Epic Rap Battles of History

Epic Rap Battles of History, or ERB, is a YouTube webseries created by Peter Shukoff (Nice Peter) and Lloyd Ahlquist (EpicLLOYD). The series pits famous historical and pop culture figures, real and fictional, against one another in a rap battle format. As of July 2018, the channel has over 14 million subscribers and over 3 billion total video views.

Ian and Anthony appeared in ERB's Season 3 finale Artists vs TMNT, and Peter and Lloyd have appeared on Smosh media.

ERB on Smosh

 * PLAYING MORTAL KOMBAT WITH EPIC RAP BATTLES (Smosh Games Button Bash)
 * PSYCHO BULLIES! FT. NICE PETER (Just Shut Up! #10) (Just Nice Peter)

Smosh on ERB

 * In Artists vs TMNT, Ian and Anthony appeared alongside Rhett and Link as four Renaissance artists rap battled with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Ian and Anthony played Michelangelo Buonarotti and Raphael Sanzio da Urbino respectively, while Rhett and Link played Donatello Bardi and Leonardo da Vinci respectively.

Season 1 (2010-2011)

 * 1) John Lennon vs Bill O'Reilly
 * 2) Darth Vader vs Hitler
 * 3) Abe Lincoln vs Chuck Norris
 * 4) Sarah Palin vs Lady Gaga
 * 5) Hulk Hogan and Macho Man vs Kim Jong-il
 * 6) Justin Bieber vs Beethoven
 * 7) Einstein vs Stephen Hawking
 * 8) Genghis Khan vs Easter Bunny
 * 9) Napoleon vs Napoleon
 * 10) Billy Mays vs Ben Franklin
 * 11) Gandalf vs Dumbledore
 * 12) Dr. Seuss vs Shakespeare
 * 13) Mr. T vs Mr. Rogers
 * 14) Columbus vs Captain Kirk
 * 15) Nice Peter vs EpicLLOYD

Season 2 (2011-2013)

 * 1) Hitler vs Vader 2
 * 2) Master Chief vs Leonidas
 * 3) Mario Bros vs Wright Bros
 * 4) Michael Jackson vs Elvis Presley
 * 5) Cleopatra vs Marilyn Monroe
 * 6) Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates
 * 7) Frank Sinatra vs Freddie Mercury
 * 8) Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney
 * 9) Doc Brown vs Doctor Who
 * 10) Bruce Lee vs Clint Eastwood
 * 11) Batman vs Sherlock Holmes
 * 12) Moses vs Santa Claus
 * 13) Adam vs Eve
 * 14) Gandhi vs Martin Luther King Jr.
 * 15) Nikola Tesla vs Thomas Edison
 * 16) Babe Ruth vs Lance Armstrong
 * 17) Mozart vs Skrillex
 * 18) Rasputin vs Stalin

Season 3 (2011-2013)

 * 1) Hitler vs Vader 3
 * 2) Blackbeard vs Al Capone
 * 3) Miley Cyrus vs Joan of Arc
 * 4) Bob Ross vs Pablo Picasso
 * 5) Michael Jordan vs Muhammad Ali
 * 6) Donald Trump vs Ebenezer Scrooge
 * 7) Rick Grimes vs Walter White
 * 8) Goku vs Superman
 * 9) Stephen King vs Edgar Allan Poe
 * 10) Sir Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye
 * 11) George Washington vs William Wallace
 * 12) Artists vs TMNT

Season 4 (2014-2015)

 * 1) Ghostbusters vs Mythbusters
 * 2) Romeo and Juliet vs Bonnie and Clyde
 * 3) Zeus vs Thor
 * 4) Jack the Ripper vs Hannibal Lecter
 * 5) Oprah vs Ellen
 * 6) Steven Spielberg vs Alfred Hitchcock
 * 7) Lewis and Clark vs Bill and Ted
 * 8) David Copperfield vs Harry Houdini
 * 9) Terminator vs Robocop
 * 10) Eastern Philosophers vs Western Philosophers
 * 11) Shaka Zulu vs Julius Caesar
 * 12) Jim Henson vs Stan Lee

Season 5 (2016-2017)

 * 1) J. R. R. Tolkien vs George R. R. Martin
 * 2) Gordon Ramsay vs Julia Child
 * 3) Frederick Douglass vs Thomas Jefferson
 * 4) James Bond vs Austin Powers
 * 5) Bruce Banner vs Bruce Jenner
 * 6) Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible
 * 7) Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton
 * 8) Ash Ketchum vs Charles Darwin
 * 9) Wonder Woman vs Stevie Wonder
 * 10) Tony Hawk vs Wayne Gretzky
 * 11) Theodore Roosevelt vs Winston Churchill
 * 12) Nice Peter vs EpicLLOYD 2

Season 6 (2019)

 * 1) Freddy Krueger vs Wolverine
 * 2) Guy Fawkes vs Che Guevara

Bonus Episodes

 * 1) Deadpool vs Boba Fett
 * 2) Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg

Trivia

 * The Game Bang episode EPIC SMOSH RAP BATTLE was named after Epic Rap Battles of History.