Baatin has been played on NTS shows including Ted Draws, with First Time first played on 24 September 2014.

Born Titus Glover (after the Roman Emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus) in 1974, on Detroit's east side, Baatin got his start on the mic in 1986. In the early '90s, he befriended now-fallen rapper Proof (of D-12), and would accompany him to hip-hop nights at Stanley's Café and 1515 Broadway. In 1991, Baatin's hip-hop group, Ssenepod (dopeness spelled backward), changed it's name to Slum Village, which at the time, was made up of Jay Dee, Baatin and T3. Titus first christened himself Scandalous-T.

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