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Kanye West’s long-awaited Jesus Is King might have headlined the week in rap releases, but it wasn’t the only new material that made waves. We were also blessed with projects from Gallant (Sweet Insomnia), Guapdad 4000 (Dior Deposits), Tank (Elevation), Lil Zay Osama (Hood Bible), and more. Beyond the full-length offerings, this week saw new […]
We should have seen it coming. It had been far too long since Frank Ocean released new music on a random weekend night without warning and stopped us all in our tracks. I was about to board a train in upstate New York on Saturday evening, when he popped up with another surprise episode of blonded RADIO and dropped […]
Frank Ocean, a man of mystery, has returned to Beats 1 with his 12th episode of “blonded RADIO,” which kicked off with Prince’s “1999.” You can listen here. Ocean’s return was a surprise to many, as his show officially ended back in August 2017. The title of the show, blonded 008, is the newest entry […]
During his big return to Beats 1 Radio on Saturday, Frank Ocean blessed fans with a new single called “DHL.” The track premiered toward the end of blonded RADIO, and just days after the singer teased new material at his PrEP+ party in NYC. Marking his first original track since 2017, “DHL” finds Ocean delivering overtly sexual lyrics over a slow-burning, […]
Frank Ocean has responded to criticisms against his inaugural PrEP+ night club event. The artist released a statement via Tumblr on Friday, also denying claims the event was funded by Gilead Sciences, the manufacturers of PrEP. Read Ocean’s full response below. Not funded by Gilead Sciences Funded by Blonded, independently Let’s just get […]
Frank Ocean might working on new music (and whatever tours might come out of it) but he doesn’t need to see the world anymore. He’s got the beach, courtesy of a $6.35 million home he bought in Malibu, Variety reports Ocean purchased the 5-bedroom, 4-bathroom home nestled between the mountains and ocean two years ago, but details […]
Frank Ocean was tapped to write the foreword for a new book on Moonlight—the Oscar-winning film about the sexual evolution of a black gay man who grew up in poverty. A24, the company behind the movie, provided a glimpse at the 224-page book on social media Thursday. The work will include an essay by writer/theater critic Hilton […]
Tumblr is getting quite the traffic boost right now, as Frank Ocean has taken to his preferred announcement platform to seemingly tease the imminent arrival of new music. In one post, Ocean teased the date March 1 and said simply “Solana + KL + Andre.” In another post, he wrote, “? (2019) ? (2019) ? (2020).” […]
Frank Ocean has addressed the Endless streaming reports. And his response was discouraging, to say the least. Last Thursday, Billboard reported Ocean’s 45-minute visual album was heading to major streaming services. The project debuted in 2016 as an Apple Music exclusive, and was later released on CDs and vinyl, as well as DVD and VHS. Though the outlet […]
On the same day that the Michael Jackson family released a statement calling the HBO/Channel 4 documentary Leaving Neverland a “public lynching” of the late pop icon, Frank Ocean shared a photo of himself on his recently revealed Instagram in which he’s wearing an MJ shirt. The shirt features art circa the singer’s 1991 album Dangerous. In the […]
