Frank Ocean Is Happy

So recording artist and songwriter Frank Ocean revealed on July 4, 2012 that he was gay through a beautifully written letter that he posted on his Tumblr page. I posted my very first blog entry on Frank Ocean and marveled about how great of an artist he is, which you can check out here! Me, personally I do not care who he wants to love because I am here for the music and the music only! But what a way to celebrate Independence Day by declaring his own independence! Now with him revealing that, one has to wonder how this will affect his fanbase and his music sales. His debut album, Channel Orange, will be released on July 17, 2012. Homosexuality is slowly becoming more of a norm in society but he is in one of the most homophobic music industry communities, which is the hip-hop community. I guess in the coming weeks we will see if his coming out will affect his record sales. This is huge! I mean he is like the first person ever in the hip-hop community to openly admit to being homosexual! Some may consider that to be career suicide; but I see it as being a career birth! I guess that’s the optimistic person that I am but I honestly believe that! The support from some of his industry peers has been awesome but will they really look past his sexual preference and see his talent instead. The picture that I used for this post was uploaded by Beyonce on her Tumblr page to show her support for the singer. I applaud him for opening that door for people like us. He really just started a movement. Yes, there are openly gay men in the industry but not the hip-hop industry…until now! I applaud him for having the courage to bare his soul like that in such a judgmental society. This is great for people in the gay community who didn’t have the courage to stand up and be who they are. He just gave all of those people hope! Thank you Frank Ocean! You’re kind of like a hero man!