Breaking: Frank Ocean Faces $14.5 Million Lawsuit — From His Father

Frank Ocean has another reason to hate his father.  Actually, $14.5 million reasons. Frank Ocean’s dad hates transgender and gay people.  That is, according to a Tumblr post by Frank Ocean posted last year.  But Frank’s father, Calvin Cooksey, says that’s all a lie. And now, he’s suing his own son for $14.5 million for committing […]

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Frank Ocean Will Skip the Grammys, Kanye West to Boycott

A huge Grammys snub from Frank Ocean and Kanye West. However, will it mean anything? Blonde is both a critical and commercial success for Frank Ocean. Released outside of Def Jam Records, the risky move paid off for the singer. Now, in a rare interview with the New York Times, Frank Ocean discussed his album. […]

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Frank Ocean’s “Endless” is STILL Freely Available on Dropbox

There are still an “Endless” amount of Frank Ocean links.  But why? After doing a quick search on Google, MP3s of Frank Ocean’s Endless can STILL be found on Dropbox. (To avoid any legal issues, no, we will not be posting them here this time, as Apple has previously threatened to sue us). The Dropbox […]

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Frank Ocean’s “Endless” is STILL Freely Available on Dropbox

There are still an “Endless” amount of Frank Ocean links.  But why? After doing a quick search on Google, MP3s of Frank Ocean’s Endless can STILL be found on Dropbox. (To avoid any legal issues, no, we will not be posting them here this time, as Apple has previously threatened to sue us). The Dropbox […]

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The biggest album releases in the US this year are streaming exclusives

Views, Lemonade and now Blonde are the US’s biggest week-ones this yearThe post The biggest album releases in the US this year are streaming exclusives appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.

Billboard Says Frank Ocean’s ‘Endless’ Isn’t Chart Eligible…

Frank Ocean’s Blonde is poised to hit number 1 on the Billboard Top 200 charts, which is great news for Ocean who has barely released his sophomore album. The album has opened up with the third-largest debut of 2016, behind Beyonce’s Lemonade and Drake’s Views. But Ocean’s second visual album, Endless, rumored to have been […]

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Frank Ocean’s Blonde Is Now Streaming on Pandora

So much for timed exclusives. Frank Ocean’s much-hyped second album, which was supposed to be an Apple Music exclusive for at least two weeks, is now available to be streamed on Pandora, whether you’re a premium user or happen to have a free account. Sounds like a good deal, right? You don’t have to sign-up […]

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Frank Ocean’s Blonde has been illegally downloaded 750,000 times in less than a week

MUSO data shows popularity of Apple exclusive on torrenting sites

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Yes, Lucian Grainge has ‘banned’ streaming exclusives at UMG. No, it’s not all about Frank Ocean.

UMG doesn’t think exclusives work for its business – and they’re not suing Frank

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