Musician Frank Ocean famously went AWOL after revealing his homosexuality in an open letter on his Tumblr page in 2012.
His honesty was not well-received by the hip hop community, which blacklisted him and his music.
Ocean went underground soon after his first album, Channel Orange, was released to critical acclaim in 2012.
His 2nd album, Boys Don’t Cry, was originally slated for release in 2012, 2013, and 2015.
“I got two versions. I got twoooo versions,” Ocean teased in a post on his personal website. But his record label shelved the album indefinitely due, in part, to the rumored coming-of-gay content in both album versions.
According to @thacelebriteanews, the 28-year-old singer is now working as a certified nursing assistant (CNA) in California.
Good for him. I hope he’s saving at least 20% of his paychecks for retirement.
Gd morning everyone
A cautionary tale.
But his record label shelved the album indefinitely due, in part, to the rumored coming-of-gay content in both album versions.
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Ummm yeah. I don’t think this is why his album was shelved. The first album had ghey content and was received very well. “To critical acclaim” allegedly. Combine that with the fact that it is more cool to be ghey now than it is to be straight and I’m going to have to call BS on this one. Maybe they shelved it because he said he “wasn’t ghey no more”.
He isn’t a nurse, these are pictures from the video for his song ‘Thinkin’ ‘Bout You’. I always take everything I read here with a pinch of salt.
They sat there and watched Bruce Jenner morph into the Bionic woman but Frank get’s blacklisted, mmm kay. Well I’m glad he found a job and not here on drugs or trying to commit suicide because things didn’t workout. Proud of him for that, always have something to fall back on is so important. Good morning everyone, it’s hump day hump day. Doing a front pelvic thrust in my chair. LMBO
WHEN DID SEXUALITY BECOME A TREND THO? BRUH.
I think your statement pertains to all media sources unfortunately.
Thank you Sandra had me going for a minute! I fell for it!
Um Cna’s don’t wear stethoscopes or at least the ones I know of don’t. I know they wash people booties. Maybe I’m wrong somebody please confirm.
GM ROSES! mobile posting from home. Off today
Are you seriously asking this question? Just like it was a trend for girls to kiss girls in videos. Sexuality and its acceptance has always been kind of trendy. Except when it comes to men being together. It’s then considered a sin.The views of this world is crazy.
Good for you! Enjoy your day off.
They do have use of them because in some places they are able to check blood pressure. ( Nursing homes mainly) But to be honest I’ve never seen them in scrubs like that. It’s possible that he’s an LPN, possibly.
Hey girl!
His music isn’t bad though. I wish him well.
Well I’ve been waiting for him to drop another one. He is so talented and I literally can listen to all the songs on the first album without skipping. But I will say I not here for the gay shit. You don’t have to announce who you attracted to. Though I don’t agree with the gay lifestyle, I can’t knock his talent. I hope that he’s in a good place…whatever he’s been up to.
Hopefully he washes his hands before he sees the patients….shitty booty as$.
Heeeeyy! **waving**
“They sat there and watched Bruce Jenner morph into the Bionic woman but Frank get’s blacklisted, mmm kay.”
Preach! Honored him and errthing!!!!
Maybe it was too soon for Billy Ocean…*kanye shrugs*
So weird they blacklisted him when all the execs are DL.
WOW…at least he’s not recognizable and wont’ be bombardard by his 18 member fan base.
Damn Bruh! This cat went from penning for Beyonce to wiping shytty a$$es and looking at sagging balls and old lady tits all day.
But Wayne and BABY can kiss in the mouth?
Get over yourself. That’s the dumbest thing to say.
And still honoring him, just crazy to me. But welp I’m Kanye shrugging with you. LMBO!
is a CNA different from a nurse practitioner?
????
Let me update his Wikipedia page.
Awwww I was just about to commend him for his new endeavor. CNA today RN tomorrow. A lot of my fam are in the medical field and if you stay on your grind you can make a lot of money in OT!! #hardworkpaysoff??
Good morning!!! I’m so jealous right now, wish I could have stayed home.
Girl, u know how we long for those days off.
Blacklisted? Frank Ocean has tons of people dying to buy his next album. His fans dont care that he’s gay. And he not working as a nurse.
Yes, to be honest the only thing that separates the two is LPN’s can give meds legally.
Yes ma’am! Lol.. Waiting for Friday like Bruh!!!! Lmbo Enjoy your day sunshine.
So true! Nursing is a great field.
I hope they didn’t shelve it….I love his version of “At Your Best”.
I got nothing…. good morning yall! Sooo, nobody is going to discuss the sprites trying to wipe Jesse Williams speech from the internet? ????
Nothing wrong with being a CNA but what a mighty fall. He should have stayed in the closet….
Anyway I just read its for a video shoot. Sandra please!!!
Oh, I was abt to say, Good for him!”
Humble.
STRAIGHT OVER YOUR HEAD…
His ghey letter sounded like something kanye would write. It was off putting.
If his music wouldve been traditional then he wouldve been ok. But it wasnt a hit. So he faded. That triangle song was good.
-Kanye ruins his people because as soon as you become popular he wants people to see him. Big sean looks like a fool. He was laming up dessigners music video.
-I think they told frank ocean to take the hit.
Yep! My niece is 28 and makes so much money she now needs a tax write off? And she cheap too so that bank account is hefty! Too bad I could not stand needles and had to go into business, but I do aaaight lol
He wasn’t blacklisted, its just nobody bought his album.
that sounds more plausible. Neva herd a song but I have herd of his sexual preference/politics. It overshadowed his music
I worked in the nursing field when I was younger. I couldn’t take it, I had a patient to code on me and I lost it! I was fresh out of school and couldn’t take that part of it.
Sorry to hear that and I would have had the same reaction. It is truly not for everyone.
Someone mentioned that yesterday..I went on his IG to read the comments….He was flooded with sprite tears ???
oh maannn. well good for him. a lot of these celebrities that didn’t make it tend to live off of hope as broke as they be. Sitting there hoping a club will book them for a $100 appearance.
Girl my mom grandma and great granny were all nurses and my mom makes a shitload of money too and my granny is still a penny pincher so she got her lil stash…it ain’t for me too much blood and gore
I so love working with people but girl I was like heck no! Lmbo… I’m way to emotional for that.
A CNA…
When keeping it real goes wrong.
In other news, New Edition, Ice Cube, and Selena are getting stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year. #NE4LYFE
In other news, New Edition, Ice Cube, and Selena are getting stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year. #NE4LYFE
I’ve noted the links are being taken down left and right…
I’ve noted the links are being taken down left and right…
Did you know stars have to pay to have their names placed there?
Used to be 30k…
Did you know stars have to pay to have their names placed there?
Used to be 30k…
I didn’t know that ?
I didn’t know that ?
Off Topic: Starting swimming lessons soon; how can I wear my hair preventing minimal damage but allowing ease of maintenance? I can’t do box braids – too heavy on my neck (I have a lot of hair and some chemicals up in there). I thought some curly crochet of some kind but my hair is still braided under there…
Is there a product that will combat any damage the chlorine may cause?
Off Topic: Starting swimming lessons soon; how can I wear my hair preventing minimal damage but allowing ease of maintenance? I can’t do box braids – too heavy on my neck (I have a lot of hair and some chemicals up in there). I thought some curly crochet of some kind but my hair is still braided under there…
Is there a product that will combat any damage the chlorine may cause?
Really…I never knew that…u learn something new everyday ??
Really…I never knew that…u learn something new everyday ??
Sandra, this is from his 2011 video “thinking of you” he’s seen in the video wearing these same scrubs
Sandra, this is from his 2011 video “thinking of you” he’s seen in the video wearing these same scrubs
Pahahahaha. I never knew what the hype was all about anyway. His music was just OK, his looks is just OK………the good thing is he didn’t let it get him down. Good for you Frank
Pahahahaha. I never knew what the hype was all about anyway. His music was just OK, his looks is just OK………the good thing is he didn’t let it get him down. Good for you Frank
As someone in their 50s what I don’t understand is why the industry responded to his openness negatively when the industry itself is dominated by gay men? It is so hypocritical and when a man dares to come out with his sexual preference he is rejected and scorned? WHY? I know what beard means now and it has nothing to do with male facial hair. The irony.
As someone in their 50s what I don’t understand is why the industry responded to his openness negatively when the industry itself is dominated by gay men? It is so hypocritical and when a man dares to come out with his sexual preference he is rejected and scorned? WHY? I know what beard means now and it has nothing to do with male facial hair. The irony.
Hahaha…LIES!
Hahaha…LIES!
They still won’t let kum Kardashian buy one.
They still won’t let kum Kardashian buy one.
Yayyyy!!!!! That’s great. I am so looking forward to the NE biopic next year.
Let me guess, you’re taking dack in the as$ too and what I said offended you….well fawk you and your feelings.
You and me both!! I’d be crying all the time?? So to tell you how nurses are good, one of my friends uncle died suddenly and she found the body. EMT and cops comes to the house, do all this CPR stuff on him and then leaves after pronouncing him dead. They leave the body on the bedroom floor with the IV needle in his arm (so damn disrespectful but that’s how they do) My niece comes in and goes upstairs and fix him up when none of us could/would!! That was one of the most traumatic experiences ever!!?
That can’t be why. For one: The Carters were still working with him post announcement. He’s on Jay’s last album and B’s Beyoncé album.
Lol I know right.???
I thought the pictures were from the set of some video he was in awhile ago. I think he’s trolling…
That’s why. Because you are supposed to keep the secret. That’s how doors open seems like. But if you will spill it on yourself that means you will tell on others meaning nobody wants to work with you because they can’t afford you to be honest about EVERYTHING. I just learned this when I lost my job by following the rules and “seek to tell the truth” ? I answered the questions asked of me by company legal and was let go because I knew too much. It happens when the powers that be have secrets. I’m 44 so I think like you ? Didn’t serve me well
Lauren Hill 2.0?
Nooooo!! I loved Channel Orange and I was looking forward to his sophomore album.
Oh my goodness I could imagine. But your niece sounds like she knows her stuff, so glad that she was there.
Good for him…get out of that industry.
Leave in treatments are best,my fav is optimum’s leave in conditioner… Carrot oil and argan oils are best to keep damage from happening too ?
Thank You! Exactly what I was thinking. He probably got in via his willingness to “lie on the couch”, and to him it wasn’t a big deal, because that was already how he rolls, so he figured everything was cool, he was free to be him, then BLOOP, No Sir. Those k inky secrets are never supposed to come out. I wouldn’t be surprised if the record people even told him it was ok to come out and “test the waters”, then kicked him to the curb with a quickness. Now he’s really throwing his back out as a CNA, and dealing with literal s hit.
N-E HEARTBREAK… Beware of NE heartbreak ??? that’s what’s up for all of ’em ?
Girl you done know!! Nurses these days do it all, from BP to bed pan?My only benefit from having all these dr and nurses around is that when I have to have any hospital stay, they all hook me up good. Because after hearing all of the nightmare ish that happens in hospital, I is scurrred!!?
My angel?
Gtfoh..Whaaatttt!????
Damn yup I’d never want to be in that business…you definitely sell your soul…ask Katy Perry…
I have the utmost respect for nurses. When I was pregnant with my son, due the next day, and had Pre Eclampsia, my Dr. told me to go home, lie on my left side, p p in a container, and have my then husband take it to the lab the next day. She was saying this as I was being monitored in L&D. As soon as she left, the Head nurse looked at me and said “You’re not going anywhere. We’re taking over your care. You’re high risk.” My son and I would both be dead if that nurse wouldn’t have intervened. I had to be induced, they almost performed an emergency c-section, came in with the crash cart and everything, while my Dr wanted me at home lying down. My delivery nurse also stayed after her shift was over to see me through my delivery, and I was in the military, so she didn’t get paid any overtime to stay late. When you’re an inpatient, it’s the nurse there with you, not the Dr. Nurse is working her butt off the entire shift. The nurse could have delivered my son. The Dr. didn’t come in until it was time to cut. Doctors just don’t make it that high up on my list as nurses lol.
better to be honest and truthful than a deceptive, deceitful liar with no morals; I think for myself and am looking for the side of right. I don’t co-sign wrong or lies, and I don’t live a lie. Best wishes forever you are a decent human being with integrity.
I’m laughing as I think of the old boss who said “what are you going to say?” I said I don’t lie period. He said that’s right. Tell the truth LOL. Shortly after, the shut out started.
I think it’s different for black gay men. White males can come out and be accused of being gay (John Travolta, Sam Smith, Elton John) and still get high paying gigs. But it’s different for black gays and transgenders. It goes against our Afro-centrism. And as much as people say they understand and tolerate it, being gay & transgender is NOT accepted. Because we live in this free society where you can be and do whatever you want, people just tolerate stuff.
I resent the President going overseas and telling Africans that they should pass anti-gay laws and telling them how to live….shame on Obama. Africans are not electing him President, so why should he care. I’m glad the Kenyan President basically told him to go hell.
I think it’s different for black gay men. White males can come out and be accused of being gay (John Travolta, Sam Smith, Elton John) and still get high paying gigs. But it’s different for black gays and transgenders. It goes against our Afro-centrism. And as much as people say they understand and tolerate it, being gay & transgender is NOT accepted. Because we live in this free society where you can be and do whatever you want, people just tolerate stuff.
I resent the President going overseas and telling Africans that they should pass anti-gay laws and telling them how to live….shame on Obama. Africans are not electing him President, so why should he care. I’m glad the Kenyan President basically told him to go hell.
Nah. This can’t be true.
Nah. This can’t be true.
Me too! The trailer got me hype.
Hmm…..someone said that’s his costume for a video.
LMBO!!!!! I love his shrug!!!! Priceless.
Thanks. I endured about 7 months of full on harassment to the point another employee reported it. I shut down social media because all of a sudden high ranking people who didn’t even speak to me were friend requesting LOL. I was reported to hotline, investigation found nothing, then I was moved around until they found a spot that they could move my work load to others and say they had no work for me. I finally felt how people feel that flip desks. But because I knew they wanted me gone I showed up until they had no choice but to pay me to go away. It’s a huge enough company so much so that people who did lie are serving federal time right now. Just have to thank God i didn’t lose my mind and watch as that high hanging fruit on the management tree slowly falls off.
Good morning.
Exactly.
Me too!! Lmbo
I got goosebumps with that story!! Nurses run the hospital, the doctor comes in looks at your chart, don’t even know who you “really” are and then leaves. God bless that nurse wherever she is!!
Its funny that most of the rappers in this so called industry are gay and bi but they get mad when somebody is openly gay .. Its more like how can he be open about his life when they feel they cant .. Sad sad sad
That’s not Frank!
Uhmm…those are screen shots from a video…he’s not a nursing assistant…nice try tho
At least he has a career path to fall back on.
i definitely agree!
Sandra dont get like mediatkeout & Wendy Williams messy self. U know that man ain’t no damn nurse he wore that in the thinkin bout u video- furthermore he a brilliant song writer if hes not making music hes writes music for other big singers, that what hes known for more than singing-and that’s were the real money is. So u going to have to save that 20% before he does my love.
Yes nursing is a great field for the average person who went to college to obtain a career in nursing, but if your goal was to be a music superstar and you tasted a bit of that fame and actually made money from music, and now you you have to go work in a nursing home wiping people behinds nursing isn’t so great.
I don’t believe a lot of your stories & this would be one of them.Happy Hump Day Ppl.
Ok Sandra I’m a fan. But, is this for a music video or nah? Im hearing other thangz
Lies lmao… probably a movie or tv role Or better yet a music video.
It’s sad that he reveals his “true” him and he gets booted for it. A piece of advice for Frank—go pop the white people will love you more then the black community ever would or did.
Lmao That boy is nobody’s C.n.a. I just wasn’t expecting that one.
Hall & Oates too
Wait…What???
UMMM…actually, this photo is a snapshot from an unofficial video shoot for “Thinking About You”–FROM BACK IN 2011, Sandra. Frank has lots of fans, fans who will buy his music (unlike your idol Monica, who can, granted, sing OK, but won’t ever go platinum again).
Frank Ocean is not my cup of tea, musically or sexually, if I may be so bold. However, his popularity can’t be denied. I know its nearly impossible for you to find anything good to say about any gay black man, Sandra, but keep this in mind…
Frank Ocean left the scene 4 years ago, and he’s got you and many others blogging about him. I’d say that’s a #WIN for him, and a testament to his staying power.
Oh, by the way, here’s a screen shot from the 2011 video:
Lol
better fund that 401k boy!
But there is no video for thinkin bout you. I’ve often looked for one.
Well, all he needs is a boyfriend who sells weed, and they can be the poor man’s version of a power couple. If being a CNA “ain’t shit” and people can roast Black women for being CNAs, then we should be able to roast Frank if he is one.
It is about me being able to look at MYSELF in the mirror!!!
Integrity is EXPENSIVE!!
It proves it’s best to keep ur business to urself if U a black man & keep it movin. It’s hard enough being a black man already…
That’s crazy. ..NE and Hall & Oates been in the game over 30 years. Shame…Better late than never I guess.
Yep Nippy still don’t have one
Now that’s a travesty
Yes
it may be “cooler” now as far as mainstream media goes but the majority of the world still opposes it. it’s not a surprise. the media wants to trick people into believing that everyone is on board and they aren’t. period.
I can honestly say my dad, who’s a doctor, knows each and every one of his patients. when he’s not in a rush, if he sees them out and about, he stops and talks to them, jokes with them, etc but he truly loves his job and I think that’s a part of it. most get desensitized. I work in the medical field too and it’s a job every day to not let the fakers desensitize you from being a sympathetic human being
Kudos to your dad, he is old school and truly cares which is very rare these days!! Yay for dad??????
Good for frank!
So sad. The shallow, uneducated Hip Hop millenials ripped him to pieces.
Right. Me either. I left a job because of the deceptive things I saw and the attitude of the manager that kept a revolving door of staff leaving. Getting grants based on lies then unfairly misusing them.
Wow!!! And that manager was asking what you planned to say so he could run and tell.
Blacks are persecuted by their own. Hip Hop degraded this man. White gays are more accepting of ‘that’s your life.’
Ocean has to also understand there are plenty of gay men singing love ballads to and about women but don’t mean a word of it. However, if the talent is there they can’t come out.
Look at Travolta. Actor or not, how many men have given interviews describing him coming on to them or they had sex with him. His former pilot did interviews plus wrote a book about their several years long affair. His wife is still with him too. She can’t be that stupid. Probably looks the other way or they have an agreement.
I read where one song was to a man.
I’m proud of my mom…I know I’m late responding lol but my mom has saved many a life and she says that’s the best part of her job is saving lives. She’s been nursing so long that the doctors ask her why didn’t she pursue a doctorate in medicine because she knows so much. I’ve seen doctors give up on a code blue patient and nurses bring them back to life.
Dammmm that’s salty
Picture is like 5 or 6 years old from a video shoot smfh at internet news