DOPE HEMISPHERE — Frank Ocean: The Morn Day Marv Gaye

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• FRANK OCEAN: ‘I CRIED THE NIGHT I ME OUT AS GAY’
• FRANK OCEAN OPENS UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, DETAILS RELATNSHIP WH A MANODD FUTURE CROONER SAYS HE FEELS 'LIKE A EE MAN' AFTER HEARTFELT TUMBLR POST REVEALG HOW HE MET AND FELL LOVE WH A BOY AT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY ARCHIVE-SOWMYA-KRISHNAMURTHYJULY 4, 2012/12:27 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-SOWMYA-KRISHNAMURTHYJULY 4, 2012 / 12:27 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FRANK OCEAN OPENS UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, DETAILS RELATNSHIP WH A MAN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-07-04T16:27:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-07-04T16:27:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-SOWMYA-KRISHNAMURTHY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANK OCEAN POSTED A HEARTFELT LETTER EARLY WEDNDAY MORNG (JULY 4) ON HIS TUMBLR WHICH HE OPENS UP ABOUT HIS "FIRST LOVE," A YOUNG MAN HE SPENT A HANDFUL OF SUMMERS WH BEGNG AT AGE 19. THE NDID POST OM THE ODD FUTURE SGER QUICKLY BEGAN MAKG THE ROUNDS ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHOEVER YOU ARE, WHEREVER YOU ARE..I'M STARTG TO THK WE'RE A LOT ALIKE," THE "NOVANE" SGER BEGS. "HUMAN BEGS SPNG ON BLACKNS. ALL WANTG TO BE SEEN, TOUCHED, PAID ATTENTN TO." THE LENGTHY LETTER, TLED "THANK YOU'S" TAILS A RELATNSHIP OCEAN HAD WH A MAN, WHO TURNS OUT HAD A GIRLIEND JT AS FRANK HAD HAD, AND THE TUMULTUO EMOTNS THAT FOLLOWED. "HE WOULDN'T TELL ME THE TTH ABOUT HIS FEELGS FOR ME FOR ANOTHER 3 YEARS," OCEAN NTU BEFORE ADDG, "I ULDN'T IMAGE KEEPG UP MY LIFE WHOUT HIM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE DEF JAM ARTIST ALSO CHRONICL HOW HE ED MIC AS THARSIS: "I WROTE TO KEEP MYSELF BY AND SANE. I WANTED TO CREATE WORLD THAT WERE ROSIER THAN ME." HE ENDS BY REVEALG THAT HE HAS SHARED HIS STORY WH SOME PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM, CLUDG HIS MOTHER. AND ALTHOUGH HE ADMS TO BEG UNSURE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, HE SAYS HE FALLY FEELS EMANCIPATED OM HIS PAST: "I FEEL LIKE A EE MAN. IF I LISTEN CLOSELY.. I N HEAR THE SKY FALLG TOO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A MSAGE FRANK POSTED TO HIS TUMBLR NOT LONG BEFORE THE "THANK YOU'S," THE SGER HTS AT THE NOTE TO E. TLG "BASEDGOD WAS RIGHT," A REFERENCE TO RAPPER LIL B (A STRAIGHT MC WHO PROVOTIVELY DUBBED HIS ALBUM I'M GAY.), FRANK WR "WE'RE ALL A BUNCH OF GOLN LN DOLLAR BABI. MY HOPE IS THAT THE BABI BORN THE DAYS WILL HER LS OF THE BULLSH-- THAN WE DID. ANYHOW, WHAT I'M ABOUT TO POST IS FOR ANYONE WHO R TO READ. WAS TEND TO FILL THE THANK YOU'S SECTN MY ALBUM CREDS, BUT WH ALL THE MORS GOG ROUND.. I FIGURED 'D BE GOOD TO CLARIFY.."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RUMORS THAT FRANK WAS BISEXUAL BEGAN TO CIRCULATE THIS WEEK AFTER A POST WENT UP ON THE BLOG THIS IS MAX. THE BLOG REFERENCED LYRICS OM FRANK'S UPG ALBUM, CHANNEL ORANGE, CLAIMG THAT THE SGER HAD A PENCHANT FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN (IT HAS SCE BEEN REMOVED.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OCEAN FIRST BROKE THROUGH AT THE TOP OF 2011 WH THE RELEASE OF HIS EE INTER ALBUM NOSTALGIA, ULTRA. THE LP WAS MARKED BY S HONT AND SOUL-BARG SONGWRG, CLUDG AND TRAGIC LOVE SONGS LIKE "NOVANE," "SWIM GOOD" AND THE EAGL-REMAKE "AMERIN WEDDG," AND QUICKLY MA FRANK A BREAKOUT STAR THE RAMBUNCT ODD FUTURE CREW. JAY-Z, KANYE WT AND BEYONCé SOUGHT OUT HIS PEN, AND BY THE END OF LAST YEAR, OCEAN HAD APPEARED ON WATCH THE THRONE AND WRTEN "I MISS YOU" FOR BEY'S 4 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEE THE EMOTIVE OCEAN ONLY SANG OVERTLY ABOUT HETEROSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS, HIS SEXUALY HAD NEVER E TO QUTN. THAT IS, UNTIL A BBC 1 XTRA WRER POSTED AN EARLY REVIEW OF CHANNEL ORANGE ON HER PERSONAL BLOG A FEW DAYS AGO, NOTG THAT ON THE SONGS "BAD RELIGN," "PK MATTER" AND "FORRT GUMP," THE SGER ED PRONOUNS LIKE "HIM" STEAD OF "HER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHANNEL ORANGE IS SLATED FOR A JULY 17 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON FRANK'S TUMBLR POST WH THE MENTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• FRANK OCEAN GAY? RAPPER TALKS ABOUT MALE LOVER

FRANK OCEAN: ‘I CRIED THE NIGHT I ME OUT AS GAY’

I regnize NY wasn’t all lasers and dis lightg and that simultaneoly, there was a lot of crime and poverty and that a huge part of club culture, the gay muny, at that time were beg wiped out by HIV + AIDS. My ex who I was wh for several years didn’t know about when we first met at a gay club LA. Odd Future member and risg R&B star Frank Ocean announced tonight via his tumblr that he's bisexual or gay.

21 Great Gay Moments In Mic. On “We All Try, ” the third track om his 2011 but mixtape nostalgia, ULTRA, he voiced support for gay marriage four years before beme legal natnwi:.

The night the album dropped, Frank appeared on Late Night Wh Jimmy Fallon to but the song “Bad Relign, ” which ntas the most overt discsn of a gay relatnship on the album.

FRANK OCEAN OPENS UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, DETAILS RELATNSHIP WH A MANODD FUTURE CROONER SAYS HE FEELS 'LIKE A EE MAN' AFTER HEARTFELT TUMBLR POST REVEALG HOW HE MET AND FELL LOVE WH A BOY AT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY ARCHIVE-SOWMYA-KRISHNAMURTHYJULY 4, 2012/12:27 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-SOWMYA-KRISHNAMURTHYJULY 4, 2012 / 12:27 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FRANK OCEAN OPENS UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, DETAILS RELATNSHIP WH A MAN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-07-04T16:27:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-07-04T16:27:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-SOWMYA-KRISHNAMURTHY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANK OCEAN POSTED A HEARTFELT LETTER EARLY WEDNDAY MORNG (JULY 4) ON HIS TUMBLR WHICH HE OPENS UP ABOUT HIS "FIRST LOVE," A YOUNG MAN HE SPENT A HANDFUL OF SUMMERS WH BEGNG AT AGE 19. THE NDID POST OM THE ODD FUTURE SGER QUICKLY BEGAN MAKG THE ROUNDS ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHOEVER YOU ARE, WHEREVER YOU ARE..I'M STARTG TO THK WE'RE A LOT ALIKE," THE "NOVANE" SGER BEGS. "HUMAN BEGS SPNG ON BLACKNS. ALL WANTG TO BE SEEN, TOUCHED, PAID ATTENTN TO." THE LENGTHY LETTER, TLED "THANK YOU'S" TAILS A RELATNSHIP OCEAN HAD WH A MAN, WHO TURNS OUT HAD A GIRLIEND JT AS FRANK HAD HAD, AND THE TUMULTUO EMOTNS THAT FOLLOWED. "HE WOULDN'T TELL ME THE TTH ABOUT HIS FEELGS FOR ME FOR ANOTHER 3 YEARS," OCEAN NTU BEFORE ADDG, "I ULDN'T IMAGE KEEPG UP MY LIFE WHOUT HIM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE DEF JAM ARTIST ALSO CHRONICL HOW HE ED MIC AS THARSIS: "I WROTE TO KEEP MYSELF BY AND SANE. I WANTED TO CREATE WORLD THAT WERE ROSIER THAN ME." HE ENDS BY REVEALG THAT HE HAS SHARED HIS STORY WH SOME PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM, CLUDG HIS MOTHER. AND ALTHOUGH HE ADMS TO BEG UNSURE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, HE SAYS HE FALLY FEELS EMANCIPATED OM HIS PAST: "I FEEL LIKE A EE MAN. IF I LISTEN CLOSELY.. I N HEAR THE SKY FALLG TOO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A MSAGE FRANK POSTED TO HIS TUMBLR NOT LONG BEFORE THE "THANK YOU'S," THE SGER HTS AT THE NOTE TO E. TLG "BASEDGOD WAS RIGHT," A REFERENCE TO RAPPER LIL B (A STRAIGHT MC WHO PROVOTIVELY DUBBED HIS ALBUM I'M GAY.), FRANK WR "WE'RE ALL A BUNCH OF GOLN LN DOLLAR BABI. MY HOPE IS THAT THE BABI BORN THE DAYS WILL HER LS OF THE BULLSH-- THAN WE DID. ANYHOW, WHAT I'M ABOUT TO POST IS FOR ANYONE WHO R TO READ. WAS TEND TO FILL THE THANK YOU'S SECTN MY ALBUM CREDS, BUT WH ALL THE MORS GOG ROUND.. I FIGURED 'D BE GOOD TO CLARIFY.."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RUMORS THAT FRANK WAS BISEXUAL BEGAN TO CIRCULATE THIS WEEK AFTER A POST WENT UP ON THE BLOG THIS IS MAX. THE BLOG REFERENCED LYRICS OM FRANK'S UPG ALBUM, CHANNEL ORANGE, CLAIMG THAT THE SGER HAD A PENCHANT FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN (IT HAS SCE BEEN REMOVED.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OCEAN FIRST BROKE THROUGH AT THE TOP OF 2011 WH THE RELEASE OF HIS EE INTER ALBUM NOSTALGIA, ULTRA. THE LP WAS MARKED BY S HONT AND SOUL-BARG SONGWRG, CLUDG AND TRAGIC LOVE SONGS LIKE "NOVANE," "SWIM GOOD" AND THE EAGL-REMAKE "AMERIN WEDDG," AND QUICKLY MA FRANK A BREAKOUT STAR THE RAMBUNCT ODD FUTURE CREW. JAY-Z, KANYE WT AND BEYONCé SOUGHT OUT HIS PEN, AND BY THE END OF LAST YEAR, OCEAN HAD APPEARED ON WATCH THE THRONE AND WRTEN "I MISS YOU" FOR BEY'S 4 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEE THE EMOTIVE OCEAN ONLY SANG OVERTLY ABOUT HETEROSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS, HIS SEXUALY HAD NEVER E TO QUTN. THAT IS, UNTIL A BBC 1 XTRA WRER POSTED AN EARLY REVIEW OF CHANNEL ORANGE ON HER PERSONAL BLOG A FEW DAYS AGO, NOTG THAT ON THE SONGS "BAD RELIGN," "PK MATTER" AND "FORRT GUMP," THE SGER ED PRONOUNS LIKE "HIM" STEAD OF "HER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHANNEL ORANGE IS SLATED FOR A JULY 17 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON FRANK'S TUMBLR POST WH THE MENTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Frank ma a brief but important return June 21, 2016 after the Pulse Nightclub shootg Orlando, Fl., when he spoke out agast stutnal homophobia our society wh an emotnal Tumblr post, reflectg a siar msage to that of “Bad Relign. On the song “Skyle To, ” Frank returns to the ia of relig nmnatn of homosexualy while sgg about a sexual experience wh another man:. Frank was raised the South, where sayg someone has “sugar their step” or “sugar their tank” is slang for llg them gay.

FRANK OCEAN GAY? RAPPER TALKS ABOUT MALE LOVER

While hip-hop and R&B, had been monly wrten off as herently homophobic, the rponse to Ocean’s emotnal letter was mostly posive, wh many praisg the one-of-a-kd talent for his bravens and honty. As a young gay Black boy who grew up stgglg to reckon my love for hip-hop, rap, and R&B wh the homophobic sentiments often rattled off, Frank’s g out was a pivotal moment — one that let me know I wasn’t alone and that society uld be ready to accept others like me, too.