--- title: Neil deGrasse Tyson Teaches B.o.B that the Earth Is Round description: The renowned physicist tries convincing B.o.B that the Earth isn't really flat. canonical: https://time.com/4193114/neil-degrasse-tyson-bob-earth-flat/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-25T20:59:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:13.359Z og:title: Neil deGrasse Tyson Teaches B.o.B the Earth is Actually Round og:description: B.o.B just wants us all to "grow up" and understand the Earth is flat og:url: https://time.com/4193114/neil-degrasse-tyson-bob-earth-flat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt861766fcfd420ffe/69887a890a4a2285c49c80de/neil-degrasse-tyson-bob-earth-flat-round.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: AOL BUILD Presents: "Star Talk" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Neil deGrasse Tyson Teaches B.o.B the Earth is Actually Round twitter:description: B.o.B just wants us all to "grow up" and understand the Earth is flat twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt861766fcfd420ffe/69887a890a4a2285c49c80de/neil-degrasse-tyson-bob-earth-flat-round.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Neil deGrasse Tyson Tries Teaching Rapper B.o.B That the Earth is Actually Round > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly Jan 25, 2016 8:59 PM UTC  Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson attends AOL BUILD Presents: "Star Talk" at AOL Studios In New York on October 28, 2015 in New York City. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson attends AOL BUILD Presents: "Star Talk" at AOL Studios In New York on October 28, 2015 in New York City. Desiree Navarro–WireImage/Getty Images by [Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly Jan 25, 2016 8:59 PM UTC You can add “flat earth” alongside “chemtrails” to the ever-growing list of hilarious celebrity hoaxes. B.o.B. has been off the singles charts for awhile but recently launched back to fame (or infamy) with a string of tweets calling the earth flat. Every elementary school student learns that Christopher Columbus disproved the existence of a flat earth by sailing to the Americas in 1492 (and some later learn that the theory was widely discredited even before that), but that’s not cutting it for B.o.B. > [](https://twitter.com/bobatl/status/691439089543880704) > [](https://twitter.com/bobatl/status/691437469925900289) Enter America’s chief celebrity physicist. Neil deGrasse Tyson came along to do exactly the kind of thing he should be doing: correcting celebrity misconceptions. > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/691647814338629632) > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/691650342363209729) B.o.B. wasn’t having Tyson’s explanation. (He’s already tweeted two hour-long YouTube conspiracy videos – he’s in too deep now.) But thankfully Tyson reminded fans that an artist espousing crazy views doesn’t need to impact how we enjoy their music. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/25/neil-degrasse-tyson-bob-flat-earth?xid=IFT-Trending) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4193114/neil-degrasse-tyson-bob-earth-flat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4193114/neil-degrasse-tyson-bob-earth-flat/"},"headline":"Neil deGrasse Tyson Tries Teaching Rapper B.o.B That the Earth is Actually Round","datePublished":"2016-01-25T20:59:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:13.359Z","description":"B.o.B just wants us all to \"grow up\" and understand the Earth is flat","url":"https://time.com/4193114/neil-degrasse-tyson-bob-earth-flat/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Science topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt861766fcfd420ffe/69887a890a4a2285c49c80de/neil-degrasse-tyson-bob-earth-flat-round.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt861766fcfd420ffe/69887a890a4a2285c49c80de/neil-degrasse-tyson-bob-earth-flat-round.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AOL BUILD Presents: \"Star Talk\"","caption":"Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson attends AOL BUILD Presents: \"Star Talk\" at AOL Studios In New York on October 28, 2015 in New York City.","creditText":"Desiree Navarro–WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4193114/neil-degrasse-tyson-bob-earth-flat/","name":"Neil deGrasse Tyson Tries Teaching Rapper B.o.B That the Earth is Actually Round"}}]}] ```