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| instrument = | years_active = 2007–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = }} Christopher Francis "Frank" Ocean (born Christopher Edwin Breaux〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Frank Ocean -- R.I.P. to My Homie ... Christopher Breaux Dies in Court )〕 October 28, 1987), is an American singer, songwriter and rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. Ocean embarked on his musical career as a ghostwriter for several prominent artists, including John Legend, Justin Bieber and Brandy. In 2010, he became a member of alternative hip hop collective OFWGKTA, also known as Odd Future. Ocean subsequently released his breakout mixtape, ''Nostalgia, Ultra'', to critical acclaim in 2011. The singles, "Novacane" and "Swim Good", both achieved chart success. In 2012, Ocean finished in second place in BBC's Sound of 2012 poll. His debut studio album, ''Channel Orange'', was released in July 2012 to critical acclaim and was promoted with three charting singles: "Thinkin Bout You", "Pyramids" and "Sweet Life". Also in 2012, Ocean became one of the first major African-American music artists to announce that he had once fallen in love with someone of the same sex.〔(Frank Ocean effect: What happens when a hip hop artist confesses same sex love? ) ''CNN''. July 11, 2012,.〕 Ocean's music has been characterized by music writers as idiosyncratic in style.〔 ==Early life== Ocean was born Christopher "Lonney" Breaux on October 28, 1987, in Long Beach, California〔 to parents Calvin Edward Cooksey and Katonya Breaux When he was around five years old, he and his family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. He grew up around its local jazz scene and listened to his mother's CDs on her car stereo, including albums by Celine Dion, Anita Baker, and ''The Phantom of the Opera'' soundtrack.〔 As a teenager, he did neighborhood chores and saved up money to rent studio time.〔 As he recalled, "Oh man I had numerous hustles () Washing cars was one of them, and mowing lawns and walking dogs."〔 He enrolled in the University of New Orleans and moved into its dormitory in 2005. Shortly after enrolling in the university, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and he transferred to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Ocean」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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