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On August second, my phone lit up with a Twitter notification from the account @teamfrankdaily reading: \u201cour hearts are shattered for Frank and his Family. Rest in peace @rryanbreaux\u201d. Frank Ocean\u2019s brother Ryan Breaux, along with Ryan\u2019s friend Ezekial Bishop, had died in a car crash. Scanning the text on my phone, the words \u201cFrank\u201d, \u201chearts are shattered\u201d and \u201crest in peace\u201d, froze my world for the longest millisecond I\u2019ve ever known. After carefully rereading, and discovering that it was Ryan who had passed, I sat in shock for a different reason. Although I do not know Frank or his brother, (and will not pretend to), I know pain. I owe Frank Ocean my current state as an artist and it\u2019s time I personally give him his flowers. I am not an award show or an acclaimed music critic, I am just a fan whose life has changed with incredible music from a brilliant artist.

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Written and hosted by Tyler Bey.

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