Bishop Bullwinkle
Bernard Thomas, better known as Bishop Bullwinkle, was an American singer/comedian best known for appearing in the viral YouTube video "Hell to the Naw Naw".
Background
Bishop Bullwinkle's real name was Bernard Thomas. The Bullwinkle part of his name came from a childhood nickname; while in school, a classmate of his wrote on the bulletin board, "Bernard Thomas is funny like Bullwinkle the moose". He was based in Florida. He had mixed reactions to his style and song content, drawing both praise and condemnation. He is from Plant City, Florida.In 2022, Azie Faison claimed that Bishop Bullwinkle was the same Bernard Thomas that founded Eric B. & Rakim.
"Hell to da Naw Naw Naw"
In the music video, which is shot outdoors, Thomas is seen in a white suit, wearing sunglasses and a white hat. It was originally released January 1, 2014. The props used are a podium with a white monkey statue and fire extinguisher resting on it. By July 22, 2015, the video went viral and got over 200,000 views with over 4,000 likes. As of August 15, 2020, a video of the song attracted over 95 million views and 780,000 likes. Another video has attracted over 12 million views and over 218,000 likes. The song was even played on NBC.A video of an 86-year-old grandmother dancing to the song went viral in a very short time. Beverly Jenkins uploaded the video of her grandmother Claudia Haggerty dancing to the song. By September 4, 2015, it had attracted 3 million views since it was posted. It was shared over 100,000 times on Facebook.
Bullwinkle attracted mixed reactions for his video and song, which is about the hypocrisy of some preachers and parishioners.