The
Hit Squad was a 1990s
hip hop collective of
East coast hip hop artists formed by
Erick Sermon and
Parrish Smith better known as
EPMD. The collective separated when EPMD broke up for the first time in 1993, later reforming as
Def Squad. The collective later reintroduced itself in 2006 as "Hit squad" with a sub division of new up and coming artists titled "Team Takeover" featuring artists such as Nymrod, Comatose, Nam Nitty, and the recent youngest member Michael Nixx.