+            },
+        ]
+    )
+
+    mock_response = MagicMock()
+    with patch("litellm.aspeech", return_value=mock_response) as mock_aspeech:
+        response = await router._aspeech(
+            model="tts",
+            input="the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs",
+            voice="alloy",
+        )
+
+    assert response is mock_response
+    metadata = mock_aspeech.call_args.kwargs["metadata"]
+    assert metadata["deployment"] == "openai/tts-1"
+    assert metadata["deployment_model_name"] == "tts"
+    assert metadata["model_info"]["id"] is not None
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio()
 async def test_rerank_endpoint(model_list):
     from litellm.types.utils import RerankResponse