Epic Rap Battles of History

Epic Rap Battles of History (ERB) is a YouTube webseries 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 December 2018, the channel has over 14.3 million subscribers and approximately 3 billion total video views. Following an extended hiatus, they returned with a bonus battle in December 2018, with a sixth season set to debut in Spring 2019. 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. 10 other singles, "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 certified Gold as well.