The complaint explains that Chipotle hired Frank to record a cover of "Pure Imagination." The cover was intended for use in a advertisement titled "Scarecrow," but it was never delivered.
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Frank Ocean is the issue 3 cover star of the motor-based French magazine Garagisme.
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Time named Ocean in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. John Legend wrote a blurb about him for a special issue of the magazine.
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Universal Music Japan released a CD edition of Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange with a special booklet. It features Japanese translations of Ocean’s song lyrics and a foreword by Minako Ikeshiro, a music journalist based in Tokyo. In her note, Ikeshiro captures the zeitgeist surrounding the up-and-coming U.S. artist, both in Japan and abroad.
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“Whoever you are. Wherever you are… I’m starting to think we’re a lot alike.”
Read More"I think the unfortunate thing is that everyone then saw it as Frank’s record so when mine came out, it was kinda like, wait a minute, she’s covering Frank Ocean’s song. And it was like, not really. Your boy actually demoed my song.
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Santa Monica’s highly influential radio station KCRW has selected Frank Ocean as its “Artist You Should Know” for the week.
Read More"**** Def Jam & any company that goes the length of signing a kid with dreams & talent w/ no intention of following through. **** em.
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Christopher 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.
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