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B.o.B feuds with Neil seGrasse Tyson after claiming Earth is flat

B.o.B wants us to 'grow-up' and realise the 'truth'

Heather Saul
Tuesday 26 January 2016 16:33 GMT
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B.o.B has clashed with astrophysicist Neil Tyson
B.o.B has clashed with astrophysicist Neil Tyson (Getty Images )

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B.o.B is putting forward his case that the Earth is flat in a series of bizarre tweets claiming the world has been “tremendously deceived” and urging everyone to "grow up" and realise it.

The rapper launched a Twitter rant overnight about the Earth's shape and suggestions of a cover-up, tweeting screenshots of text and images purporting to show the Earth could not be round.

Whether B.o.B actually believes this to be true or is just expertly trolling the world is unclear, especially with “once you go flat, you never go back" tweets. Regardless, he has managed to attract everyone’s attention with claims disputing the basic science everyone learns as a child, such as:

His provocative tweets captured the attention of celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who wasted no time in pointing out a few holes in his theory.

Their exchange quickly descended into the rap battle no-one saw coming after B.o.B, upset by Tyson’s scientific reasoning, dropped ‘Flatline feat. Neil Tyson’, with lyrics such as: “Aye, Neil Tyson need to loosen up his vest/ They’ll probably write that man one hell of a check.”

B.o.B wasn't finished there, though.

You can read the lyrics to his track in full here.

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