Baatin of Slum Village.
Titus Glover (March 8, 1974–July 31, 2009), a Detroit rapper and member of Detroit rap collective Slum Village, has died. Tim Maynor, tour manager for Slum Village, confirmed his death in an e-mail to MLive.
Maynor did not comment any further, only saying his death is “too fresh right now.”
News of Baatin’s death spread virally around noon Saturday. A cause of death is not known.
Baatin, born Titus Glover in 1974, said he started rapping while a student at Pershing High School on Detroit’s east side.
“I was going by Eazy-T and Scandalous-T back then; it was me, Al Nuke and a few others,” Baatin told the Metro Times in a 2007 interview.
Baatin, Jay Dee — who died in 2006 of complications from lupus — and T3 formed a group and called themselves Ssenepod. In 1991, they changed their name to Slum Village. Baatin also changed his stage name.
“When I got spiritual, I wanted a different name,” he said. “(Baatin) is Islamic for ‘hidden.’ ”
Slum Village underwent several lineup changes over the years. The original trio released “Fantastic, Vol. 1″ and “Fantastic, Vol. 2.” Jay Dee (also known as J Dilla) left the group and was replaced with Elzhi. That trio scored one of their bigger mainstream hits, “Tainted,” which also featured Detroit native singer Dwele.
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