Slum Village rapper Baatin dead at 35
Detroit native, known for spiritual lyrics, had recently returned to group
BY BRIAN MCCOLLUM • FREE PRESS POP MUSIC WRITER • AUGUST 1, 2009
Titus (Baatin) Glover, the Detroit rapper who co-founded the much-acclaimed Slum Village, has died.
Baatin, who turned 35 in March, left Slum Village in 2002, later telling the Free Press he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. He continued to record and play occasional solo dates before returning to the Slum fold for the group’s upcoming album, “Villa Manifesto,” due Sept. 22.
Word of Baatin’s passing circulated quickly this afternoon in music circles both locally and nationally, where Slum Village has long been an exalted name in underground hip-hop.