[外電]Slum Village rapper Baatin dead at 35

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Titus (Baatin) Glover, the Detroit rapper who co-founded the much-acclaimed
Slum Village, has died.

The circumstances of his death remain unknown, associates said this
afternoon. Baatin's body was found this morning in the 14000 block of Anglin
Street, said family friend Ty Townson, who was at the scene as Baatin's body
was taken to the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office.

Glover's mother, Alberta Glover, said she didn't know anything about how her
son died. She said she's waiting for the medical examiner to tell the family
something either Sunday or Monday.

Funeral arrangements are not yet set. Friends and family members will gather
for a public remembrance at 8 p.m. Sunday at Elements Gallery, 2125 Michigan
Avenue in Detroit.

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.

He was with the group for its gig at June's Rock the Bells Tour stop at DTE
Energy Music Theatre, and last week performed in a video shoot for Slum's new
single, "Cloud 9."

"This is just very shocking," said friend Biba Adams. "We were all hoping
this would be the return of the original group."

"Baatin will be missed," Slum Village's T3 told the Free Press in a
statement. "I'm glad we got a chance to work together before he passed. We
lost another Slum soldier, a dear friend and a brother. He touched many
lives."

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.

Fellow group founder James (J. Dilla) Yancey, Baatin's Pershing High School
classmate, passed away in 2006.

"Deepest sympathy to the family, friends and fans of Slum Village on the
passing of Baatin," said J. Dilla's mother, Maureen Yancey, in a statement.
"We loved him and his kind heart and spirit will forever be in our hearts."

Slum Village emerged in the late 1990s amid major street buzz, attracting
fans of organic hip-hop and supported by acts such as A Tribe Called Quest.
The group's 2000 national debut, "Fantastic Vol. 2" landed on critics'
best-of lists and set the stage for Slum's highest-profile commercial
release, "Trinity," two years later.

"He was a very spiritual brother," said Detroiter Khalid el-Hakim, founder of
the Black History 101 Mobile Museum. "He brought a spirituality to Detroit
hip-hop that you didn't see with other artists. That's what he was known for."

Baatin is survived by his son, Michael Majesty Ellis, 9; his daughter, Aura
Grace Glover, 1; his parents Howard and Alberta Glover; and his sister,
Eleanor Glover, two brothers, Richard Riggins and Wendell Scott, all of
Detroit.

Staff writer Cecil Angel contributed to this report.


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