Odd Future Singer: My First Love Was a Man

Frank Ocean marks hip-hop milestone with sexuality revelation
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 4, 2012 4:08 PM CDT
Odd Future Rapper: My First Love Was a Man
Singer Frank Ocean performs onstage at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival held at The Empire Polo Field on April 13, 2012 in Indio, California.   (Getty Images)

Frank Ocean, member of the rap group Odd Future, revealed today that his first love was a man—making him, TMZ notes, "the first hip-hop star to publicly address a sexual attraction to men." Ocean, who has collaborated with Kanye West and Jay-Z, told the story in a message on his Tumblr page. "Four summers ago, I met somebody. I was 19 years old. He was too," he writes, concluding, "I don't have any secrets I need kept anymore … I feel like a free man." See TMZ for more, including the reaction of Ocean's bandmate Tyler the Creator. (More Frank Ocean stories.)

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