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A two-minute clip is racking up hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube and Reddit, showing 17-year-old Chris “Lonny” Breaux singing John Ehret High School’s alma mater at his 2005 graduation ceremony. It appears to originate from a digitized VHS tape produced by the school. The new video is the oldest publicly available recording of Ocean singing to date.
Read MoreThe track is tagged with the name “Big Enough,” and its source is unknown.
Read MoreChristopher Edwin “Lonny” Breaux has officially changed his legal name to the alias he adopted five years ago: Frank Ocean. The moniker is said to be “cobbled out of various tributes to Frank Sinatra, Ocean’s 11, and a pimp-like character he created to razz a friend at a party.”
Read MoreMidi Mafia and Tronixx have linked up for a trap-style remix of “Reach for the Stars,” an old demo track featuring Rockie Fresh and Frank Ocean, formerly known as Lonny Breaux.
Read MoreTroy Noka has production credits on Nostalgia, ULTRA, but few know about the collaboration between Frank Ocean and Bishop Lamont from 2010.
Read More“Everything that we did together built that up. But it was just genuinely from being fans, liking what each other was doing and then making good music.”
Read MoreOver the past year, many of Frank Ocean’s old reference tracks (written under his real name, Lonny Breaux, and intended for other artists) have been popping up on the web. The latest is “U Got It.”
Read MoreThe community on KanyeToThe.com has been collecting rarities from Frank Ocean’s songwriting days for a while now. More and more tracks keep popping up.
Read MoreFans have compiled numerous reference tracks that have leaked online into a mixtape. Frank Ocean clarifies their origin in a Tumblr post.
Read MoreChristopher Edwin Breaux, aka “Lonny,” has filed paperwork to legally change his name to Christopher Francis Ocean, a formal rendering of his recently adopted stage name: Frank Ocean. He submitted the petition on his 23rd birthday, and the filing is pending approval from a California judge. It comes a few days after Frank Ocean released his first solo music singles.
Read MoreThe song was produced by B. Carr of the Surf Club.
Read MoreThe track “Gotta Be” features LFK, which appears to be a pseudonym for the singer.
Read MoreDomo Genesis’ debut mixtape, Rolling Papers, includes a track titled “SteamRoller” with the first-ever appearance of Frank Ocean, formerly known as the songwriter Lonny Breaux. Odd Future released the project via Tumblr.
Read More“Lonny is an incredible talent—he’s a hip-hop child who’s soulful, and he has a lot of intellect. He really touches people with his music.”
Read MoreLonny was spotted hanging out with Midi Mafia and Alycia Bellamy in the deserts of Southern California. The group rode ATVs around some dunes, got a flat, and saw a big spider.
Read MoreIn addition to being featured as a vocalist on this demo, Lonny wrote the track.
Read MoreBrandy’s new album Human has been released and the album credits two tracks to Lonny Breaux. “1st & Love” is the 14th song on Human and “Locket (Locked in Love)” is available on the deluxe edition.
Read MoreThe song is called “I Fell” and was co-written by Breaux, Antwoine Collins “T Wizz” (Troy Noka), Noel Gourdin, and Brian Seals.
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