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Frank Ocean‘s younger brother reportedly has died in a car accident. Ryan Breaux, 18, passed away alongside a friend in the early hours of Sunday morning, Aug. 2, 2020, when the vehicle they were traveling in in Thousand Oaks, California, ran off the road and hit a tree. ABC News reported: “The initial investigation revealed…

Travis Scott, Frank Ocean and Rage Against the Machine are the confirmed headliners for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April, and some of the hottest acts in rap, hip-hop, and R&B, including Megan Thee Stallion, Big Sean, 21 Savage, Lil Nas X, Summer Walker, Ari Lennox, and City Girls are all set…

Frank Ocean recently shared his fashion inspiration. The 31-year-old singer was a big fan of the way actor Keanu Reeves looked in his 1997 movie The Devil’s Advocate because he liked the way his accessories complimented his outfits. “I was feeling how Keanu Reeves looked in The Devil’s Advocate. He would wear a sports coat…

Rolling out recently invited alternative R&B artist Nai Br.xx to a live performance. She later shared how performing live helps the songs come alive for her. Her goal is to make music that all people can connect to. Name: Nai Br.xx] Industry: Music City: Atlanta Genre: R&B Favorite Artist: Mariah Carey Describe who Nai Br.xx is in five…

Twitter is abuzz with positive reviews for Tyler, the Creator’s latest album which he dropped on Friday, May 17, 2019. Prior to the release of his fifth studio album, Igor, the 28-year-old rapper left what some have described as an instructional note for how fans should listen to his latest work. “I believe the first…

We got love. Agree to disagree pic.twitter.com/kaTcPYH0zL — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 28, 2018 “Your conscience should allow a physical manifestation of your subconscious but right now most people’s conscious is too affected by other people’s thoughts and it creates a disconnect from you doing what you actually feel now.” – Ye Is it pure…

The 30-year-old R&B singer has curated a playlist of songs which will be made available to players of the open world crime title when they download new update “The Doomsday Heist,” a massive expansion pack adding missions and fresh story content which launched on Tuesday, Dec. 12. The station is called Blonded, sharing the same name…

It made headlines months ago when Frank Ocean revealed that he would not be submitting his critically acclaimed sophomore album, Blonde, to the Grammy committee for consideration for its annual awards ceremony. Now, with the Grammys just around the corner, producers from the show have recently opened up about why they think the superstar singer…

From what little we know of Frank Ocean’s home life, the Blonde singer has always spoken and sung about the strained and dysfunctional relationship he has with his father, whom he claims walked out of his life when he was just a youngster. Ever since Ocean made it big as an international singing sensation, their…

As arguably pop music’s biggest introvert and hermit, Frank Ocean usually doesn’t make it a point to share his opinion on world events with the public, choosing only to make public statements on the rarest of occasions about issues that move him. Well, clearly President Donald Trump’s inauguration yesterday was enough to move the enigmatic…

Andre 3000 stirred up quite the bit of controversy last week when Frank Ocean’s highly-anticipated sophomore LP, Blond, finally hit the web and fans heard Andre taking shots at rappers with ghostwriters. Since then, many 3 Stacks fans have been wondering which rappers he was talking about and many have assumed he was taking aim…

Signing Frank Ocean to Def Jam was a “disaster,” says the music exec, Tricky Stewart, who discovered him. Earlier this week it was confirmed that the release of Ocean’s debut visual album Endless marked the end of his obligations to the hip-hop label and now the producer, who signed the 28-year-old singer to Def Jam,…

After four long years of waiting, fans of R&B superstar Frank Ocean finally got their insatiable craving for new Ocean music satisfied this past weekend when Ocean dropped the visual album Endless and then dropped his third full-length album, Blond, on iTunes. Not surprisingly, the whole internet has been buzzing about the new album and fans have been in a…

Kanye West has written a poem about McDonald’s for Frank Ocean’s magazine. The 39-year-old rapper penned the ode to the fast-food chain for Frank Ocean’s magazine Boys Don’t Cry, which was released alongside his new album Blonde, and called it “The McDonald’s Man.” Entertainment Weekly reports that the poem includes the lines: “McDonald’s man / McDonald’s…

On Saturday morning, Aug. 20, R&B crooner Frank Ocean, real name Christopher Francis “Frank” Ocean, released a video for “Nikes,” the first of 17 songs on his new LP. According to the print publication released at the pop-up shops, “Blonde” includes numerous credits, among them Beyoncé, David Bowie, Kanye West, Jamie xx, Kendrick Lamar, the Beatles,…

The unexpected death of Prince yesterday sent shockwaves throughout the music industry and left fans and fellow celebs alike mourning the loss of a music icon who changed the landscape of music for Black artists for decades to come. And of the many celebs who mourned the loss of Prince, few were more unexpected and talked…

Frank Ocean isn’t a man of many words, especially when it comes to the press and social media. But to the shock of millions of his fans, Ocean had a lot to say this weekend after the horrific Paris terror attacks, including some harsh criticism for Donald Trump. After the terrorist attacks in Paris that…

Every year, OUT magazine publishes its highly anticipated “Power 50” list, which boasts the most influential LGBT activists and celebrities of the year. And this year, major Black LGBT stars like actress Laverne Cox and singer Frank Ocean nabbed spots on the coveted list of game changers. But Cox and Ocean weren’t the only Black…

Jay Z’s Roc Nation has brokered another power move to further the ever-expanding brand. This latest venture finds Roc Nation partnering with talent agency Three Six Zero Entertainment to represent various talent, including actors, directors, and writers for film and television projects. Three Six Zero Entertainment, formerly Three Six Zero Group, recently joined forces with…

Frank Ocean’s father, Calvin Cooksey, landed himself in the public spotlight in September when he filed a massive $142 million defamation suit against Russell Simmons, saying that Simmons’ site, Global Grind, branded him a “deadbeat dad” and cost him nine figures in future income. Unfortunately for Cooksey, in November he lost his court battle. But it looks like…