11 Greatest "Epic Rap Battles Of History" Videos

Which battles from the immensely popular YouTube series possess the highest levels of epicness?

By Rob Thubron /

For those unlucky few people who aren't familiar with the YouTube video sensation Epic Rap Battles Of History, here is a brief summary: The series, created by Peter Shukoff (Nice Peter) and Lloyd Ahlquist (epicLLOYD), takes real and fictional characters, from both history and pop culture, and pits them against each other in a hilarious rap battle. The Epic Rap Battles channel is currently the 14th most subscribed to on YouTube, with over 11 million followers, and the total number of views the videos have gained is over 1.4 billion. This success can be attributed to the videos being not only incredibly funny, but also fantastically written, having great tunes (even for those who aren't rap's biggest fans), and some are even educational - did you know Pablo Picasso's full name? Or the relationship between Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison? The series has proved so popular that it has even attracted special guest performances from the likes of Snoop Dogg/Lion, and that other icon of comedy songs, Weird Al Yankovic. The following 11 videos are rated as the best in terms of comedy, musical quality, writing and general epicness. A word of warning: most contain some very strong language - though that does sometimes make the whole thing even funnier.

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