Slum Village founded in the early 90′s by 3 childhood friends: Baatin, T3, and producer J Dilla, who all grew up together in the Conant Gardens neighborhood of Detroit, MI Slum Village landed their first record deal in 1998. Due to label politics, the group was forced to release their album “Best Kept Secret” under the alias J-88. Their now classic record, “Fantastic, Vol. 2″ was not officially released until 2000, dubbed an immediate classic from fans and industry tastemakers. This album featured an A list line up including Busta Rhymes, Common, D’angelo, Jazzy Jeff, Pete Rock, Kurupt, and Q-Tip who passed the torch to Slum Village on the record “Hold Tight”. T3 remains the sole surviving member of the original lineup. The group members now include T3 and Young Rj. T3 released a mixtape in 2006 titled Olio. Slum Village's 2015 album YES! features songs that were produced by Dilla before his 2006 death. *December 2019 T3 dropped a mixtape titled “ASIF”  *January 23rd T3 dropped his first Solo Ep on “Delicious Vinyl” titled “Mr. Fantastic You can also see T3 on Netflix hit show “Hip-Hop Evolution season four episode three which first aired January 17th 2020 and was taped rt here in Detroit at the “William V. Banks Museum which is owned by WGPR radio station. “T3” continues the journey with an invigorated energy holding down the legacy… touring for the first time as a Solo artist National and International