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R&B Singer Opens Up
Ocean says his first
love was a m an
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July II. 2012
(A P)— Ocean — the rising R&B
singer behind the single "Novacane"
and the self-released album "nos
talgia, ULTRA," which critics her
alded as among the best of 2011 —
announced on his Tumblr page last
week that his first love was a man.
He also tweeted a link to the post.
A few days earlier, CNN's Ander
son Cooper acknowledged that he
was gay. But the admission from the
24-year-old Ocean — who is part of
the hip-hop collective Odd Future
and was prominently featured on
Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Watch
the Throne" album — is notewor
thy because he inhabits the world of
rap, where anti-gay sentiments have
a t h e r ’ s
H o use
the leading website allhiphop.com.
He called Ocean's announcement
"a sign of the times," noting Cooper's
a n n o u n ce m e n t and P resid en t
Barack Obama's recent support of
gay marriage.
Ocean wrote: "4 summers ago, I
met somebody. I was 19. He was too.
We spent that summer, and the sum
mer after, together. Everyday almost.
And on the days we were together,
time would glide. "
Ocean concludes the post: "I
don't have any secrets I need to
keep anymore. ... 1 feel like a free
man. If I listen closely, I can hear the
sky falling too."
While Creekmur stressed that
Ocean's announcement did not hold
Frank Ocean arrives at the 16th the same weight as if a rapper had
annual GQ "Men o f the Year"
come out, he said it was significant
party in Los Angeles. The rising that the hip-hop community's initial
and highly acclaimed singer
reaction was positive.
revealed last week on his
"I don't believe that Frank Ocean
website that his first love was a revealing his gay experience at the
man. (AP photo)
age of 19 will cause a bunch of
long been part of the regular vo rappers to come out of the closet. I
cabulary. Gay epithets are often don't think that we're there yet. I do
used in lyrics — one of Lil Wayne's think that we ll see a lot of support
catch phrases is "no homo."
for him .... I think that it's a process,"
"I think it's definitely important he said. "Just a few years ago, if this
and it really signifies that there is a had happened, it could have marked
changing of the face of hip-hop," the end of his career. This could
said Chuck Creekmur, founder of mark the beginning of his career."
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