Though deeply respected among hip-hop aficionados, Detroit underground heroes Slum Village never quite got the historical love like contemporaries like Tribe or Gang Starr. But without question, the ...

As rapper T3 tells it, Slum Village has "shaken off the fatigue, shaken off the chill moment, and now it’s go-mode time.” After a nearly decade-long break, the fabled Detroit hip-hop group is back ...

(CBS DETROIT) - June is Black Music Month. Every week in June, CBS News Detroit is highlighting a different part of Detroit's Black music scene and showcasing the role that Detroit played in shaping ...

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The legendary rap group Slum Village means so many things to so many people. The group which originally consisted of the iconic producer James “J Dilla” Yancy, Titus “Baatin” Glover and T3 has had ...

According to the Detroit Free Press, founding member of seminal Detroit rap group Slum Village, Baatin, is dead at 35. The cause of the death is not yet public. Friends and family, from Dwele and 9th ...

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Let s face it. Groups today are a rare and endangered species in Hip-Hop. With every Voltron-united collective comes a natural urge for members to forge a solo path towards their own success, beyond ...

Rap may have been born in NYC, but it was raised in the 313. As we continue to celebrate hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, it would be an outright sin to exclude Detroit’s legendary group Slum Village from ...

Detroit's Slum Village boast a prolific catalog and whenever new music is unearthed from their discography, fans congregate to take part in breaking down the rhymes. Last week (April 20), Slum village ...

After 10 years of building his brand as Mega Ran, a video game obsessive whose way with a pop culture reference has made him one of nerdcore's most beloved underground MCs, Raheem Jarbo was starting ...