Erick Sermon of EPMD was born November 25, 1968
Written by Mister Anderson on November 25, 2022
Erick Sermon (born November 25, 1968) is an American rapper, musician, and record producer. He is best known as one-third—alongside PMD & DJ Scratch—of 1980s/1990s hip-hop group EPMD and for his production work.
In 2000, Sermon moved over to J Records and released the album Music the following year. The album’s first single, “Music”, featured guest vocals from Marvin Gaye, which Sermon reportedly culled from unreleased recordings found in a small record shop in London. “Music” went on to become Sermon’s highest-charting song, peaking at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the R&B chart. Sermon’s second album on J Records, React, was released in 2002. React’s title track peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, but the album sold poorly and Sermon was dropped from the label in 2003.
In a June 30, 2004 interview with HipHopDX.com, Sermon told music journalist Bayer Mack, “Things weren’t right at J Records. Clive Davis and them don’t believe in the promotion. When Puffy had Bad Boy at Arista, it was him doing all the [promotional] work.” He also stated Busta Rhymes and Wyclef Jean had similar issues with J Records.
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