50 Cent says he has no issue with Frank
Ocean's recent revelation that he was once in love with a man.
Ocean, whose real name is Christopher
Francis Ocean, made the disclosure earlier this month in a blog post
on his website. He is being credited as the first mainstream hip-hop
artist to come out.
The 24-year-old Ocean, a member of the
collective Odd Future, said in the post that his “first love” was
another man.
“By the time I realized I was in
love, it was malignant. It was hopeless. There was no escaping, no
negotiating to the women I had been with, the ones I cared for and
thought I was in love with.”
Ocean added that his feelings were not
reciprocated.
In comments to MTV
News UK, Fiddy said, “Anyone that has an issue with Frank Ocean
is an idiot.”
“I think Frank Ocean is a talented
artist, I think he's created material that made me know his name,
that impressed me, with things he said on a song like Novacane.”
50 Cent noted that the announcement was
timed to Ocean's Channel Orange album release.
“It could be revolutionary or it
could be a tragedy. You can call it brave or you can call it
marketing, because it was intentional; it wasn't an accident,” he
added.
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