(CBS DETROIT) - June is Black Music Month. Every week in June, CBS News Detroit is highlighting a different part of Detroit's Black music scene and showcasing the role that Detroit played in shaping ...

Urban Art Orchestra featuring Slum Village The late J Dilla was a primary force behind incorporating the strong jazz influence into the music of the Detroit hip-hop group Slum Village. Dilla, who grew ...

Detroit hip-hop group Slum Village is gearing up to release a new album, its first in seven years. The group, now a duo featuring rapper T3 and producer Young RJ, dropped a new single on Friday, ahead ...

Young RJ rode around with pre-fame Timbaland, learned from J. Dilla, and produced for Kurupt before he was able to legally buy alcohol. The 20-plus-year veteran has stories from the studio that are ...

Still led by T3 and Young RJ, Slum Village has dropped a new album entitled F.U.N. Although members of the group changed in its early history, founding members T3 and Young RJ have been keeping the ...

As rapper T3 tells it, Slum Village has "shaken off the fatigue, shaken off the chill moment, and now it’s go-mode time.” After a nearly decade-long break, the fabled Detroit hip-hop group is back ...

Hours ahead of Michigan Central Station’s blockbuster Thursday night concert, two of the evening’s performers — and a very special guest — were honored by Mayor Mike Duggan and Ford Motor Co. brass.

Though deeply respected among hip-hop aficionados, Detroit underground heroes Slum Village never quite got the historical love like contemporaries like Tribe or Gang Starr. But without question, the ...

In time for Hip-Hop 50, Slum Village has dropped a new shoe and apparel collection. On Tuesday (August 1), the Detroit rhymesayers launched 'Fabric of Hip-Hop: Slum Village Fantastic Vol. 2' with Puma ...

The Grammy winner joins Charlie Puth and Brandi Carlile as part of the game’s pre-show performers. 5 hours ago "It should be out next year. We’ve been working on it for about a month. It’s always us ...

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Slum Village have been around for a quarter century now.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hours ahead of Michigan Central Station’s blockbuster Thursday night concert, two of the evening’s performers — and a very special ...