According to hiphopdx.com, B.o.B recently spoke with HipHopDX about back in 2020 when he had flat-earth backlash and diss tracks that were aimed at astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson that he says were a result of feeling disrespected.
bobby ray stated that, “For me it wasn’t even so much the ‘Flat Earth,’ sh-t, but it was like when I was doing the elements sh-t and cloning and all that sh-t bro it — I was for sure, I was like, ‘They gone try and get me bruh,’ Because you know it’s like, most people when they go through that type of sh-t, that awakening phase, they do it on their own time. But me, I did it in public. I was just really angry because I really didn’t like f-cking Mr. Potato Head [Tyson] coming at me like that — I was like, ‘Who the f-ck.’ Then, somebody was like, ‘You should make a song called “Flatline,” and I was like, ‘Yea man, f-ck yeah I’m doing this now.’ So I’m just like, unloading the whole clip and just like, ‘F-ck it, f-ck it, f-ck it, f-ck it,’ and in hindsight, that’s some wild ass sh-t.”
B.o.B mentioned his new song “Ted Talk” while dispelling antisemitism allegations with TMZ in August . He stated,
B.o.B. first mentioned his new song “Ted Talk” while dispelling antisemitism allegations with TMZ back in August, stating; “Some stuff just kinda sticks with you, man, This the era of cancel culture and people finding old things you said. You say one wrong thing and you’re done for. I just feel like I don’t really have any ill intentions in my heart. I’m an honorable person, I treat people respectfully, I’m not prejudice. So I just feel like you can’t really stop somebody, you can’t cancel somebody like that. But I did feel the need to clear the air and kinda just move past it. So I have a song called ‘Ted Talk’ that I’m putting on my next Elements project, so hopefully that will doust the flames.”
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