Epic Rap Battles of History
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| YouTube channel ( hip-hop , battle rap ) | |
| language | English |
| founding | February 7, 2006 October 14, 2006 |
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Epic Rap Battles of History (main channel) ERB2 (second channel) ( outtakes & making-ofs ) |
| Subscribers | over 14,600,000 (main channel) over 1,200,000 (second channel) |
| Calls | over 3,100,000,000 (main channel) over 150,000,000 (second channel) |
| Videos | over 80 videos (main channel) over 160 videos (second channel) |
| network | Maker Studios (up to season 5) |
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Epic Rap Battles of History ( ERB for short , German for "Epic spoken chants - battles of history") is a series of parodic English-language web videos in which characters from human history compete against each other in so-called " rap battles ". The two to five minute long videos have been published on YouTube since 2010 and have won several awards.
history
The idea of having two historical figures compete against each other in a rap competition came from Lloyd Ahlquist, who passed it on to Peter Shukoff. The result was an improvised show called " Check OneTwo ", the first three episodes were realized with a budget of 50 US dollars each .
On September 26, 2010 the first battle was published on Youtube, in which John Lennon (played by Shukoff) against Bill O'Reilly (played by Ahlquist). The virality of the second episode in particular, in which Darth Vader and Adolf Hitler rap against each other, increased its popularity . This video has been viewed over 100 million times.
Episodes and Characters
A total of 74 episodes were published in 6 seasons by December 2019. Many characters were played by Shukoff and Ahlquist themselves, there are also actors and other YouTubers who have been repeatedly called in and made guest appearances. The most watched video is Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney, with over 146 million views, which was released during the 2012 US presidential campaign.
Peter Shukoff
Shukoff represented the following figures:
Lloyd Ahlquist
Ahlquist played the following roles:
Guest appearances
ten appearances
- Zach Sherwin as Albert Einstein , Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown from Back to the Future , Sherlock Holmes , Ebenezer Scrooge , Stephen King , Egon Spengler from the Ghostbusters , Voltaire , Walt Disney , Alexander the Great and Wayne Gretzky
three appearances
- George Watsky as William Shakespeare , the fourth Doctor from Doctor Who and Edgar Allan Poe
- Rhett McLaughlin of Rhett & Link as Wilbur Wright , Donatello and William Clark
- Link Neal of Rhett & Link as Orville Wright , Leonardo da Vinci and Meriwether Lewis
- DeStorm Power as Mr. T , Kanye West and Shaka
two appearances
- Timothy DeLaGhetto as Kim Jong-il and Laozi
- Kimmy Gatewood as Marilyn Monroe and Hillary Clinton
- Ray William Johnson as Boba Fett from Star Wars (voice only) and Son Goku from Dragon Ball
- Keegan-Michael Key of Key & Peele as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Michael Jordan
- Jordan Peele of Key & Peele as Martin Luther King Jr. and Muhammad Ali
- KRNFX as Grant Imahara from MythBusters and Sunzi
- Dan Bull as Jack the Ripper and Winston Churchill
- Wax as Quentin Tarantino and Freddy Krueger
A gig
- Chris Alvarado as Tory Belleci from MythBusters
- Ben Atha as Daniel Craig's James Bond
- Mike Betette as Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
- Chali 2na as Neil deGrasse Tyson
- November Christine as Oprah Winfrey
- Dante Cimadamore as Nikola Tesla (acting only)
- Iman Crosson as Barack Obama
- Taylor Cu as the marshmallow man from Ghostbusters (drama only)
- Mike Diva as Bruce Lee
- Lisa Donovan as Sarah Palin
- Mary Doodles as Kari Byron from MythBusters
- Mark Douglas as Ray Stant of the Ghostbusters
- Walter Downing as Winston Zeddemore from the Ghostbusters
- Alex Farnham as Justin Bieber
- Lauren Flans as Ellen DeGeneres
- Cara Francis as Mother Teresa
- Michelle Glavan as Miley Cyrus
- Chris Gorbos as Peter Venkman from the Ghostbusters
- Bentley Green as the young Michael Jackson
- Hannah Hart as Bonnie Parker
- Mamrie Hart as Julia Child
- Ian Hecox of Smosh as Michelangelo
- Grace Helbig as Juliet Capulet from Romeo and Juliet
- Robert Hoffman as Deadpool (acting only)
- Kassem G as himself
- Jenna Marbles as Eva
- MC Goldiloxx as Wendy from Wendy's
- MC Jin as Confucius
- Mickey Meyer as Dr. Seuss (only acting)
- Kyle Mooney as Dr. Watson
- NoShame as Caitlyn Jenner
- Mike O'Hearn as the Hulk (acting)
- Ruggles Outbound as Stanley Kubrick
- Anthony Padilla of Smosh as Raffael
- Rob Rico as Che Guevara
- Lilly Singh as Wonder Woman
- Jessi Smiles as Jeanne d'Arc
- JB Smoove as Frederick Douglass
- Snoop Dogg as Moses
- Colin J. Sweeney as Billy Mays
- T-Pain as Stevie Wonder
- Jackie Tohn as Joan Rivers
- Meghan Tonjes as Catherine II.
- Angela Trimbur as Cleopatra
- Ivan Velez as Boba Fett from Star Wars (Acting Only)
- Brian Walters as Ash Ketchum from Pokémon
- Jesse Wellens as Leonidas I (acting only)
- Gary Anthony Williams as Bill Cosby
- "Weird Al" Yankovic as Isaac Newton
- Zeale as Richard Pryor
Awards
- 2013:
- Streamy Awards in the categories Best Musicians - Online (to Peter Shukoff), Best Original Song , Best Music Series and Best Use of Fashion and Design (to Mary Gutfleisch ), also nominated for Best Screenplay
- nominated for the YouTube Music Awards in the categories Video of the Year and Artist of the Year
- 2014:
- Streamy Awards in the categories Best Screenplay , Best Music Video (for Goku vs. Superman), Best Costume Design (to Sulai Lopez), also nominated for Best Editing and Best Collaboration (with Snoop Dogg)
- 2015:
- Streamy Awards in the categories of Best Costume Design (to Sulai Lopez), Best Editing and Best Collaboration (with Grace Helbig and Hannah Hart), also nominated for Best Screenplay
- Nomination for Producers Guild of America Award for Best Digital Series
- 2016:
- Nominations for Streamy Awards in the categories Best Collaboration (with Meghan Tonjes, Mike Betette and Zach Sherwin), Best Costume Design , Best Editing and Best Script
- Nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award in the category Best Short-Term Variety Series
- Nomination for Producers Guild of America Award for Best Digital Series
- 2017:
- Nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award in the category Best Short-Term Variety Series
sales
When asked about ERB's share of total income in the lives of artists, Ahlquist replied in 2011:
"Nearly 100% of the money I make comes from the channel. It could easily be 100% [...]. In addition to Pete and I, we have about 8 full time employees and then another 5-10 part time folks all of whom earn their livings from the Epic Rap Battles channels. "
“Almost 100% of the money I make comes [from ERB]. It could simply be [full] 100%. In addition to Pete [Shukoff] and me, we have eight full-time employees and another five to ten part- time employees, all of whom make a living on the Epic Rap Battles channels. "
Web links
- Epic Rap Battles of History channel on YouTube
- Epic Rap Battles of History 2 on YouTube ( Outtakes & Making-ofs )
- Epic Rap Battles of History in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- official website
- official fan wiki
- Michael Humphrey interview with Shukoff and Ahlquist: Epic Rap Battles of History: Talking Brash Wit With A YouTube Hit , Forbes Magazine website, October 26, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Channel information , accessed on February 22, 2016
- ↑ Channel information , accessed on February 22, 2016
- ^ Epic Rap Battles of History. Behind the scenes. Mario Bros vs Wright Bros. on YouTube ( English ), February 16, 2012. Accessed July 17, 2014.
- ^ List of Epic Rap Battles of History
- ↑ Michael Humphrey, Epic Rap Battles of History: Talking Brash Wit With A YouTube Hit , Forbes Magazine website, October 26, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2014.