EPMD

EPMD
Background information
Also known as	Erick & Parrish Making Dollars, Erick & Parrish Millennium Ducats
Origin	Islip, New York, U.S.
Genres	East Coast hip hop
Discography	EPMD discography
Years active	1987–1993[1] 1997–Present
Labels	Sleeping Bag Def Jam RBC BMG Roc Nation
Formerly of	Hit Squad
Members	Erick Sermon PMD

EPMD is an American hip hop duo from Brentwood, New York. The duo's name is an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referring to 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 37 years (minus two breakups in 1993 and 1999).