DJ Scratch was a central figure in the group EPMD, joining the crew in 1989 as their official man on the turntables. In the past year, the relationship between Grandmaster Scratch and EPMD has been ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Jan. 11, 1991: After back-to-back successful albums with 1988's Strictly Business and 1989's Unfinished Business, Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith, ...

Kanye West called Erick Sermon sometime in May 2023 and wanted the EPMD co-founder to hop a flight to Los Angeles to work on ...

The reunion of rap duo EPMD during VH1’s Hip-Hop Honors Week won’t be the only stop for the group, according to their DJ, Scratch. The pair is also in the early stages of planning a world tour. But in ...

Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith reflect on 'Business as Usual' 25 years later and offer their business tips for manuevering the rap game. By Eric Diep Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith’s legacy is built ...

More than 25 years after releasing his classic debut album, Illmatic, Nas finally earned his first Grammy award with a win in the Best Rap Album category at the 2021 award show. The honor was given to ...

Due in stores Dec. 9, 'We Mean Business' is a "special" album for EPMD's Erick Sermon and Parish Smith. "Erick and I, we had to do the distribution, the label, the promotion, the artwork, every aspect ...

Welcome to Who Killed It?, our column where we rank the verses on classic posse cuts from worst to first. For our last go-round, we took a look at the DJ Clue hosted posse cut “Fantastic 4″ featuring ...

Fresh off the nostalgia circuit, EPMD return with a surprisingly enjoyable reminder of the potency of a group often overshadowed by their more name-dropped contemporaries. Raekwon, Method Man, 9th ...

July 28, 1992: On this day in 1992, EPMD solidified their position as one of hip-hop’s traditional groups with the release of their fourth studio album, Business Never Personal. Erick Sermon and ...