Rapper and music producer Bobby Ray Simmons Jr, aka BoB, who has been a vociferous denier that the Earth is round, has now released a track supporting his theory.
Flatline features samples of a speech by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who BoB has been arguing with on Twitter over his claims that the Earth is flat, in which Tyson refers to our planet being an "oblate spheroid".
Lyrics from the track include: "Use your common sense / Why is NASA part of the department of defense?” and "Indoctrinated in a cult called science / And graduated to a club full of liars / Heliocentrism, you were the sixth victim."
One of BoB's many arguments about the Earth's curvature was that the New York skyline should be invisible from Harriman State Park's Bear Mountain 60 miles away, as it would be hidden behind 170 feet of curved Earth.
Astrophysicist Tyson stepped in to correct the inaccuracies in his theory, before adding jokingly: "Duude - to be clear: Being five centuries regressed in your reasoning doesn't mean we all can't still like your music."
@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
@bobatl Flat Earth is a problem only when people in charge think that way. No law stops you from regressively basking in it.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 25, 2016
@bobatl Duude — to be clear: Being five centuries regressed in your reasoning doesn’t mean we all can’t still like your music
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 25, 2016
BoB's has been dogged in his belief that the Earth is flat, sharing on Twitter various arguments which support his theory.
He says it's impossible to ever see the curvature of the Earth, posting a series of pictures of horizons which he thinks prove he is right, claims that any pictures of the Earth being spherical are actually CGI, and believes that the UN and NASA are hiding the earth is flat by banning exploration of the poles.
Once you go flat, you never go back
— B.o.B (@bobatl) January 26, 2016
I question the international laws that prevent you from exploring Antartica and the North Pole... what's there to hide?
— B.o.B (@bobatl) January 26, 2016
can u see this curve on a protractor or nah ... pic.twitter.com/EFkQLr3wxe
— B.o.B (@bobatl) January 25, 2016
— B.o.B (@bobatl) January 25, 2016
whatcha looking at buzz ? pic.twitter.com/iIfnBoajFm
— B.o.B (@bobatl) January 25, 2016
16 miles equals how much earth curve ? pic.twitter.com/haLuERMuBa
— B.o.B (@bobatl) January 25, 2016
— B.o.B (@bobatl) January 25, 2016
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