Honestly, the fact that B.o.B is more famous for his flat earth conspiracy theories than his actual rapping career says a lot about him.
Despite all the scientific proof in the world, he is completely convinced that the earth is ‘as flat as a pancake’, and now he now he is dead set on proving this theory. Last week, he launched a GoFundMe page in an effort to ‘find the curve’.
The rapper is hoping to raise $200,000 to help him launch satellites into space in order to prove everything that is already a scientific fact and has been proven before.
“It’s Flat-Earth B.o.B,” he says in a YouTube video posted to the page. “I’m starting a GoFundMe because I would like to send one, if not multiple, satellites as far into space as I can, or into orbit as I can, to find the curve. I’m looking for the curve.”
The 29-year-old musician is quite a well-known conspiracy theorist, and he posts a lot about it.
Science said it, not me pic.twitter.com/rmdm67iHm6
— B.o.B (@bobatl) August 31, 2017
Back in January 2016, he even posted a series of tweets, which he claimed was proof that the earth is flat.
The cities in the background are approx. 16miles apart… where is the curve ? please explain this pic.twitter.com/YCJVBdOWX7
— B.o.B (@bobatl) January 25, 2016
“No matter how high in elevation you are… the horizon is always eye level … sorry cadets… I didn’t wanna be it either,” he wrote. “I’m going up against the greatest liars in history … you’ve been tremendously deceived.”
This even caught the attention of astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, who hit back with straight up facts.
@bobatl Earth’s curve indeed blocks 150 (not 170) ft of Manhattan. But most buildings in midtown are waaay taller than that.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 25, 2016
@bobatl Polaris is gone by 1.5 deg S. Latitude. You’ve never been south of Earth’s Equator, or if so, you’ve never looked up.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 25, 2016
The feud escalated with B.o.B’s diss track “Flatline,” and continued with a diss track from Tyson called “Flat to Fact” that he wrote with his nephew. “I’m bringing facts to combat a silly theory because B.o.B has gotta know the planet is a sphere,” Tyson’s nephew raps on the track.
B.o.B’s campaign currently has raised around $650 out of the $200,000, so it’s a long way to go as of now, but if he’s actually able to pull it off, it will be the most hilarious thing ever!