EPMD is an American hip hop duo from Brentwood, New York. The duo's name is an initialism for " Erick and Parrish Making Dollars ", referring to its members: emcees Erick Sermon ("E" a.k.a. E …

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Feb 16, 2025 · Formed in Brentwood, Long Island, in 1986, EPMD—short for Erick and Parrish Making Dollars—burst onto the scene with their 1988 debut, Strictly Business, a game-changer that blended …

EPMD is an American hip hop group from Brentwood, New York. The group’s name is a concatenation of the members' names “E” and “PMD” or an acronym for “Erick and Parrish Making Dollars”,...

EPMD, short for Erick and Parrish Making Dollars, is a Hip Hop duo formed by Brentwood, Long Island-raised Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith in 1987. Their monotone delivery and heavy use of …

Before their breakup in 1993, the rap duo of Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith--known together as Erick and Parrish Making Dollars, or EPMD--exercised a huge influence on the "hardcore" hip-hop scene …

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Inspired by funky hardcore acts such as Eric B. & Rakim and Public Enemy, the duo formed EPMD, the group name a fusion of their own names—“E” and “PMD”—creating the acronym for “Erick and …

Feb 13, 2026 · The acronym EPMD stood for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars," but the Long Island duo’s accomplishments go far beyond their bank accounts. They released some of the best hip-hop …

On the surface, the sample-reliant productions and monotone rapping styles of Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith had little to recommend them, but the duo's recordings as EPMD were among the best …