Erick Sermon (born November 25, 1968) is an American rapper, musician, and record producer. Sermon is best known as one-third, alongside PMD & DJ Scratch, of late-1980s–1990s hip hop group EPMD and for production work.\n', '

Erick Sermon started professionally selling music in 1986 as a Producer and Artist of the legendary hip hop group EPMD. He began recording solo albums for Def Jam in 1993; in 1997, he rejoined EPMD. The following year, Sermon, Murray and Redman recorded a cover version of "Rapper\'s Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang, the first hit hip hop record. EPMD disbanded a second time in 1999.\n', '

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 #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the R&B chart. Sermon\'s second album on J Records, React, was released in 2002. React\'s title track peaked at #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 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.\n', '

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