![]() He was so open and raw-I felt like the music was made for me. During that time, there was no artist like him. I was one of his fans during the early Nostalgia Ultra days. I started listening to Frank Ocean when I was 13. So I hauled ass to get there and ended up finessing and cutting the line to get the last copy in NYC. Thirty-five minutes into the party an announcement was made that Boys Don't Cry would be given out in Soho, which was one hour away. The following day after it dropped, I linked up with friends and had a faux Blonde listening party deep in Brooklyn. I had spoken to Frank Ocean at the Dazed 100 party, and he told me "it's done and it's coming." I was happy he was serious. Honestly, I thought he was going to pull some D'Angleo or Lauryn Hill shit after Channel Orange. When Endless dropped last summer, I remember waking up and staying up all night to listen to it. Quil Lemons, photographer behind Glitterboy series, New York When I finally heard his voice, it was like a punch in the chest. It was so dramatic, but I had spent so much time loving him and waiting on him and speculating and theorizing. All of a sudden, I hear his voice, and I just fell to my knees. I sprinted through my apartment to set up a table because everything was still in boxes. I just said, "I have to go, I'm sorry," and hung up. I remember scream crying and my face going bright red on FaceTime. One day, I was FaceTiming my cousin, and I pulled up my iPad to just look at the stream. We would stay up all night watching the stream and talking to one another.ĭuring the stream, I was moving into a new apartment. So someone in the thread had the idea that we should make a group chat where we could alert everyone if he was back. He was going on at crazy hours, sometimes like 3 in the morning. So I just brought an iPad with me everywhere and streamed all the time no matter what. But there was no warning or way to figure out when he was livestreaming. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what was happening. They had the scoop more than anyone else. I followed a bunch of Twitter fans and the forum KanyeToThe. ![]() I was so thrown off, and I had no idea what was going on. I saw all these notifications going off on my phone that a stream had opened on Frank Ocean's website. I remember waking up and getting ready to go to work. Jamie Pesek (left), TeamFrankDaily manager, St.
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