By: Taren Vaughan
Frank Ocean gay? Apparently so. The buzz about Singer/Songwriter Frank Ocean revealing that he is gay has been plastered on every media outlet imaginable. And it has caused the rumor mill to get out of control, with claims circulating that Frank Ocean’s secret lover is someone from the music industry. And to no surprise, Kanye West’s name was one of the first to get tossed around as the mystery man that shared a romance with Ocean as people stay challenging his manhood. Joining ‘Ye on the list of the accused was Rapper Tyler The Creator, as chatter has surfaced about him supposedly having a love thing going on with Ocean that began when Ocean moved to LA to jump start his music career. Those running with this story clearly must not have taken the time to actually read the letter.
For one thing, Frank Ocean is not bisexual. Sorry ladies, but he’s made it clear in the letter than any relationships he had with women were merely coverups.
Looking at this excerpt from Frank Ocean’s letter where he comes clean about his sexuality, you will notice that he is indeed admitting to being a homosexual but his male love interest was not Kanye West or Tyler The Creator as some are claiming them to be:
“4 SUMMERS AGO, I MET SOMEBODY. I WAS 19 YEARS OLD. HE WAS TOO.”
Let’s set some things straight here.
Frank Ocean is 24 years old. And the man he was talking about in the letter was his same age at the time that they met. Kanye West is 35 years old so there is no way in hell that it could be him unless our math is just that bad. On to Tyler The Creator, clearly wasn’t him either as the Los Angeles born rapper is only 21.
Peep the full letter that was found on Frank Ocean’s Tumblr page:
WHOEVER YOU ARE,WHEREVER YOU ARE..I’M STARTING TO THINK WE’RE A LOT ALIKE.HUMAN BEINGS SPINNING ON BLACKNESS.ALL WANTING TO BE SEEN, TOUCHED, HEARD, PAID ATTENTION TO.MY LOVED ONES ARE EVERYTHING TO ME HERE.IN THE LAST YEAR OR 3 I’VE SCREAMED AT MY CREATOR. SCREAMED AT THE CLOUDS IN THE SKY. FOR SOME EXPLANATION.MERCY MAYBE.FOR PEACE OF MIND TO RAIN LIKE MANNA SOMEHOW.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.THERE WAS NO ESCAPING, NO NEGOTIATING WITH THE FEELING. NO CHOICE.IT WAS MY FIRST LOVE, IT CHANGED MY LIFE PERIOD.BACK THEN, MY MIND WOULD WANDER TO THE WOMEN I HAD BEEN WITH, THE ONES I CARED FOR AND THOUGHT I WAS IN LOVE WITH.I REMINISCED ABOUT THE SENTIMENTAL SONGS I ENJOYED WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER..THE ONES I PLAYED WHEN I EXPERIENCED A GIRLFRIEND FOR THE FIRST TIME.I REALIZED THEY WERE WRITTEN IN A LANGUAGE THAT I DID NOT YET SPEAK.I REALIZED TOO MUCH, TOO QUICKLY.IMAGINE BEING THROWN FROM A PLANE.I WASN’T IN A PLANE THOUGH. I WAS IN A NISSAN MAXIMA, THE SAME CAR I PACKED UP WITH BAGS AND DROVE TO LOS ANGELES IN. I SAT THERE AND TOLD MY FRIEND HOW I FELT. I WEPT AS THE WORDS LEFT MY MOUTH.I GRIEVED FOR THEM, KNOWING I COULD NEVER TAKE THEM BACK FOR MYSELF.HE PATTED MY BACK. HE SAID KIND THINGS.HE DID HIS BEST, BUT HE WOULDN’T ADMIT THE SAME.HE HAD TO GO BACK INSIDE SOON, IT WAS LATE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS WAITING FOR HIM UPSTAIRS.HE WOULDN’T TELL ME THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS FEELINGS FOR ME FOR ANOTHER 3 YEARS.I FELT LIKE I’D ONLY IMAGINED RECIPROCITY FOR YEARS.NOW IMAGINE BEING THROWN FROM A CLIFF. NO, I WASN’T ON A CLIFF, I WAS STILL IN MY CAR TELLING MYSELF IT WAS GONNA BE FINE AND TO TAKE DEEP BREATHS.I TOOK THE BREATHS AND CARRIED ON.I KEPT UP A PECULIAR FRIENDSHIP WITH HIM BECAUSE I COULDN’T IMAGINE KEEPING UP MY LIFE WITHOUT HIM. I STRUGGLED TO MASTER MYSELF AND MY EMOTIONS.I WASN’T ALWAYS SUCCESSFUL.
THE DANCE WENT ON..I KEPT THE RHYTHM FOR SEVERAL SUMMERS AFTER.IT’S WINTER NOW.I’M TYPING THIS ON A PLANE BACK TO LOS ANGELES FROM NEW ORLEANS.I FLEW HOME FOR ANOTHER MARRED CHRISTMAS.I HAVE A WINDOWSEAT.IT’S DECEMBER 27, 2011.BY NOW I’VE WRITTEN TWO ALBUMS, THIS BEING THE SECOND.I WROTE TO KEEP MYSELF BUSY AND SANE.I WANTED TO CREATE WORLDS ROSIER THAN MINE.I TRIED TO CHANNEL OVERWHELMING EMOTIONS. I’M SURPRISED AT HOW FAR ALL OF IT HAS TAKEN ME.BEFORE WRITING THIS I’D TOLD SOME PEOPLE MY STORY.I’M SURE THESE PEOPLE KEPT ME ALIVE, KEPT ME SAFE..SINCERELY.THESE ARE THE FOLKS I WANNA THANK FROM THE FLOOR OF MY HEART.EVERYONE OF YOU KNOWS WHO YOU ARE..GREAT HUMANS, PROBABLY ANGELS.I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NOW, AND THAT’S ALRITE.I DON’T HAVE ANY SECRETS I NEED KEPT ANYMORE.THERE’S PROBABLY SOME SMALL S—T STILL, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.I WAS NEVER ALONE, AS MUCH AS I FELT LIKE IT..AS MUCH AS I STILL DO SOMETIMES.I NEVER WAS. I DON’T THINK I EVER COULD BE. THANKS.TO MY FIRST LOVE, I’M GRATEFUL FOR YOU.GRATEFUL THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WASN’T WHAT I HOPED FOR AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NEVER ENOUGH, IT WAS.SOME THINGS NEVER ARE..AND WE WERE. I WON’T FORGET YOU.I WON’T FORGET THE SUMMER.I’LL REMEMBER WHO I WAS WHEN I MET YOU.I’LL REMEMBER WHO YOU WERE AND HOW WE’VE BOTH CHANGED AND STAYED THE SAME.I’VE NEVER HAD MORE RESPECT FOR LIFE AND LIVING THAN I HAVE RIGHT NOW.MAYBE IT TAKES A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE TO FEEL ALIVE.THANKS. TO MY MOTHER, YOU RAISED ME STRONG.I KNOW I’M ONLY BRAVE BECAUSE YOU WERE FIRST..SO THANK YOU.ALL OF YOU.FOR EVERYTHING GOOD.I FEEL LIKE A FREE MAN.IF I LISTEN CLOSELY..I CAN HEAR THE SKY FALLING TOO.
-FRANK
How Kanye West and Tyler The Creator’s names got tangled into this letter is very puzzling as it is obvious that Ocean was referring to neither of them. And for the record, Kanye West is the least likely to hide his sexuality. In fact, Kanye would most likely tell the world he was gay and give no f-cks how anyone felt about it. And yes, his music would still sell. Only Kanye could date Kim Kardashian and embarrass America’s blonde sweetheart on stage in front of millions and still have a career.
Just sayin’.
I’ma go ahead and say this. Kanye West is NOT gay. Not even Bi. He’s a whore and can’t seem to be faithful to the women he dates, but he’s never been into men. I know someone in his circle and believe me when I say they gay rumors don’t even bother him because he’s very confident in his sexuality. And if he was gay, he would day it because that’s the kind of person he is. He knows his career is on lock. The messed up thing about all of this is that this is going to keep a lot of other artists from coming out the closet. MTO is such a messy a– website and they need to be shut all the way down. They rarely get their tea right and while we’re at it…let’s talk about them getting sued by Evelyn Lozada because of the lie they made up about her being pregnant by TO. They settled two weeks ago out of court and Evelyn’s pockets got fatter. Just in time for her wedding.
I believe your source. Ye is too arrogant to hide a damn thing. He hangs around gay men all the time and it doesn’t seem to bother him because he is confident in his sexuality. Gay men tend to be the ones with everything to prove. Kanye isn’t that way at all.
Damn!!!! Evelyn sued MTO and won???!!! Why haven’t I heard or read this anywhere????!!!
You didn’t hear it because it was part of the deal but they had to print a retraction…and now they can’t drag her anymore. When’s the last time they wrote anything bad about her? Exactly. And excuse all my typos, I’m typing on my phone…
You can’t really believe Kanye and Kim are a real couple?! I think she’s bearding. I saw a video with Kanye on stage performing and he was walking very suspect honey. I’m just saying. Something in the water ain’t clean. And what man dates a known whore and tries to wife her if he isn’t gay?
I get that Kim is dragged on this website on a daily basis, but I can assure you the only fake relationship Kim had was the one with Kris. And honestly, that relationship was real but the marriage was not. Kim started sleeping with Kanye while she was with Reggie. They go WAY back. She was messing with him while she was engaged to Kris too, and he knows it. They are really together. He’s been chasing her for a long time and everyone in the industry knows it. Nobody was surprised except the general public.
Am I the only one who wasn’t surprised by this? And Tea, girl I still think Ye is at least bi. He’s too much of a diva to be straight.
He’s high maintenance yes, but gay or bi….NO.
Ok I’m pressed but whatever. Can you or anyone else answer my question. Why hasn’t Tyler had a gf in public?
You are pressed LMBO! I’m joking but I don’t really know anyone who’s tied to Tyler’s camp. I have heard that he’s real awkward, so he may not really be the type to pull a lot of women. He probably likes white girls. But I think those two are just really good friends. Most likely Frank is talking about someone who isn’t famous because someone famous would have black listed him for revealing too much.
Man this is getting real crazy. I’m glad he came out but I hate that so many of these men feel like they have to hide who they are in the first place. And I hope people don’t expect this to become a trend because it definitely won’t. Ain’t nobody trying to come clean.
It’s a damn shame that people won’t just let him be a gay man that came forward. Now they have to speculate;ate on who he was talking about. I knew it couldn’t have been Kanye because as queenish as Kanye is, I don’t get gay vibes. And as much as we don’t like KIm, their relationship is definitely not a stunt. At least not for Kanye.
Are ya’ll sure Tyler isn’t gay? He just seems gay to me and I have never seen him have a girlfriend in public.
This is weird as hell. Tyler said himself that he’s still mentally 17. he also said that he didn’t have many friends growing up and that he moved around a lot. And inferring that a dude is gay because you don’t see him with a girlfriend in public is beyond stupid. Maybe he’s…oh, I dunno….SINGLE?? And if he’s cool with Frank, and Odd Future’s DJ Syd the Kid (who’s an out lesbian), I don’t think he’d hide being gay.
As for Frank being gay/bi whatever, he never confirmed WHAT he was. Maybe his relationships with women seemed like a lie because he was still in love with his first love. That’s kinda like me being in love with a man for years, never getting over it, and dating other people to get over it.
Frank Ocean never ever characterized his relationships with women as a lie. And he never indicated he was gay and wasn\’t attracted to women.
HIs letter merely points out that he was mistaken about having been in love before he was in love with the man. He was using language and songs of love, but now that he found the real emotion of love he realized it was a whole different language.
That\’s all he\’s saying. He\’s not saying he realized he didn\’t like girls. Geesh.