Frank Ocean Comes Out Of Closet

Wednesday, July 04 2012 9:04 AM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, True Story

This was, um, unexpected. Last night, Frank Ocean revealed via his Tumblr page that he’s bi-sexual. Outside of the bedroom, his debut album Channel Orange drops July 17th.

4 summers ago, I met somebody. I was 19 years old. He was too. We spent that summer, and the summer after, together. Everyday almost. And on the days we were together, time would glide. Most of the day I’d see him, and his smile. I’d hear his conversation and his silence … until it was time to sleep. Sleep I would often share with him. By the time I realized I was in love, it was malignant. It was hopeless…

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Comments (231)

  1. Kobe says:

    Why am I not surprised? Tyler the Creator is next. You Golf Wang stans are taking more L’s than a weed head.

  2. LYRIDAGAWD says:

    NO HOMO BUT FUCK H

  3. buckwilder says:

    B. Dot, maybe you should come out now too!

  4. B.Dot says:

    ^
    cute. real cute.

  5. Jason says:

    12 Tribes Of Israel

    JUDAH- American Blacks
    BENJAMIN- West Indian Blacks
    LEVI- Haitians
    SIMEON- Dominicans
    ZEBULON- Black Indians Guatemala to Panama(Mayans)
    EPHRAIM- Puerto Ricans
    MANASSEH- Cubans
    GAD- Native-American Indians
    REUBEN- Seminole Indians
    ASHER- Columbia to Uruguay (Incas)
    ISSACHAR- Mexicans (Aztecs)
    NAPTHALI- Argentina/Chile

    Wake up!!!
    Stop the madness!

  6. La says:

    Good for him. I still love his music

  7. meezy says:

    Honestly I couldn’t care less. Dude makes awesome music period. Its fucking 2012 if Eminem can be fucking tolerant so can you.

  8. Rick Ross says:

    fuck this nigga

  9. JD says:

    damn that was unexpected…..if he continues to make good music have no problems with this

  10. mac DIESEL says:

    Frank Ocean Comes Out Of Closet

    ^

    …………….*DEAD*!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  11. dacid says:

    GREAT MARKETING. THIS NIGGA GONE DO ADELE NUMBERS NOW.

  12. mac DIESEL's Assistant ————-> http://www.macDIESELfanclub.com ( mac DIESEL IS THE FUTURE!! ) says:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt13OAYXhPU&feature=player_detailpage#t=2s

    DONT YOU HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!!!

  13. Read the whole thing, not just what rapradar excerpted. Nigga makes good music, but, HE GAY! Dont care tho

  14. speakerboxx says:

    this guy is a hero. that must have took a lot of courage. good for him.

  15. dll32 says:

    @meezy: concur !

  16. BUCKZ says:

    lol ok now it kinda strange listining to his tracks!

  17. NoSoup4Yu says:

    wowzers!

  18. Hopefully Miguel gets some courage now….

  19. Doug Heffernan says:

    Genius Marketing,Album comes out the 17th and he tells the world he likes men and women….This nigga album sales about to go through the ROOF!

    Frank Ocean is getting Bigger as an artist while ODD FUTURE FADES away

  20. Larry says:

    dont care. His sexuality shouldnt change my perception of his art. i dont necessarily agree with homosexuality, but at the same time, i dont care as long as it doesnt interfere in my life.

  21. Truu says:

    Lmao nigga said B.Dot should come out now, but naww if anybody is straight on this website it’s B.Dot. Amaya & BIg Homie the ones to come out.

  22. blackspider says:

    it’s a shame we live in a country where people still believe in god and live their life based off a book. when you die, NOTHING happens so don’t follow something a stupid book told you. you might as well believe in santa, grow up. good for frank.

  23. B.Dot says:

    ^
    smh. 2 Corinthians 5:8

  24. Sincere says:

    Appkaud him. He came out with it in I’m sure he’s not the only one but that took some guts. Ur kool with me

  25. Sincere says:

    Applaud him

  26. JustSaying says:

    Stay the fuck in the closet Why u got to announce your sexuality to the world, you don’t see chris brown announcing to the world that he is straight, tired of these gay people trying to make head lines for being a fag, he won’t sell no records in the black community after this shit lol career suicide it was to early Frank waay to early in the game to tell them your gay before racking a few million first. he’s ruined!!

  27. philos says:

    really don’t care about his sexuality. i applaud him for his courage. & his music is still fire so i really don’t give a DAMN

  28. davidk says:

    oh you chuch going idiots are hilarious. being gay is a sin, but priests touching young boys in the church? all good!

  29. hellishot says:

    he just wants an attension !!!

  30. weedhead says:

    so what let that nigga be gay if he wants to doesnt change my opinion of him why would it?

  31. The Truth says:

    Sadly, he’s not the only one in hip hop, Independence day literally for him, he just fucked up his career hip hop wise, he will have the alternative and gay market on lock though, but like Aries Spears said, “I aint juggling no nuts”!!!

  32. Real Talk. says:

    @B.Dot just wondering, what was the bible verse in response to and what point were you trying to get to?

  33. dacid says:

    @The Truth

    Do you this he cares about hiphop ? first off he’s not a hip hop artist. Secondly, He’s on tour with Cold Play starting in August. This kid is on another level now, where it doesn’t matter about you sexual preference. Just your art & your talent. Where as Hip Hop is stagnated in one stupid mind set, when we all know Diddy is gay as a banana in Elton Johns mouth.

  34. Numbers says:

    he is bi so the songs for women are still true he just also has songs like Forest Gump and Bad Religion which are about men

  35. Real talk says:

    Coincidence that Tom Cruise is now single….. I think not

  36. Heckpot says:

    As part of a hiphop collective, Frank Ocean has made a historic courageous move that’ll outlive any closeminded backlash.

  37. Numbers says:

    helligion… attention* smh you showed your ignorance very well though even without that

  38. RoeLuv says:

    What’s funny is how many gay cats you already have on your iPod..you just don’t know it.

  39. Black Shady says:

    lmao!!! all you fruits who were on his dick for the last 12 months…how yall feel bout this news? LOL

    be gay if you want….I never fucked with his music anyway……

  40. Ghost says:

    Crazy how a dude sucking another dude is accepted now. I feel sick and everybody on here is like yay! Just another example of the pussifacation of America! SMFH!

  41. Evil says:

    Not a surprise at all.Always said he was a fruitcake.Hood niggers will beat you up for that shit.LOL

  42. Doug Heffernan says:

    @JustSaying Niggas in the hood don’t buy albums….females and white people do.

  43. The Truth says:

    @dacid

    The bottom line is no matter how you slice it, a man being with another man is wrong and him being featured on two songs on watch the throne and writing for Beyonce I would say Jay Z pulled some strings for that Coldplay tour, unless you are white and do pop music or some other genre, being gay doesn’t help you, being gay is one thing but being gay and black will hurt him especially in hip hop!!!

  44. Siy@ says:

    As long as he keeps his lips away frm my dick and his boner stay away frm my asshole, then i aint got a problm with dudes sexuality and will continue to listen to his music … coz hes makes hella gud music.
    “Thinkin Bout You” is my song … Oh god maybe its about a dude : ^^Pukes in my mouth^^

  45. ZoomZoomDad-Otis says:

    SMH@hellishot. You are very ignorant. Good for Frank Ocean.

  46. michelle michelle says:

    The letter he wrote was beautiful. You can tell by his music he has both known and lost love.

  47. RC says:

    Awful news b. Straight awful.

    I liked this kids music. I really did.

    But there’s no way I’m gonna listen to love songs sang by a home about hetero love.

    I have nothing against gays. But I listen to rnb for songs about love and relationships. I don’t wanna hear about gay shit in my music. It’s not my preference.

    I admit it takes courage to come out, but this is the gay revolution age. He is gonna do nothing but win with this announcement.

    Dude was singing bout dudes but writing in females. Fuck!

  48. carl says:

    you dumb fucks finally have your gay rapper….Next!

  49. Numbers says:

    Haha fuck ghost. Love is love. Even straight people realize that and nobody or anything above people would want someone to actually live a life without love and if you truly see things how you just said then you are an example of ignorance and pussy yourself. Not people like Frank or anyone else who is honest. The bible use to say people should be killed under certain circumstances and shit so if you believe in the bible now then what’s wrong with the old one? wouldn’t it be more accurate? How could they change the basis of a true religion. I believe in a God just not that one. I believe in a good one. Any God who wants his power acknowledged by knees on the ground and begging him or asking him for things or just merely thinking him for you wouldn’t have life because of him is not a good one and that is actually very simple to see. If there is a God though then he will understand regardless. He’d understand you just as he understands Frank. You were born and or raised the way you. I can only hope your views are one day broadened. Regardless of your believes people deserve love

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