Erick Sermon Reveals He’s Overcome An Opioid Addiction
One of Hip-Hop’s most beloved multi-threats has opened up about his personal life. Erick Sermon revealed this weekend that he is seven months clean from opioid addiction. The EPMD and Def Squad co-founder has not previously shared that he was addicted to painkillers. On Instagram, E-Double shared the news, along with some allusions to suffering.
The Brentwood, Long Islander revealed that he lost his grandmother, Vernia Mims. Sermon’s last solo album, released in 2019, was named after the matriarch. Recently, Erick also lost Hurricane G, a former spouse, collaborator, and mother to one of Sermon’s children. Cancer took the former Hit Squad/Def Squad-affiliated MC. Sermon noted that his mother is also battling a stage 4 cancer diagnosis in her chest, liver, and kidneys.
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The news comes at a time when The Green-Eyed Bandit’s Def Squad band-mate, Keith Murray, has been in the news for several tell-all interviews about his sex life, which includes alleged and salacious details about trysts with Foxy Brown and Shawnna.
In the post, Erick also revealed that he secured a record contract through 300 Entertainment, a hit-producing label launched by Lyor Cohen, Kevin Liles, and others that Sermon worked with as an artist at Def Jam Records. He also vowed that EPMD’s first album in 15 years, Dynamic Duos, is still on its way. Both halves of EPMD have been talking about the album for more than five years, said to feature fellow Hip-Hop duos including M.O.P., Mobb Deep, Black Star, and more.
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In 2019, Sermon and PMD aka Parrish Smith spoke to Ambrosia For Heads about the LP in a lengthy interview at E-Double’s Long Island, New York studio compound. That interview is embedded above.
Mac Miller, an artist that Erick Sermon and his music undoubtedly influenced, died from a fentanyl overdose in 2018.
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In 2022, Erick Sermon and Brady Watt released a “Bars & Beats” version of “Music” on DJ Premier’s TTT label.
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