Frank Ocean Gay? Rapper Talks About Male Lover

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

Odd Future member and risg R&B star Frank Ocean announced tonight via his tumblr that he's bisexual or gay. The post, which was origally supposed to be the ler not for Channel Orange, his upg album, scrib the first time he fell love wh a man, and how he's alt wh the years sce. It's worth readg full - 's lked below - but here are some highlights: * i frank ocean gay *

21 Great Gay Moments In Mic. Frank Ocean has said that he “cried like a fuckg baby” the night he me out as gay. The ‘Pyramids’ sger revealed that he was motivated to wre the post on Tumblr, which he said he was gay, after he Skyped to a Def Jam ‘Channel Orange’ listeng ssn and noticed one of the journalists was “very harmlsly” wrg a piece about how often he male pronouns songs.

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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. Apparently, I wasn’t the only young gay Black boy who felt that sense of lmg support followg Ocean’s g out.

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Durg a recent holiday episo of Zane Lowe’s #AtHomeWhAppleMic show, Lil Nas X, an openly gay rapper himself, revealed how much Frank Ocean — and his close llaborator Tyler, The Creator, who is also openly queer — has meant for his reer.

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Ocean’s nfsn, which two days after Anrson Cooper‘s announcement that he is gay, sends a bold msage to the world of hip-hip, where homophobic ntent has equently been ndoned.

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