Frank Ocean is now... Frank Ocean. After a long battle in the courts, the "Bad Religion" singer has officially legally changed his name to his onstage moniker, bidding adieu to Christopher Edwin Breaux.
Yesterday (April 23), TMZ reported that Ocean's name change has been made official in Los Angeles. The official legal documents were approved roughly one year after Ocean first attempted to strip away Christopher Edwin Breaux.
However, his first go around was denied due to Ocean's less than stellar driving record in California. TMZ also reported in November 2014 that Ocean had three driving offences in three months (driving 31 mph above the speed limit, driving with expired insurance and driving with his headlights off). Due to his unfortunate vehicular record, Ocean's first motion to be "Frank Ocean" was denied and he had to reapply.
But now, Christopher Edwin Breaux is no more.
Ocean's news of a name change comes at what may be a critical point for the Grammy winning R&B star. After releasing and promoting the critically acclaimed Channel Orange in 2012, Ocean has been largely quiet in terms of new music (or even announcing intentions to record an LP).
However, that all changed earlier this month. On April 7, Ocean logged on to his Tumblr to announce "I got two versions. I got twooo versions..."
What exactly he had two versions of still remains unclear, but what is confirmed is that Ocean has his third studio album set to arrive in July, entitled Boys Don't Cry. He's also planning on publishing an accompanying magazine, because why not?
