Celeb News: 50 Cent defends Frank Ocean

Stepfon

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50 Cent may be all tough guy on the outside, but the G-Unit CEO falls far from the thug stereotype. Many expected a visceral hip-hop reaction to Frank Ocean's revelation that his first love was a man, but a vast array of the genre's artists have come out in support of the Odd Future singer.

"Anyone that has an issue with Frank Ocean is an idiot," 50 Cent told MTV UK. "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.' "

For Fif, Ocean's efforts in the studio are way more important than his goings-on in the bedroom, and because Frank has delivered exemplary performances on record, his romantic revelation is a non-issue for the Get Rich or Die Tryin' MC. "It could be revolutionary or it could be a tragedy," he said before noting the timing of Frank's announcement and his Channel Orangealbum release. "You can call it brave or you can call it marketing, because it was intentional; it wasn't an accident."

50 compared Ocean's situation to late R&B icon Luther Vandross or Intro singer Kenny Greene. Vandross was rumored to be gay, though such reports were never confirmed. Greene however, admitted in a 2001 interview that he was bisexual shortly before he died from complications caused by AIDS. "There are artists before who have made these choices just not having made the choice to expose it to the general public before an actual release of music," 50 said.

Still, 50 remarked on the changing times, alluding that sexual preference just isn't as taboo anymore — at least it isn't for him. "Obama is for same-sex marriage," 50 pointed out. "If the president is saying that, then who am I to go the other way?"

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/168...-support.jhtml

Vulps

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"There are artists before who have made these choices just not having made the choice to expose it to the general public before an actual release of music," 50 said.

If he's saying what I think he is

Pelvic Thrust

Using Frank Ocean for publicity, huh. He is so transparent.

YaBoiJay18

Oh please.

Cobrastyle.

Am I the only one who thinks 50 likes the gud dick? I mean... I'm just saying.

Miichael

The shade.

Michete

I suppose he's come a long way from hating ******s.

Eaten By Lions

It's great to see support, but it's kind of amazing to me how so many people are only offering their support soley because Obama did. Don't they think for themselves?

Dale

He is trying far too hard to inform everyone that he is ok with homosexuality.

Midnight

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There are artists before who have made these choices just not having made the choice to expose it to the general public before an actual release of music

Um??????

Anyway, he's not slick... You're not getting a collaboration and no one's buying your next album.

EOMM92

Welp...

? I guess?

Demiboyx

What....50? That's a bit odd

Espresso

Still shady as **** and disingenuous as ever. Next.

Katamari

Get dat promo, 50

getback

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Still, 50 remarked on the changing times, alluding that sexual preference just isn't as taboo anymore — at least it isn't for him. "Obama is for same-sex marriage," 50 pointed out. "If the president is saying that, then who am I to go the other way?"

So what if Obama hadn't said that?

umich

50, gurl. we see right through you.

IDRAG4MJ

Smh mh .like 50 so because obama says so

Tsuko

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Originally posted by Dale

He is trying far too hard to inform everyone that he is ok with homosexuality.

Can you blame him? Half the people in this thread still don't believe him.

What does he have to do to convince you guys that he's not homophobic?

It's so sad that people in this thread are making out that 50 Cent publicly standing up for gay people is a bad thing?

Dancehall

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Originally posted by getback

So what if Obama hadn't said that?

Please, let's not, let's just be happy with Obama's influence and not question it. Next someone is going to say what if Bush supported gay marriage would 50 still feel the same way?