Odd Future member, Frank Ocean has revealed via his Tumblr that he is gay.  The R&B singer talks about the first time he fell in love with a man in the post, originally intended to be used in the liner notes of his forthcoming album, ‘Channel Orange’. After Jay Z’s recent stance in support of gay marriage, does this show that hip hop is moving it’s notoriously homophobic attitude forward into the 21st century?

Here is an extract from the notes:

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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