Frank Ocean is gearing up to release his highly-anticipated sophomore album later this year and today, Buzzfeed is reporting that he'll be doing so with a brand new team to support him. Ocean reportedly fired his longtime management and publicist for undisclosed reasons. All sides have declined comments about the report.
Christian and Kelly Clancy have managed Odd Future in the past—these days, they manage Odd Future, Mac Miller, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler, the Creator, Solange, and Loiter Squad. They managed Ocean since 2010 and according to Buzzfeed, a new manager has not been named.
Along with new management, Frank has moved on from his publicist, Life or Death PR (which represents Odd Future, too) and is now working with the Hollywood agency, ID PR. Ocean has been rather quiet since the release of his last album, Channel Orange, but has reportedly been hard at work on his new album. Hopefully he'll make an official statement on his Tumblr later today.
I had been saying for awhile that I wish he would get better management than the Clancys. While, I like the Clancys, I feel like Frank has outgrown Odd Future and them as his managers. It seems like they put all their stock into Tyler and, let's be real, the ball got dropped with Channel Orange. I am not sure if it was Frank's doing or his management, but, the album could have been a whole lot bigger than what it actually was, I think this move is for the absolute best, if the news is true.
its good hes doing this before the album releases so it wont be a mess during the era.