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EPMD

American hip hop duo from New York

Instance of: musical duo

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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 and Parrish Smith. During an interview on college radio station WHOV in 1987, Parrish Smith stated that the name evolved from the original: "We were originally known as "EEPMD", but chose to go with EPMD because it was easier to say." He also stated that they dropped the two "E's" because N.W.A's Eric Wright was already using "Eazy-E" as his stage name. The group has been active for 39 years.

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Discography: EPMD discography
Country of origin: United States
Members / parts: Erick Sermon
PMD
DJ Scratch
Genre: East Coast hip-hop
Label: Sleeping Bag Records
Formed in: New York
Start of work period: 1987
1997
Social media followers: 25,100(April 13, 2025) youtube channel id: UCFXOZv-hMaWMFRR4uUj_ZYQ
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2025-04-13
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25,300(April 1, 2024) youtube channel id: UCFXOZv-hMaWMFRR4uUj_ZYQ
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2024-04-01
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25,600(March 22, 2023) youtube channel id: UCFXOZv-hMaWMFRR4uUj_ZYQ
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2023-03-22
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26,100(August 18, 2021) youtube channel id: UCFXOZv-hMaWMFRR4uUj_ZYQ
End of work period: 1993

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