Cleopatra VS Marilyn Monroe Epic Rap Battles ERB reaction mashup reactions list: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn6lOpCTJcppeD8nuRim51eh1aRSDv-H5 Epic Rap Battles of History From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Epic Rap Battles of History Epic Rap Battles of History Logo.png 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 – January 9, 2017 External links Website www.erbofhistory.com Epic Rap Battles of History, or ERB for short, 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.[1] As of July 2017, it is the 43rd most subscribed channel on YouTube with over 14.2 million subscribers and over 3.3 billion total video views.[2] 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, 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 certified Gold as well.[3] Contents [hide] 1 History and development 2 Cast 2.1 Main cast 2.2 Recurring cast 2.3 Guest appearances 3 Episodes 4 Awards and nominations 5 See also 6 References 7 External links History and development[edit] Dante Cimadamore (left) and Peter Shukoff (right) The idea for historical figures rapping against each other was conceived by Ahlquist, who gave the idea to Shukoff as an improvised show, which was titled "Check OneTwo"; as the two worked on improvisation skits, along with Zach Sherwin, who has appeared on the series.[1] They were met with lots of difficulty at first and decided that it would fare much better as a YouTube series than an improv show. The first three rap battles were each shot on a $50 budget.[4] On September 26, 2010, the first rap battle was uploaded to YouTube, featuring Shukoff as John Lennon and Ahlquist as Bill O'Reilly.[5] Before the web series even existed on YouTube, Nice Peter and EpicLLOYD recorded the very first song, which was a battle between Child's Play antagonist Chucky and actor Michael J. Fox.[6] The song was freestyle and poorly made; as a result, it was not released to the public. Instead, Shukoff and Ahlquist recorded their first official song for the first episode, "John Lennon vs Bill O'Reilly"