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Epic Rap Battles of History (ERB) is a YouTube web series and music project created by Peter "Nice Peter" Shukoff and Lloyd "EpicLLOYD" Ahlquist. The series pits historical and pop culture figures against one another in a rap battle format. The characters portrayed are often determined by suggestions from viewers in the comments sections of the channel's videos. Shukoff and Ahlquist write each song themselves, researching the subject in order to find obscure details to use as references in the lyrics, although certain Patreon subscribers have also contributed to the writing process. Following an extended hiatus, the channel returned with a bonus battle in December 2018, and the sixth season debuted on April 20, 2019. As of February 23, 2023, the channel has 14.9 million subscribers and approximately 4 billion total video views.
Original Release
09/26/2010 on YOUTUBE
US Release
09/26/2010
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Shukoff | Nice Peter / Abraham Lincoln / Guy Fawkes / Henry Ford / Hulk Hogan / Indiana Jones / Ivan the Terrible / J. R. R. Tolkien / Jacques Cousteau / Jamie Hyneman / Jim Henson / Jimmy Olsen / Krillen / Joe Biden / Russian Hacker / John F. Kennedy / John Lennon / John Rambo / Joker / Batman / Julius Caesar / Lady Gaga / Lance Armstrong / Luigi / Luke Skywalker / Han Solo / Yoda / Mark Zuckerberg / Master Chief / Miley Stewart / Moustached Cowboy / Mozart / Mr. Rogers / Napoleon Dynamite / Nikola Tesla / Old Michael Jackson / Richard The Lionheart / Rick Grimes / Robert Oppenheimer / Robocop / Romeo / Ronald McDonald / Santa Claus / Sigmund Freud / Stephen Hawking / Darth Vader / Steve Jobs / Voice of HAL 9000 / Steve / Steven Spielberg / Michael Bay / Ted Logan / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / The 10th Doctor / The Cat in the Hat / The Easter Bunny / Thomas Jefferson / Tony Hawk / Vince Offer, the Shamwow Guy / White Preacher in Indian Rights March / Zeus / Amazon worker / Austin Powers / Bruce Wayne / Beethoven / Bill Nye / Blackbeard / Bob Ross / Boba Fett (voice) / Rebel Soldier / Bruce Jenner / Charles Darwin / Christopher Columbus / David Copperfield / Donald Trump / The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come / Dr. Phil / Dracula / Dumbledore / Edward Scissorhands / Freddie Mercury / Background Vocals / Friedrich Nietzsche / George Carlin / George Washington / Godzilla / Grigori Rasputin / Vladimir Lenin / Vladimir Putin |
| Lloyd Ahlquist | Adolf Hitler / Carl Sagan / Epic Lloyd / Adam Savage / Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (voice) / Adam / Al Capone / Alfred Hitchcock / Ash Williams / Babe Ruth / Ben Franklin / Thomas Edison / Clint Eastwood / Elvis Presley / Bach / Bill Clinton / Bill Gates / Bill O'Reilly / Bill S. Preston, Esq. / Bobby Orr / Bruce Banner / Captain Kirk / Chuck Norris / Clyde Barrow / Deadpool (voice) / Street Tough / Rebel Soldier / Donald Trump / Russian Hacker / Dr. Phil / Voice of Stedman Graham / Elon Musk / Senator Dianne Feinstein / Captain Jean-Luc Picard / Elves / Face / Murdoch / Hannibal / Mr. McFeely / Frank Sinatra / Background Vocals / Frederick the Great / Gandalf / Genghis Khan / George R. R. Martin / Gordon Ramsay / Hannibal Lecter / Harry Houdini / Jeff Bezos / John McCain / John McClane / Joseph Stalin / Mikhail Gorbachev / JP Morgan / Karl Marx / King Kong / Lilly Truscott / Macho Man / Mario / Marlon Brando / Marty McFly / Mitt Romney / Mutt Williams / Napoleon Bonaparte / Pablo Picasso / Pennywise / Superman / Poor Persons Foot / Ragnar Lodbrok / Robin Williams / Robin / Roman Warriors / Sean Connery Bond / Six Year Old Son / Voice of Leonidas / Skrillex / Socrates / Stan Lee / Steve Irwin / Teddy Roosevelt / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Thanos / The Burger King / The Terminator / Thing 1 and Thing 2 / Thor / Vlad The Impaler / Walter White / White Preacher in Civil Rights March / William Wallace / Wolverine |
| Dante Cimadamore | Background Vocals / Blue Team Member / Criss Angel / Dalek / Dante / Gangster / Go Go Dancer / Indian Rights Marcher / Jesus Quintana / John Bonham / John Paul Jones / Jimmy Page / Nikola Tesla / Spartan / Street Tough / Team Rocket James / Human Evolution |
| Zach Sherwin | Sherlock Holmes / Stephen King / Voltaire / Walt Disney / John Wick / Egon Spengler / Ebenezer Scrooge / Doc Brown / Alexander the Great / Albert Einstein / Wayne Gretzky |
| Atul Singh | Abandoned Kid / Boba Fett / Frustrated Crew / Indian Rights Marcher / Jason Voorhees / Stedman Graham / Swordsman |
| Morgan Christensen | Stormtrooper / Frustrated Crew / Renfield |
| Mary Gutfleisch | Animators / Hot Alien / Kari Bryon / Team Rocket Jessie |
| Sulai Lopez | Blue Team Member / Elf / Frustrated Crew / Go Go Dancer |
| Link Neal | Leonardo da Vinci / Meriwether Lewis / Orville Wright |
| Rhett McLaughlin | Donatello di Niccolò / Wilbur Wright / William Clark |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ragnar Lodbrok vs Richard The Lionheart | Monday, 14 June 2021 |
| 2 | Jeff Bezos vs Mansa Musa | Saturday, 27 November 2021 |
| 3 | John Wick vs John Rambo vs John McClane | Saturday, 18 December 2021 |
| 4 | Lara Croft vs Indiana Jones | Tuesday, 25 October 2022 |
| 5 | Henry Ford vs Karl Marx | Friday, 01 December 2023 |
| 6 | Godzilla vs King Kong | Friday, 23 February 2024 |
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Directors
Peter Shukoff, Dave McCary, Mike Betette, Lloyd Ahlquist, Daniel M. Turcan, Forrest Whaley, Jackson Adams, Ryan Moulton, Kurt Schmidt
Writers
Peter Shukoff, Lloyd Ahlquist, Zach Sherwin, Dante Cimadamore, Mike Betette, Robyn Lynne Norris, Greg Owens, Lauren Flans, Rich Baker, Dan Bull, Wax, Carter Deems, Sam Irving, Sam Kellie, Timothy DeLaGhetto, Atul Singh, Robyn Norris, Phil Haney, Brian Walters, Juliet Seniff, Kimmy Gatewood, DeStorm Power, Jin Au-Yeung, NoShame, Matteo Adonis, Cameron Greely, Matteo Iadonisi, Andrew Rose Gregory, Rob Rico, Chris Turner, Scru Face Jean, Landon Kirksey, Will Naameh, Marv Wonder, November Christine, Joe Felice, Jeff Durand, Derrick DeMaio, Toby Herman, Terry Im, Snoop Dogg, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Iman Crosson, Croix Provence, Aaron Krebs, Cara Francis, Natasha Lloyd
Creators
Peter Shukoff, Lloyd Ahlquist, Jerry Robinson, Fabian Nicieza, Ian Fleming, David Morrell, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, William Moulton Marston, Derek Kolstad, Rob Liefeld, Jeb Stuart, Gale Anne Hurd, Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner, Steven E. De Souza, J.R.R. Tolkien, Bob Kane, Arthur Conan Doyle, Akira Toriyama, Bill Finger
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Shukoff | Nice Peter / Abraham Lincoln / Guy Fawkes / Henry Ford / Hulk Hogan / Indiana Jones / Ivan the Terrible / J. R. R. Tolkien / Jacques Cousteau / Jamie Hyneman / Jim Henson / Jimmy Olsen / Krillen / Joe Biden / Russian Hacker / John F. Kennedy / John Lennon / John Rambo / Joker / Batman / Julius Caesar / Lady Gaga / Lance Armstrong / Luigi / Luke Skywalker / Han Solo / Yoda / Mark Zuckerberg / Master Chief / Miley Stewart / Moustached Cowboy / Mozart / Mr. Rogers / Napoleon Dynamite / Nikola Tesla / Old Michael Jackson / Richard The Lionheart / Rick Grimes / Robert Oppenheimer / Robocop / Romeo / Ronald McDonald / Santa Claus / Sigmund Freud / Stephen Hawking / Darth Vader / Steve Jobs / Voice of HAL 9000 / Steve / Steven Spielberg / Michael Bay / Ted Logan / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / The 10th Doctor / The Cat in the Hat / The Easter Bunny / Thomas Jefferson / Tony Hawk / Vince Offer, the Shamwow Guy / White Preacher in Indian Rights March / Zeus / Amazon worker / Austin Powers / Bruce Wayne / Beethoven / Bill Nye / Blackbeard / Bob Ross / Boba Fett (voice) / Rebel Soldier / Bruce Jenner / Charles Darwin / Christopher Columbus / David Copperfield / Donald Trump / The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come / Dr. Phil / Dracula / Dumbledore / Edward Scissorhands / Freddie Mercury / Background Vocals / Friedrich Nietzsche / George Carlin / George Washington / Godzilla / Grigori Rasputin / Vladimir Lenin / Vladimir Putin |
| Lloyd Ahlquist | Adolf Hitler / Carl Sagan / Epic Lloyd / Adam Savage / Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (voice) / Adam / Al Capone / Alfred Hitchcock / Ash Williams / Babe Ruth / Ben Franklin / Thomas Edison / Clint Eastwood / Elvis Presley / Bach / Bill Clinton / Bill Gates / Bill O'Reilly / Bill S. Preston, Esq. / Bobby Orr / Bruce Banner / Captain Kirk / Chuck Norris / Clyde Barrow / Deadpool (voice) / Street Tough / Rebel Soldier / Donald Trump / Russian Hacker / Dr. Phil / Voice of Stedman Graham / Elon Musk / Senator Dianne Feinstein / Captain Jean-Luc Picard / Elves / Face / Murdoch / Hannibal / Mr. McFeely / Frank Sinatra / Background Vocals / Frederick the Great / Gandalf / Genghis Khan / George R. R. Martin / Gordon Ramsay / Hannibal Lecter / Harry Houdini / Jeff Bezos / John McCain / John McClane / Joseph Stalin / Mikhail Gorbachev / JP Morgan / Karl Marx / King Kong / Lilly Truscott / Macho Man / Mario / Marlon Brando / Marty McFly / Mitt Romney / Mutt Williams / Napoleon Bonaparte / Pablo Picasso / Pennywise / Superman / Poor Persons Foot / Ragnar Lodbrok / Robin Williams / Robin / Roman Warriors / Sean Connery Bond / Six Year Old Son / Voice of Leonidas / Skrillex / Socrates / Stan Lee / Steve Irwin / Teddy Roosevelt / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Thanos / The Burger King / The Terminator / Thing 1 and Thing 2 / Thor / Vlad The Impaler / Walter White / White Preacher in Civil Rights March / William Wallace / Wolverine |
| Dante Cimadamore | Background Vocals / Blue Team Member / Criss Angel / Dalek / Dante / Gangster / Go Go Dancer / Indian Rights Marcher / Jesus Quintana / John Bonham / John Paul Jones / Jimmy Page / Nikola Tesla / Spartan / Street Tough / Team Rocket James / Human Evolution |
| Zach Sherwin | Sherlock Holmes / Stephen King / Voltaire / Walt Disney / John Wick / Egon Spengler / Ebenezer Scrooge / Doc Brown / Alexander the Great / Albert Einstein / Wayne Gretzky |
| Atul Singh | Abandoned Kid / Boba Fett / Frustrated Crew / Indian Rights Marcher / Jason Voorhees / Stedman Graham / Swordsman |
| Morgan Christensen | Stormtrooper / Frustrated Crew / Renfield |
| Mary Gutfleisch | Animators / Hot Alien / Kari Bryon / Team Rocket Jessie |
| Sulai Lopez | Blue Team Member / Elf / Frustrated Crew / Go Go Dancer |
| Link Neal | Leonardo da Vinci / Meriwether Lewis / Orville Wright |
| Rhett McLaughlin | Donatello di Niccolò / Wilbur Wright / William Clark |
| DeStorm Power | Kanye West / Mr. T / Shaka Zulu |
| Kassem Gharaibeh | KassemG / Lando Calrissian |
| Mike Betette | Pompey the Great / Bear / Blue Team Member |
| Jonathan Na | Camera Man / Genghis Khan's Descendants / Sulu |
| George Watsky | The 4th Doctor / Edgar Allen Poe / The Fourth Doctor / William Shakespeare |
| Ceciley Jenkins | Daenerys Targaryen / Princess Peach / Ramsay Production Team Member |
| Shaun Lewin | Elf / Frustrated Crew / Pirate / Gangster |
| Josh Best | Editor / Sam Trautman / Secret Service Agent |
| Kimmy Gatewood | Marilyn Monroe / Hillary Clinton |
| Jordan Peele | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. / Muhammad Ali |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Lloyd Ahlquist | Executive Producer |
| Peter Shukoff | Executive Producer |
| Michelle Maloney | Executive Producer |
| Mickey Meyer | Executive Producer |
| Drew Walkup | Executive Producer |
| Michelle Maloney | Producer |
| Atul Singh | Producer |
| Mickey Meyer | Producer |
| Nikki Fancy | Producer |
| Gabe Michael | Producer |
| Shaun Lewin | Producer |
| Peter Shukoff | Producer |
| Drew Walkup | Producer |
| Lloyd Ahlquist | Producer |
Editors
Dave McCary, Sean Barrett, Peter Shukoff, Josh Best, Ross Fearnley
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2017 | Emmy | Outstanding Short Form Variety Series | Nominated |
| 2016 | Emmy | Outstanding Short Form Variety Series | Nominated |
