Every Epic Rap Battles Of History Ranked

32. Isaac Newton Vs. Bill Nye

Battle: Bill Nye (Peter) battles Isaac Newton (Weird Al Yankovic), before Neil DeGrasse Tyson (Chali 2na) joins on Nye's side.

This was immediately a widely-discussed battle thanks to the presence of Weird Al Yankovic - who, as you'd expect, is excellent here - but even without him, this would still a fantastic instalment.

It's short yet packs in an incredible amount of fantastic writing into this snappy run-time. The whole thing is clever as hell and science fanatics will love it due to all the entertaining science jokes and references. Neil DeGrasse Tyson's verse should've been a bit longer, but other than that this is a stone-cold banger that's deservedly become one of the show's most iconic episodes.

Best Line:

Tyson: [In response to Newton challenging Bill Nye to solve an equation calculating the integral of the secant] "By the way, the answer to your little calculation is i, as in I put the swag back in science!"

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