Earlier this week, CNN's Anderson Cooper came out and revealed to the world that he has always been gay and always will be, which may have come as a shock to some. Now, 24-year-old Singer Frank Ocean made revelations about his own sexuality which may be looked at as very significant.
The rising R&B singer of the single "Novacane" and the self-released album "nostalgia, ULTRA" announced on his Tumblr page today [Wednesday] that his first love was a man. He also tweeted a link to the post.
"I think it's definitely important and it really signifies that there is a changing of the face of hip-hop," said Chuck Creekmur, founder of the leading website allhiphop.com, in Mercury News. He called Ocean's announcement "a sign of the times," noting Cooper's announcement and President 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 summer 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. ... I feel like a free man. If I listen closely. I can hear the sky falling too."
According to Mercury News, Ocean said that he intended his post to be part of his album credits, but because there have been recent rumors about his sexuality, he decided to post it on his Tumblr page.
"I think to it could work to his benefit. I think he'll definitely get more sort of praise and acclaim, and it will probably help his sales," Creekmur said. "But I think a lot of men will have difficulty singing his songs knowing they may have been penned to another man."
"My hope is that the babies born these days will inherit less of the (expletive) than we did," Ocean wrote.
Ocean's album, "Channel Orange" is scheduled to be released on July 17.
