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 ...

In the final ten minutes of the interview above, El-P mentions that the fourth Run The Jewels album will be 11 tracks, 38 minutes long, and feature some “guest appearances that you wouldn’t ...

1989: Still flying high from their critically acclaimed debut album, Strictly Business, Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith dropped EPMD’s second album, Unfinished Business, the following year. Mixing in ...

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 ...

When the Long Island Music Hall of Fame’s founders established the organization in 2004, speeches like the ones EPMD’s Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith gave to accept their group’s induction were ...

When did you fall in love with hip hop!? Was it after hearing the classic rap song “Rapper’s Delight” by the pioneering Sugar Hill Gang? Or perhaps it was after hearing the rhyming styles of big-name ...

Learn about the amazing life of MF Doom and check out an exclusive conversation between Parrish Smith and Prime Minister Pete Nice. The late great MF DOOM was one of the most creative Hip-Hoppers in ...

Erick Sermon of EPMD confessed to the crowd that he hadn’t been to Staten Island in 30 years, then joked that he was only 35 years old. His banter throughout the night involved telling the audience ...

50 Cent hasn’t dropped a new album since 2014, but the rapper admitted he’s found recent inspiration in Eminem’s verse on Nas’ track “EPMD 2.” In an interview with People Magazine for People in 10, 50 ...