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Epic Rap Battles of History (ERB) is a YouTube web series and music project created by Peter "Nice Peter" Shukoff and Lloyd "EpicLLOYD" Ahlquist. The series pits historical and pop culture figures against one another in a rap battle format. The characters portrayed are often determined by suggestions from viewers in the comments sections of the ...
Lloyd Leonard Ahlquist (born January 18, 1977), better known by his online alias EpicLLOYD, is an American internet personality and rapper best known for the YouTube video series Epic Rap Battles of History, [1] along with Peter "Nice Peter" Shukoff.
"Cabinet Battle #2" is the seventh song from Act II of the musical Hamilton. Like "Cabinet Battle #1", this track again starts with George Washington informing the audience of the main issue: whether to give aid to France during the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789 and their potential war with Britain. He goes on to clarify that this ...
The song, “American Anthem,” was written by songwriter Gene Scheer and was first sung by Denyce Graves in 1998 for President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton at the Smithsonian Institution ...
Battle rap was loosely described by 40 Cal, previously a member of American hip hop collective The Diplomats, in the book How to Rap (2009) as an "extracurricular" display of skill, comparing it to the dunk contest in the NBA. Battle rap has been developed into highly organized league events drawing in significant revenue and attention.
The "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is an American patriotic song written by the abolitionist writer Julia Ward Howe during the American Civil War. Howe adapted her song from the soldiers' song " John Brown's Body " in November 1861, and sold it for $4 to The Atlantic Monthly [ 1 ] in February 1862.
Four years later, Mook returned to battle rap on R.B.E to face Aye Verb. His most recent battle was a 2on2 match against T-Top and Brizz Rawsteen (Mook paired up with Calicoe) at U.R.L’s Summer Impact Reloaded event. The battle ended during the first round due to altercations. Mook also called out Drake to a rap battle at a URL event. However ...
In 2011, American mathcore band the Dillinger Escape Plan covered the song with Chuck D. on the album Homefront: Songs for the Resistance; a promo for the video game Homefront. [ 60 ] In July 2020, Public Enemy did a live performance of "Fight the Power" at the 2020 BET Awards , alongside YG , Nas , Black Thought , and Rapsody , among others.