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Dis Raps For Hire is a YouTube series, made by EpicLLOYD, who is likely best known as one of the creators of the Epic Rap Battles of History. In this series, Lloyd reads user comments about a Jerkass someone knows and what they've been doing. He then creates a dis rap for the Jerkass in question, calling them out for everything they've done.

The order of tropes goes as so: Gentle Giant, Berserk Button, What the Hell, Hero?.

The raps can be found on EpicLLOYD's channel here.

    Episode Commentors and Dis Victims in Season 1 
  1. For aysharpietwintip13, dissing his older brother Charlie
  2. For klojuey671, dissing her school's rival Southwest High
  3. For Zenxtro, dissing an annoying kid at his school named Christian
  4. For djvapid, dissing his cheating wife Jennifer (and her unnamed new boyfriend)
  5. For hexwitch, dissing a bully named Justin
  6. For Simon, dissing his lazy twin brother James
  7. For dagimmpy1, dissing a trio of bullies named Tyrance, William, and Reshad
  8. For mville23113, dissing his boss Daniel
  9. For thegreenskeletor, dissing his trailer park manager Joan.
  10. For Leon Crosby, making a gift rap for his mother Metcalf.

    Episode Commentors and Dis Victims in Season 2 
  1. For BliinD21, named Glasscock, dissing everyone who makes fun of his last name.
  2. For Nick — or, technically, for his younger cousin Derrik - dissing the latter's ex-friends Jason and Ramono, who bullied him for being gay.
  3. For Jonas, dissing four bullies who pick on him for being dyslexic. (featuring guest rapper Zach Sherwin)
  4. For EthanAlways, dissing an cyber bully named Ethan, who teased and harassed him just because they share first names.
  5. For DiggyDiggyBros, dissing a 16 year old kid (who is still in 8th grade) named Diamond, who bullies his little sister who is diagnosed with Rett Syndrome.
  6. For Cade Robert, dissing Jerome, who bullies Cade's 7th grader sister Sadie.
  7. For 8th grader burnflame12 and his girlfriend Jillian, dissing Jillian's friends Katrina and Cheyenne for humiliating her, ditching her, and turning all of her friends against her.
  8. For Ilayda, dissing "this guy" who makes fun of her for being Muslim. (featuring guest rapper Nice Peter)
  9. For Drew, dissing his best friend's Domestic Abuser.
  10. Another gift rap for Brandon.


This series provides examples of the following tropes:

  • Accidental Murder: Lloyd, in his anger, tries to shoot a heckler with laser eyes in episode 5. He ends up shooting the heckler's girlfriend instead. Even the music stops as he realizes this. He shoots the heckler the second time, though.
  • Aerith and Bob: Episode 7 has Lloyd dissing three bullies named William, Tyrance, and Reshad. Lloyd naturally takes this opportunity to have some fun, saying that he just isn't intimidating with a name like that.
    • Also, throughout the series; comparing the names of the commentors and the names of the bullies usually results in this, due to usernames being used for the former. The only real exception is episode 6, with Simon.
  • Audience Participation: The dis raps are based off of commentor's true stories.
    • A variation as well; Lloyd always says the username of the commentor in his rap, and in episode 4, even slightly involves the commentor (djvapid, a combat medic) in his threat:
    Lloyd: I'd sacrifice a slice of brain to give you a piece of my mind
    Plus djvapid'd patch me up again and I would be fine...
  • Ax-Crazy: Lloyd has hints of this, especially in episode 5. See the quote under Call-Back below for a good instance.
  • Badass Boast: Episode 10 is partly this, although speaking about Momma Metcalf rather than himself:
    Lloyd: She's like a four-foot-nine little version of Bane!
  • Bald of Evil: Downplayed (at least on the "evil" part) with Reshad in episode 7, who is stated to be bald despite only being 19. Lloyd stops his rap partway through to speak normally to Reshad for a moment.
    Lloyd: I mean, I'd feel really bad for you if you weren't such a prick. But since you are,...fuck you then! (resumes rap)
  • Beware the Nice Ones: Lloyd is shown at the start of each video doing something usually heartwarming until he hears the story. Then he gets pissed.
  • Big Brother Bully: Charlie in the debut episode bullies his younger brother.
  • Boastful Rap: William in episode 7 apparently considers himself to be the greatest rapper of all time, yet he cries when he gets a paper cut.
  • Bullying the Disabled:
    • Season 1 episode 7: William, Tyrance, and Reshad bully the much younger dagimmpy1 because he wears leg braces.
    • Season 2 episode 3: Nelson, Mark, Steven, and Lucas bully the dyslexic Jonas by forcing him to read big words and beating him up when he can't pronounce them correctly.
    • Season 2 episode 5: Diamond bullies DiggyDiggyBros' seven-year-old sister with Rett syndrome.
  • Call-Back: Of a sort. Some of Lloyd's lyrics are quoted straight from the commented story or put a spin on them, and said comment is always shown before the actual rap starts. Here's a good example from episode 5:
    Piece from original comment: The list of vulgarities and threats is literally over a mile long. note 
    (later, during the rap)
    • In the Season 1 Episode 3 opener, Lloyd is seen reading a book to a child, then throws the same kid away. The opener for Season 2 Episode 6 has Lloyd doing exactly that, right down to reading the same book.
  • Continuity Nod: In the Cold Open of episode 5, Lloyd's comedy act includes a bit where he mentions how someone told him his name was weird for having two Ls in it. This is likely a reference to a previous rap of Lloyd's, "L Verse", where a friend of his told him the same thing.
  • Country Matters: So far, he has said the c-word on two different occasions, though the second time was a reference to the commentor's actual choice of words in their story.
  • Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon: Comedic death threats are usually Once an Episode.
  • Early-Installment Weirdness: The first dis rap was a lot slower than future ones and didn't have nearly as many instances of Fun with Subtitles. Somewhat more subtley, the camera also moves around a bit rather than being stationary like in other episodes, and the lyrics that show up on screen were sometimes wrong.
    Lloyd: That's your brother man! Why do you have to be such a big jerk?
    Onscreen lyrics: That's your brother man! Why did have to be such a big jerk?
  • Exactly What It Says on the Tin: It's about dis raps...for hire.
  • Hidden Depths: In episode five, Lloyd is shown performing at a comedy club.
  • Hostile Show Takeover: In episode 6, one of Lloyd's clones pushes over the original and raps in his place.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Lloyd seems to fit this; despite the dickish things he does in anger while trying to get to his studio to record, he does it for his viewers to get the bullies to lay off.
  • Kick the Dog: Does this literally in episode two in rage.
  • Lazy Bum: James from Season 1 episode six hasn't had a job in years and has zero interest in finding one, instead content to leech off his twin brother Simon for the rest of his life.
  • Lucky Seven: Lampshaded, but inverted in episode 7:
    Lloyd: It's Dis Raps seven, your unlucky number!
  • Mean Boss: Daniel in episode 8 is a particularly unpleasant IHOP manager. He's an alcoholic who takes his frustration out on his employees (such as mville23113) by yelling at them in front of customers and causing them to lose tips; he's also not the most rational guy to work for, as he'll give mville three tasks to do at the beginning of the shift, and when they start on one, he'll yell at them for not doing one of the other two things first.
  • Mood Whiplash: Each episode begins with Lloyd doing something mundane or wholesome before he reads the message du jour and flips out.
  • Motor Mouth: Beginning of the fifth one, leading to Even the Subtitler Is Stumped.
  • Pick on Someone Your Own Size: A distressingly high number of targets are bullies who go out of their way to target those who can't fight back; Diamond probably takes the cake in this regard, as he's a teenage boy bullying a disabled little girl almost half his age.
  • Precision F-Strike: Unseen in the first two dis raps, but he's made use of this trope since then.
    "What are you thinking? This story is crazy! I wanna stop rhyming and just be like 'What the fuck, lady?!'"
  • Politically Incorrect Villain:
    • Joan from Season 1 episode 9 has an Irrational Hatred towards thegreenskeletor because he's a young, unmarried parent and recovering alcoholic who needed help qualifying for bankruptcy.
    • Season 2 episode 2: After Derek came out as gay, his former friends Jason and Ramone started bullying him with homophobic slurs.
    • Season 2 Episode 4: EthanAlways cyberbullies Ethan with gendered insults like "bitch", "pussy lips", and "twat of the week."
    • Season 2 episode 6: Jerome displays an ugly misogynistic streak when bullying Sadie Robert with sexist (and homophobic) insults like "crybaby", "mama's girl", and "lesbian bitch."
    • Season 2 episode 8: Ilayda, a Muslim girl, tells the story of an unnamed bully who harasses and even physically assaults her for her religion — and calls her a whore for some reason.
  • Pretender Diss: Lloyd mocks Diamond for acting like a "macho tough guy" when he's bullying a disabled little girl.
  • Product Displacement: Very, very difficult to spot; in the Cold Open of episode five, look at the heckler's drink. During the close-ups of him and his girlfriend, the drink's logo is blurred out. It's especially hard to spot thanks to the room's dim lightning and the audience likely being focused on watching him and the girl rather than his drink. Though, if you look carefully enough, you can kind of see the logo when the table is shown from other angles.
  • Real Men Wear Pink: At the start of most episodes, he is shown doing something sweet, like reading to a little kid. Then, When he reads the story, he then throws the same kid to the ground.
    • Taken literally in the opening of Episode 4, where Lloyd is knitting a pink sweater.
    • Inverted in episode 10. In the opening, Lloyd beats up Santa Claus with a candy cane for no obvious reason, then instead of a dis rap, he does a complimenting "gift rap" as a Christmas special.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: The whole premise of the show involves Lloyd calling out various bullies and assholes for their atrocious behavior... in rap form.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: In episode 5, his eyes glow red when he reads the story. His eyes also flash red for a split second about halfway through the actual rap.
  • Rule of Three: Episode 7 has Lloyd dis rapping three bullies: Tyrance, Reshad, and William.
  • Running Gag: Throughout episode 7, whenever Lloyd says Reshad's name (except the first time when naming all three bullies), it's spelled in the onscreen lyrics in a fancy girlish font.
  • Sequel Escalation: Lloyd's violent acts in the Cold Open. In the first episode, he just downs a cup of coffee and rips up some paper. By episode five, he has taken to shooting people with lasers. (Though the first one was an accident and the second was to a heckler.)
  • Self-Deprecation:
    • Season 2, Episode 7: "I write dis raps like I cash paychecks! Very.....very.....slowly."
    • Season 2, Episode 8: "Their hatred's so old, been around longer than it takes Lloyd to write new episodes!"
  • Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: In episode 3 of season 2, while defending a kid who's being made fun of for being dyslexic.
    "Ungodly large words, huh? You're a laugh to me."
    "You patently lack an accurate perspicacity."
    "See, you'll just foment a massive wrath in me."
    "Instigating altercations such as these is of dubious sagacity."
  • Stealth Pun: Lloyd says "Where there's a will, there's a way" in episode 7 while dissing a guy named William.
  • Shout-Out
    • Season 1, Episode 10: He calls Momma Metcalf a "four-foot-nine little version of Bane"
    • Season 2, Episode 2: Threatens to "leave you brain swoll 'til all you can say is 'Hodor'"
  • Take This Job and Shove It: Said word for word in Episode 8, which is also the message rapped to the employer.
  • This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: Quite often, occasionally just to make a rhyme:
    "I'm getting reckless, for Hexwitch, for every single threat, bitch!"
  • Title Drop: The show's title is mentioned Once an Episode, might be shortened to "Dis Raps"
  • To the Pain: Frequently makes fairly detailed and violent threats.
  • Wise Beyond Their Years: Evey Derpipler's best friend, Brandon, is said to have Undying Loyalty and a strong interest in helping the mentally ill, even Talking Down the Suicidal more than once... and he's only 14 years old. Lloyd happily remarks that Brandon "has paid all his dues before he's grown all his pubes."
  • Would Hit a Girl:
    • Diamond certainly has no problem bullying disabled little girls.
    • Jerome bullies Cade Robert's younger sister Sadie.
    • The unnamed bully from season 2 episode 8 verbally and physically assaults Ilayda for being a Muslim.
  • Yank the Dog's Chain: Episode seven starts off mainly focusing on Tyrance and Reshad, but in the last little bit Lloyd turns his attention to William. Lampshaded.
    Lloyd: Yeah, I haven't forgot!
  • Your Mom: Inverted with episode 10, which is a tribute to a writer's awesome mom.


So when you get asked why your rich boy hair's outta place,
Say you caught a dis raps bitch slap, square in the face!
Peace!

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