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Frank Ocean
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ụdịekerenwoke Dezie
mba o sịNjikota Obodo Amerika Dezie
aha n'asụsụ obodoFrank Ocean Dezie
Aha ọmụmụChristopher Edwin Breaux Dezie
aha enyereChristopher, Edwin, Frank Dezie
aha ezinụlọ yaOcean Dezie
aha pseudonymFrank ocean Dezie
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya28 Ọktoba 1987 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụLong Beach Dezie
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye akaBekee Dezie
ụdị ọrụ yamusic, singing, keyboard instrument performance, photography Dezie
ebe agụmakwụkwọJohn Ehret High School, University of New Orleans Dezie
oge ọrụ ya (mmalite)2005 Dezie
Ọnọdụ ahụikesynesthesia Dezie
Ọmụma Mmekọahụbisexuality Dezie
ụdị olubaritone Dezie
ngwa egwukeyboard instrument, olu egwụ Dezie
diskografiFrank Ocean discography Dezie
ebe e guzobereOhaïyo Dezie
akara ndekọBoys Don't Cry Dezie
Ihe nriteGrammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance, Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album Dezie
ahọpụtara makaGrammy Award for Best New Artist Dezie
webụsaịtịhttps://blonded.co/ Dezie
has listQ124146435 Dezie

Frank Ocean [1] (amuru Christopher Edwin Breaux ; Ọktoba 28, 1987) bụ onye America na-agụ abụ, onye na-agụ abụ na onye na-agụ egwú. Ụfọdụ ndị nkatọ egwu kwadoro ọrụ mbụ ya maka ịsụ ụzọ ụdị R&B ọzọ . [2] [3] Ocean emeriela Grammy Awards abụọ na onyinye Brit maka International Male Solo Artist n'etiti ihe nturu ugo ndị ọzọ, na edepụtala album studio ya abụọ na Rolling Stone ' 500 Kasị Mma Albums of All Time ' (2020).

Ocean malitere ọrụ egwu ya dị ka onye na-ede ghost, tupu ịbanye na mkpokọta hip hop Odd Future na 2010. N'afọ sochirinụ, o wepụtara mixtape mbụ ya, Nostalgia, Ultra, wee nweta nkwekọrịta ndekọ na Def Jam Recordings . Ndekọ studio izizi ya, eclectic Channel Orange (2012), webatara R&B na ụdị mkpụrụ obi . Na 2013 Grammy Awards, Channel Orange a họpụtara maka Album nke Afọ wee merie Best Urban Contemporary Album ; otu n'ime egwu ya, " Thinkin Bout You ", bụ onye a họpụtara maka ndekọ nke afọ . Time kpọrọ ya otu n'ime ndị kacha nwee mmetụta n'ụwa na 2013.

Mgbe afọ anọ kwụsịtụrụ, Ocean weputara ọba ọhụụ akpọrọ Endless na 2016 iji mezuo ọrụ nkwekọrịta na Def Jam. Ocean onwe wepụtara ya nke abụọ studio album, Blonde, otu ụbọchị mgbe ọgwụgwụ ' s tọhapụrụ. Blonde gbasaa na usoro egwu egwu nke Ocean wee bụrụ nke mbụ na ndepụta Pitchfork ' ọba kachasị mma nke afọ 2010s. Ọ bụ ọba ọnụọgụ mbụ ya na US <i id="mwQQ">Billboard</i> 200 wee nweta platinum site n'aka Associationlọ Ọrụ Na-ahụ Maka Ndekọ nke America (RIAA). Site na 2017 gaa n'ihu, Ocean ewepụtala ndị na-alụbeghị di na nwunye, na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-ese foto maka akwụkwọ akụkọ, malite ụdị ejiji Homer, ma malite Homer Radio . Ocean ewepụtala egwu 14 na <i id="mwRw">Billboard</i> Hot 100 n'ime oge ọrụ ya.

Ndụ mbido

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A mụrụ Ocean Christopher Edwin Breaux na Ọktoba 28, 1987, [4] [5] na Long Beach, California . [6] Nna ya bụ Calvin Edward Cooksey [7] ma bụrụ onye na-agụ egwú na onye na-agụ akwụkwọ, [6] na nne ya bụ Katonya Breaux Riley [7] onye mechara rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye nkwekọrịta obibi. [6] Ọ bụ nne ya zụrụ ya mgbe nne na nna ya gbara alụkwaghịm mgbe ọ dị afọ isii. [6] O nwekwara nwanne nwoke nke tọrọ aha ya bụ Ryan Breaux onye nwụrụ n'ihe mberede ụgbọ ala na 2020. [8] Mgbe ọ dị afọ ise, ya na ezinụlọ ya kwagara n'ógbè New Orleans . [9] A zụlitere ya Onye Kraịst, gụnyere obere oge dịka onye Katọlik . [10]

Nna nna Ocean Lionel McGruder Jr. bụ nna maka Ocean mgbe nna ya hapụrụ ezinụlọ ya. Lionel bụ onye ọgwụ riri ahụ na-agbake ma mesịa jee ozi dị ka onye ndụmọdụ na nzukọ Alcoholics Anonymous na Narcotics Anonymous . Ọ ga-ewere Ocean gaa nzukọ ndị a, nke bụ mkpali n'azụ egwu Ocean "Crack Rock" sitere na Channel Orange. [11] [6] Ọ nyekwara ya aha Lonny, nke Frank Ocean ka na-eji taa. [12] Ọ nwụrụ na 2010 na Frank Ocean raara ya egwu a kpọrọ "The Will Be Tears" na mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra . [13] Ọ kpọkwara ya aha na 2017 otu "Lens" ya.

Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na John Ehret High School na Marrero, Louisiana na 2005, Ocean debanyere aha na Mahadum New Orleans ka ọ mụọ Bekee. [14] [12] Otú ọ dị, Hurricane Katrina gburu New Orleans na August 2005, na-ebibi ụlọ ya na ebe ndekọ nke onwe ya ma na-amanye ya ịkwaga na Mahadum Louisiana na Lafayette . [15] Ọ nọrọ ebe ahụ obere oge tupu ọ hapụ ilekwasị anya n'ọrụ egwu ya. [12]

2012–2013: Ọwa Orange

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Ocean (n'aka nri) ya na Tyler, Onye Okike na Coachella n'April 2012

Ocean wepụtara mkpuchi mkpuchi maka ihe nkiri album studio mbụ ya nke akpọrọ "Thinkin Bout You", na-ekpughere egwu a ga-ahapụ ndị na-ere ahịa dijitalụ na Eprel 10, 2012. Otú ọ dị, otu ọnwa tupu mgbe ahụ, ụdị abụ ahụ a na-emezigharị amalitelarị. [16] Banyere onye a na-achọ ịlụ, o kwuru, sị: "Ọ na-akọwa n'ụzọ dị nkenke dị ka onye na-ese ihe maka ebe m nọ ugbu a na nke ahụ bụ ebumnuche," ka o kwuru banyere nsonazụ ya nke Nostalgia, Ultra . "Ọ bụ banyere akụkọ ndị ahụ. Ọ bụrụ na m dee akụkọ 14 na-amasị m, mgbe ahụ, nzọụkwụ ọzọ bụ iji nweta gburugburu ebe egwu gburugburu ya iji kpuchie akụkọ ahụ na ụdị nile nke ịdị mma sonic." [17]   Na 2012, Ocean wepụtara ya mpụta mbụ studio album Channel Orange ka eluigwe na ala otuto si n'aka ndị nkatọ, bụ ndị mesịrị kpọọ ya kasị mma album nke afọ na HMV's Poll of Polls . O nwetakwara nhọpụta onyinye onyinye Grammy isii nke Ocean isii ma ụfọdụ ndị ode akwụkwọ kwadoro ya maka ịkwaga ụdị R&B n'ụzọ dị iche, nke siri ike karị. A na-ewere ya dị ka ntọhapụ azụmahịa mbụ nke Ocean na akara ndekọ ọdịnala, Channel Orange gosipụtara egwu ndị na-adịghị mma bụ ndị e depụtara maka akụkọ ha na nkọwa mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ha, na ngwakọta egwu dị egwu nke dọtara na jazz, mkpụrụ obi, na R &amp; B . Funk na egwu eletrọnịkị metụtakwara ọba ya. Egwu banyere ịhụnanya a na-akwụghị ụgwọ bụ nke kacha elebara anya, akụkụ n'ihi ọkwa nke Ocean tupu ewepụtara album ahụ, mgbe o kpughere na ịhụnanya mbụ ya bụ nwoke. Nkwuputa ahụ mere akụkọ akụkọ zuru ụwa ọnụ, ụfọdụ ndị nkatọ jiri mmetụta omenala ya tụnyere mgbe David Bowie kpughere na ọ bụ nwoke na nwanyị na-enwe mmekọahụ na 1972. [18]

Mmetụta

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Ndị nkatọ egwu ekwupụtala Ocean maka ịsụ ụzọ R&amp;B ọzọ, na-abịaru egwu R&B dị iche na ndị ọgbọ ya na ụdị idiosyncratic. [19] Ma <i id="mwAtg">Insider</i> na akwụkwọ akụkọ Wall Street lere Ocean anya dị ka onye na-ese ihe kachasị n'ime afọ iri nke 2010. [20] [21] E tinyere ya na mbipụta 2013 ' Time nke 100 ndị mmadụ kacha nwee mmetụta n'ụwa na mbipụta 2017 nke <i id="mwAuY">Forbes</i> 30 Under 30 . [22]

Andy Kellman nke AllMusic dere,

Frank Ocean abụrụla otu n'ime ndị na-adọrọ mmasị na egwu nke oge a kemgbe ọ bịarutere mmalite 2010. Onye na-abụ abụ na onye na-ede abụ nke mmepụta nka emegidela nhazi ọkwa siri ike dị ka R&B, ka o sina dị, o jiwo akụkọ ndị yiri ka ewepụrụ iwe ma nwee nkọwa zuru ezu nke ọ tụgharịrị n'etiti agụụ ịhụnanya na ịdị mfe ịnya isi. [23]

Onye nkatọ omenala Nelson George na-ekwusi ike na, yana Miguel, Ocean nwere "agbapụtala n'ala ebe [ọ na-adịghị] na-asọmpi na omume ndị [azụmahịa R & B] na-akpata" ma "na-azụlite ụda nke na-edozi nchegbu ndị okenye na echiche nke nwata. ndị mmadụ na-agbalị ịghọta ọchịchọ nke onwe ha (nkọwa nke ọma nke Ocean, karịsịa)." [24] N'ịde maka Insider, Callie Ahlgrim kwuru na Ocean "gbanwere nghọta anyị banyere egwu ọgbara ọhụrụ", nakwa na ọ na-atụle isiokwu ndị dị ka ntorobịa, ịdị ọcha, ịhụnanya furu efu, owu ọmụma, ọchịchọ, na ịnwụ anwụ n'egwú ya n'ụzọ na-eche " Ọ dị ọhụrụ na nke pụrụ iche [na] na-eme ka ụda introspective ụda zuru ụwa ọnụ na gafere [nke mere] ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị na-ese ihe na-akọwa oge anyị." [21] Jacob Shamsian nke Business Insider kwuru na Ocean "abụghị naanị otu n'ime ndị na-ese ihe dị mkpa na pop, ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị na-ese ihe na egwu niile." [25] N'ime edemede GQ akpọrọ "Gịnị kpatara Frank Ocean ji bụrụ akara ngosi egwu", Jon Savage kọwara Ocean dị ka "onye na-ese ihe n'oge a n'echiche ọ bụla nke na-emikpu n'ime ohere ọhụrụ sonic, onye na-agbasi mbọ ike na nyocha nka kacha mma. nghọta miri emi." Savage toro Ocean maka iwere R&B na "ọkwa ọhụrụ [site na] ịrụ foto ụda na-atụ egwu dabara na egwu egwu ya." [26] <i id="mwAwA">Pitchfork</i> lere Oke Osimiri anya dị ka "onye nwe akwụkwọ nkwupụta nkwupụta, na-enweta akara ngosi nzuzo site na onye enigmatic ya na ụzọ aghụghọ nke pop." [27] Na 2023, Rolling Stone họọrọ Ocean na ọnụọgụ 190 na ndepụta ya nke 200 Kasịnụ Ndị Na-abụ abụ nke oge niile.

Na August 20, 2016, Ocean wepụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ 360-page, Boys Don't Cry, n'akụkụ ya nke abụọ album Blonde . The ejiji na ụgbọala-themed mbipụta nwere foto ọrụ si Wolfgang Tillmans, Viviane Sassen, Tyrone Lebon, Ren Hang, Harley Weir, Michael Mayren na Ocean n'onwe ya. [28] Ọnwa anọ ka e mesịrị, magazin Britain bụ́ Print bipụtara ọrụ ọzọ foto sitere na Frank Ocean. [29]

Na Mee 1, 2017, Ocean gara Met Gala kwa afọ dị ka onye na-ese foto pụrụ iche maka <i id="mwAxg">Vogue</i> . [30] Na October 23, 2017, o mere mkpuchi abụọ na edemede anya maka akwụkwọ akụkọ ejiji Britain, iD . [31]

Ndụ onwe onye

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Ezinụlọ

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Nwanne nwoke Ocean, Ryan Breaux, nwụrụ n'ihe mberede ụgbọ ala n'August 2, 2020, mgbe ọ dị afọ 18. [8]

Usoro mmekọ nwoke na nwanyị

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Ocean dere akwụkwọ ozi na-emeghe, nke mbụ zubere maka ndetu liner na Channel Orange, nke na-ebu ụzọ kwuo okwu banyere mmasị ya n'oge gara aga na nwoke ọzọ. [32] Kama, na Julaị 4, 2012, o bipụtara akwụkwọ ozi mepere emepe na blọọgụ Tumblr [33] [11] na-akọpụta mmetụta na-enweghị isi o nwere maka nwa okorobịa ọzọ mgbe ọ dị afọ 19, na-ezo aka na ya dị ka ezi ịhụnanya mbụ ya. [33] O ji blọọgụ ahụ kelee nwoke ahụ maka mmetụta ya, ma keleekwa nne ya na ndị enyi ya, sị, "Amaghị m ihe na-eme ugbu a, nke ahụ dịkwa mma. Enweghị m ihe nzuzo ọ bụla m chọrọ ka edobe ya ọzọ.. Ọ dị m ka onye nweere onwe ya." [34] Ọtụtụ ndị na-eme ememme kwupụtara n'ihu ọha nkwado ha maka Ocean na-esote ọkwa ya, gụnyere Beyoncé na Jay-Z . [35] [36] Ndị otu ụlọ ọrụ hip hop na-anabata nke ọma na ọkwa ahụ. [37] Tyler, Onye Okike na ndị otu OFWGKTA ndị ọzọ tweeted nkwado ha maka Ocean. [38] Russell Simmons dere akụkọ ekele na Global Grind nke o kwuru, "Taa bụ nnukwu ụbọchị maka hip-hop. Ọ bụ ụbọchị ga-akọwapụta onye anyị bụ n'ezie. Olee otú anyị ga-esi nwee ọmịiko? Olee otú ịhụnanya nwere ike isi na-enwe? anyị gụnyere anyị? [39] Mgbe a jụrụ ya ma ọ na-ewere onwe ya dị ka nwoke na nwanyị na N'ajụjụ ọnụ 2012, Ocean kwuru, sị: "M ga-eji nkwanye ùgwù kwuo na ndụ dị ike ma na-abịa na ahụmahụ ndị siri ike, na otu mmetụta ahụ m nwere n'ebe ụdị egwu dị, enwere m n'ebe ọ nọ. ọtụtụ akara na igbe na shit." [40]

Na June 2016, na-esochi ogbunigwe ụlọ oriri na nkwari abalị Orlando nke gburu mmadụ 49, Ocean bipụtara edemede na-ekwupụta mwute na obi nkoropụ ya. O kwuru na ahụmahụ mbụ ya na mmekọ nwoke na nwanyị na transphobia nọ na nna ya mgbe ọ dị afọ isii, ma kọwaa mmadụ ole na-ebufe ụkpụrụ ịkpọasị ha n'ọgbọ na-esote ma ziga ọtụtụ puku mmadụ n'ụzọ igbu onwe ya. [41] Na 2017, nna Ocean mechara gbaa ya akwụkwọ maka nkwutọ ma rịọ $14.5. nde. [42] N'October 17, 2017, mgbe a nụchara nke hụrụ Ocean na nne na nna ya abụọ ka ha guzoro, ọkàikpe na-ahụ maka ikpe nyere iwu maka Ocean, na-ekwu na nna ya enyebeghị ihe akaebe zuru oke nke nkwutọ.

Aha na-agbanwe

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N'ajụjụ ọnụ 2011, Ocean kwuru na ọ nwara ịgbanwe aha ya ka ọ bụrụ Christopher Francis Ocean site na webụsaịtị iwu na ụbọchị ọmụmụ 23rd ya. A kọrọ na mgbanwe a sitere na ihe nkiri 1960 nke Ocean's 11 sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ. [43] Na Maachị 2014, a kọrọ na ọ na-agbanwe aha ya n'ụzọ iwu na Frank Ocean. [44] N'ọnwa Nọvemba afọ 2014, e kpughere na akwadobeghị aha mgbanwe aha n'ihi ọtụtụ mmejọ ọsọ ọsọ. [45] Emechara nye ya iwu na Eprel 23, 2015. [1]

Echiche Ndị Ndọrọndọrọ Ọchịchị

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Na 2019, Ocean gbara ndị na-akwado Britain ume ka ha votu maka Labour Party na ntuli aka izugbe UK 2019, site na akụkọ Instagram. [46]

Oke osimiri ekwupụtala ịdị n'otu na ndị bi na Gaza n'oge agha Israel na Hamas na-aga n'ihu. Ọ bịanyere aka na akwụkwọ ozi mepere emepe nke Ọktọba 2023 nke ndị na-ese ihe na-agba Onye isi ala Joe Biden ume ka ọ kpọọ oku kwụsịtụ ozugbo na Gaza. [47]

Esemokwu gbasara iwu

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Ocean sampled The Eagles ' 1977 " Hotel California " na egwu ya "American Wedding", nke e gosiri na mpụta mbụ mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra . Ocean emeghị ihe nzuzo nke eziokwu ahụ bụ na ọ "hụrụ Don Henley n'anya ... ndị Eagles ... na Joe Walsh si egwu egwu egwu". [48] Ọ bụ ezie na mkpughe nke egwu ahụ butere esemokwu, n'ikpeazụ ọ dịghị mgbe a tọhapụrụ ya n'ahịa, ọ dịghịkwa ihe iwu kwadoro. Achọpụtara na Ocean enweghị ego na egwu ahụ, onye na-ese ihe n'onwe ya kwuru na ọ "na-asọpụrụ" The Eagles' Don Henley na ntọhapụ. "Enweghị m otu dime na egwu ahụ. M wepụtara ya n'efu. Ọ bụrụ na ihe ọ bụla, m na-asọpụrụ ". [49]

Na Jenụwarị 27, 2013, n'ebe a na-adọba ụgbọala nke ụlọ ihe nkiri Los Angeles, esemokwu mere n'etiti Frank Ocean na Chris Brown . Otu akụkọ merenụ kwuru na Brown tụbara ọkpọ na Ocean, mgbe Ocean boro Brown ebubo na o werela ebe a na-adọba ụgbọala a họpụtara. [50] Nwanne nwanne Ocean kwuru na otu onye so na Brown wakporo ya mgbe ihe a mere. E boro ebubo ebubo, na Ocean na-ekwu site na Tumblr na ọ na-ahọrọ "Sanity. Ọ dịghị mpụ ebubo. Ọ dịghị obodo ikpe ". [51]

Na Maachị 2014, edobere Ocean ka ọ rụọ mkpuchi nke egwu egwu " Pure Imagination " na azụmahịa Chipotle Mexico Grill nke bụ maka ịkwalite ọrụ ugbo. N'ịgbaso nyocha nke akwụkwọ akụkọ ikpeazụ, ndị ọrụ iwu nke Ocean zigara Chipotle akwụkwọ ozi, na-akọwa na ọ chere na ọ dị ya mkpa ịpụ na nhazi ahụ, na-ekwupụta na "Mgbe a gwara Frank ka o sonye na ọrụ a, ndị nnọchiteanya Chipotle gwara ya na mkpali nke mkpọsa ahụ. bụ ịkwalite ọrụ ugbo ọnweghị akara ma ọ bụ akara nke Chipotle na ngosipụta mbụ, Chipotle wee gwa Frank na ọ bụ ebumnobi nke mkpọsa ahụ. [52] Ocean sọpụrụ nhazi ahụ nke ọma site n'ịkwụghachi Chipotle site na nlele ego ego na nchikota $212,500.00. [53] Azụmahịa ahụ, akpọrọ "The Scarecrow", ka ewepụtara ya na Fiona Apple na-eme egwu ahụ.

Ihe nrite na nhọpụta

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Ihe ngosi

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Albums Studio

  • Orange Channel (2012)
  • Blonde (2016)

Ngwakọta

  • Nostalgia, Ultra (2011)

Ndekọ anya

  • Enweghị ngwụcha (2016)

Ihe ndetu

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Ntụaka

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  2. Why Frank Ocean is a musical icon (en-GB). British GQ (April 24, 2017). Retrieved on May 25, 2020.
  3. Dhaenens (May 2014). "Resistant masculinities in alternative R&B? Understanding Frank Ocean and The Weeknd's representations of gender". European Journal of Cultural Studies 18 (3). Retrieved on August 12, 2020. 
  4. Solway (September 30, 2019). Frank Ocean Makes Moves Like Nobody Else. W. Retrieved on March 16, 2021.
  5. Frank Ocean (en). GRAMMY.com (May 19, 2020). Retrieved on November 9, 2020.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Wallace (November 20, 2012). Frank Ocean: On Channel Orange, Meeting Odd Future, and His Tumblr Letter. GQ. Retrieved on November 11, 2019.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Uko (2022-09-12). All about Frank Ocean's marriage, wife, boyfriends, kids (en-US). DNB Stories Africa. Retrieved on 2023-03-09.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Frank Ocean's Younger Brother Ryan Breaux Reportedly Killed In Crash Alongside Classmate Ezekial Bishop. CBS News (August 2, 2020). Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved on August 3, 2020.
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