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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 | Abraham Lincoln / Nice Peter / 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 / 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 / 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 / Grigori Rasputin / Vladimir Lenin / Vladimir Putin / Guy Fawkes / Hulk Hogan |
| Lloyd Ahlquist | Adolf Hitler / Epic Lloyd / Carl Sagan / 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 / John McCain / Joseph Stalin / Mikhail Gorbachev / JP Morgan / Lilly Truscott / Macho Man / Mario / Marlon Brando / Marty McFly / Mitt Romney / 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 | Albert Einstein / Alexander the Great / Doc Brown / Ebenezer Scrooge / Egon Spengler / Sherlock Holmes / Stephen King / Voltaire / Walt Disney / Wayne Gretzky |
| Atul Singh | Abandoned Kid / Boba Fett / Frustrated Crew / Indian Rights Marcher / Jason Voorhees / Stedman Graham |
| Morgan Christensen | Stormtrooper / Renfield / Frustrated Crew |
| Mary Gutfleisch | Animators / Hot Alien / Kari Bryon / Team Rocket Jessie |
| Sulai Lopez | Go Go Dancer / Frustrated Crew / Elf / Blue Team Member |
| 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 | |
| 3 | John Wick vs John Rambo vs John McClane | |
| 4 | Lara Croft vs Indiana Jones | |
| 5 | Henry Ford vs Karl Marx | |
| 6 | Godzilla vs King Kong |
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Directors
Peter Shukoff, Dave McCary, Mike Betette, Lloyd Ahlquist, Forrest Whaley, Daniel M. Turcan, Jackson Adams, Ryan Moulton, Kurt Schmidt
Writers
Lloyd Ahlquist, Peter Shukoff, Zach Sherwin, Dante Cimadamore, Mike Betette, Rich Baker, Greg Owens, Robyn Lynne Norris, Lauren Flans, Carter Deems, Wax, Dan Bull, Sam Kellie, Timothy DeLaGhetto, Atul Singh, Robyn Norris, Kimmy Gatewood, Juliet Seniff, Phil Haney, Jin Au-Yeung, DeStorm Power, NoShame, Matteo Adonis, Cameron Greely, Matteo Iadonisi, Andrew Rose Gregory, Rob Rico, Chris Turner, Sam Irving, November Christine, Joe Felice, Jeff Durand, Derrick DeMaio, Toby Herman, Terry Im, Snoop Dogg, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Iman Crosson, Aaron Krebs, Cara Francis, Natasha Lloyd, Brian Walters
Creators
Peter Shukoff, Lloyd Ahlquist, Jerry Robinson, Fabian Nicieza, Ian Fleming, Joe Shuster, William Moulton Marston, Rob Liefeld, Gale Anne Hurd, Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner, J.R.R. Tolkien, Bob Kane, Arthur Conan Doyle, Akira Toriyama, Bill Finger, Jerry Siegel
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Shukoff | Abraham Lincoln / Nice Peter / 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 / 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 / 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 / Grigori Rasputin / Vladimir Lenin / Vladimir Putin / Guy Fawkes / Hulk Hogan |
| Lloyd Ahlquist | Adolf Hitler / Epic Lloyd / Carl Sagan / 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 / John McCain / Joseph Stalin / Mikhail Gorbachev / JP Morgan / Lilly Truscott / Macho Man / Mario / Marlon Brando / Marty McFly / Mitt Romney / 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 | Albert Einstein / Alexander the Great / Doc Brown / Ebenezer Scrooge / Egon Spengler / Sherlock Holmes / Stephen King / Voltaire / Walt Disney / Wayne Gretzky |
| Atul Singh | Abandoned Kid / Boba Fett / Frustrated Crew / Indian Rights Marcher / Jason Voorhees / Stedman Graham |
| Morgan Christensen | Stormtrooper / Renfield / Frustrated Crew |
| Mary Gutfleisch | Animators / Hot Alien / Kari Bryon / Team Rocket Jessie |
| Sulai Lopez | Go Go Dancer / Frustrated Crew / Elf / Blue Team Member |
| Link Neal | Leonardo da Vinci / Meriwether Lewis / Orville Wright |
| Rhett McLaughlin | Donatello di Niccolò / Wilbur Wright / William Clark |
| DeStorm Power | Shaka Zulu / Mr. T / Kanye West |
| Kassem Gharaibeh | KassemG / Lando Calrissian |
| Mike Betette | Pompey the Great / Blue Team Member / Bear |
| Jonathan Na | Camera Man / Genghis Khan's Descendants / Sulu |
| George Watsky | The 4th Doctor / William Shakespeare / The Fourth Doctor / Edgar Allen Poe |
| Ceciley Jenkins | Daenerys Targaryen / Princess Peach / Ramsay Production Team Member |
| Shaun Lewin | Elf / Frustrated Crew / Pirate / Gangster |
| Josh Best | Editor / 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 |
| Peter Shukoff | Producer |
| Shaun Lewin | Producer |
| Drew Walkup | Producer |
| Lloyd Ahlquist | Producer |
Editors
Dave McCary, Peter Shukoff, Sean Barrett, Josh Best, Ross Fearnley
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2017 | Emmy | Outstanding Short Form Variety Series | Nominated |
| 2016 | Emmy | Outstanding Short Form Variety Series | Nominated |
