'Elon Musk' Goes Up Against 'Mark Zuckerberg' in a Viral YouTube Rap BattleEpic Rap Battles of History is back -- and they debuted with a video parodying two famous entrepreneurs.

ByHayden Field

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Sick burns, skillful rhymes and spot-on pop culture references -- plus a few nerdy dance moves thrown in. These are all hallmarks ofEpic Rap Battles of History(ERB), a YouTube channel founded by entertainers Peter Shukoff and Lloyd Ahlquist with a staggering overall view count of超过3 billion. Since the premiere of theirfirst videoin 2010, Shukoff (better known online asNice Peter) and Ahlquist (who goes byEpicLLOYD) have stepped into the shoes of influential figures ranging from George Washington to Skrillex -- and earlier this month, the two released their first rap battle in almost two years:Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg.

The video has already racked up more than eight million views, and it's easy to see why: The Tesla founder (played by Ahlquist) starts out by telling the CEO of Facebook (portrayed by Shukoff) that the social media platform is simply a place to "discover your aunt's kind of racist." Later in the battle, he follows it up with a rhyme about Facebook's Russian bots scandal and another burn: "Who put the elf with no friends in charge of human connection?"

Zuckerberg's character shoots back with a reference to Musk's recent appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast, when he allegedly smoked marijuana: "Your star is faded like you on a podcast." Later in the video, he tells his opponent that Musk's large array of companies are all incomplete, finishing out with: "This battle's like PayPal -- you got owned."

狗万官方spoke withShukoff and Ahlquist in August about everything from ERB's humble beginnings to the most important thing they keep in mind when creating content. When we asked them to come up with an on-the-spot freestyle rap featuring famous entrepreneurs -- Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg, for example -- they laughed and told us to wait for their next big thing. Looks like we may be a little psychic.

Watch the two characters battle it out below.

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Hayden Field

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Hayden Field is an associate editor at Entrepreneur. She covers technology, business and science. Her work has also appeared in Fortune Magazine, Mashable, Refinery29 and others.

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