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.

[4] In addition to the rap battles, Ahlquist, along with Shukoff, appeared in a cameo in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.

[5] Ahlquist also studied at UMass Amherst and later trained in Chicago (where he met his frequent collaborator Peter Shukoff)[6] at The Second City, Improv Olympic and Annoyance Theatre.

Ahlquist was one of the founding members of Mission IMPROVable, and continues to perform with the group weekly in their show "The Grind"[7] while serving on the Board of Directors of M.i.

[9] In August 2014, Ahqluist hosted YouTube's first live-streamed improv comedy event, "Off the Top.

"[10] A trailer for "Epic Studios", a show starring Ahlquist, was released in 2015 and the first episodes were posted to his personal YouTube channel in April 2017.