The final man standing speaks his piece on the future of Slum Village...

T3 explains how he'll honor his fallen homie's memory with a posthumous album...

Slum Village is a group synonymous with controversy. Hailing from the Conant Gardens section of Detroit, the trio of T3, Baatin and J. Dilla were ...

Four years ago today, James Dewitt Yancey, better known as J Dilla or Jay Dee, passed away just three days after his 32nd birthday. A ...

When news broke this past August that founding Slum Village member Baatin had passed away, the hip-hop community took the Detroit MC's death hard. Such ...

Earlier today (August 11) the funeral for Baatin, one of the founding members of rap group Slum Village, took place in his hometown of Detroit. The ...

With the Rock the Bells International Festival Series 2009 wrapping up on Sunday (August 9) in San Francisco’s Shoreline Amphitheatre, XXLMag,com caught up with the ...

With the sad and unfortunate passing of former Slum Village MC Baatin, XXLMag.com caught up with fellow group member Elzhi to find out how the ...

Elzhi's story has already been told numerous times. Having earned his stripes in Detroit's underground scene, the lyricist first made national waves via J Dilla's ...