Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr., better known as B.o.B., rose to prominence as an Atlanta rapper who challenged the mid-2000s Dirty South paradigm. While he's faded a bit from his days racking up Grammy nominations (six in all), he's found a new way to challenge the conventional wisdom. B.o.B., you see, is convinced the Earth is flat.

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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

He seems to have given it a lot of thought. Here he is offering an 1892 rendering of the globe, which he seems to think proves it is actually a flat circle. (McConaughey approved.)

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He rests his case.

It should be noted that Bobby Ray is not the only celeb to dabble in Flat Eartherism. It's one of many questionable theories to which former reality star Tila Tequila subscribes, for one. However, they've both got a ways to go to reach Alex Jones-level conspiracy mongering.

[H/T: Mediaite

Jack Holmes Politics Editor Jack Holmes is the Politics Editor at Esquire, where he writes daily and edits the Politics Blog with Charles P Pierce.

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