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| Epic Rap Battles of History | |
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| Genre |
Comedy hip hop Battle rap Nerdcore |
| Created by |
Peter Shukoff Lloyd Ahlquist |
| Directed by | Dave McCary (seasons 1-2) Jackson Adams (season 3) Daniel M. Turcan (season 3) Forrest Whaley (episodes 48 & 58) Peter Shukoff (seasons 3-5) Mike Betette (seasons 3-5) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 70 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Peter Shukoff Lloyd Ahlquist |
| Running time | 1–5 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Maker Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | YouTube |
| Original release | September 26, 2010 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Epic Rap Battles of History is a YouTube video series created by Peter Shukoff (a.k.a. Nice Peter) and Lloyd Ahlquist (a.k.a. EpicLLOYD). The series puts famous historical and pop culture figures, real and fictional, against one another in a rap battle format. As of January 2017, it is the 30th most subscribed channel on YouTube with over 14.1 million subscribers and over 3.3 billion total video views.
Although early episodes of the series featured only Nice Peter and EpicLLOYD, later episodes have regularly featured guest appearances, and other internet celebrities such as Lisa Donovan, Timothy DeLaGhetto, George Watsky, DeStorm Power, Jesse Wellens, PewDiePie, Jenna Marbles, Lilly Singh, Ray William Johnson, Rhett and Link, and Smosh. Media celebrities like rappers Snoop Dogg, Chali 2na and T-Pain, parody artist "Weird Al" Yankovic, and the comedian duo Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele have also appeared in the series.
On July 3, 2013, Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney, became the first of its singles to be certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States. Ten other singles, including Adolf Hitler vs Darth Vader, Albert Einstein vs Stephen Hawking, Dr. Seuss vs William Shakespeare, Master Chief vs Leonidas, Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates, Justin Bieber vs Ludwig van Beethoven, Mario Brothers vs Wright Brothers, Mr. T vs Mr. Rogers, Abraham Lincoln vs Chuck Norris and Hitler vs Vader 2, were subsequently also certified Gold.
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