| Alternative Name | Erick & Parrish Making Dollars Erick & Parrish Millennium Ducats |
| Group Members | Erick Sermon PMD DJ Scratch |
| Music Genre(s) | Hip Hop |
| Music Genre | Rap |
| Origin | Brentwood, New York, U.S. |
| Year(s) Active | 1986–1993, 1997–1999, 2006–present 1987–1992, 1997–1999, 2006–present |
| Record Label | Sleeping Bag Records Priority Def Jam Roc Nation |
| Associated Acts | Redman Das EFX K-Solo Knucklehedz Hurricane G Hit Squad Keith Murray Kurtis Mantronik KRS-One Method Man Raekwon Havoc Onyx DJ K La Boss DJ Diamond J Craig Mack |
EPMD is an American hip hop duo from Brentwood, New York. The duo's name is a concatenation of the members' names "E" and "PMD" or an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referencing its members: emcees Erick Sermon ("E" a.k.a. E Double) and Parrish Smith ("PMD" a.k.a. Parrish Mic Doc). 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" (Easy Erick and Parrish the Microphone Doctor), 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 34 years (minus two breakups in 1992 and 1999), and is one of the most prominent acts in east coast hip hop. DJ K La Boss and DJ Scratch were DJs for the group and their current DJ is DJ Diamond J.
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