Q 01/05

What is Frank Ocean's birth name?

A) Calvin Cooksey Jr.

B) Lonny Francis Ocean

C) Christopher Edwin Breaux

D) Tyler Gregory Okonma

Answer · why

C) Christopher Edwin Breaux

He was born on October 28, 1987, and his family moved to New Orleans when he was five.

Q 02/05

In which California city was Frank Ocean born?

A) Oakland

B) San Diego

C) Long Beach

D) Compton

Answer · why

C) Long Beach

His father Calvin Cooksey was a singer and keyboardist, and his mother Katonya Breaux Riley an entrepreneur.

Q 03/05

Which 2005 event destroyed Ocean's home and studio, forcing him to leave the University of New Orleans?

A) A house fire

B) The Deepwater Horizon spill

C) Hurricane Katrina

D) Hurricane Rita

Answer · why

C) Hurricane Katrina

He moved to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then to Los Angeles in 2006, working fast-food and service jobs.

Q 04/05

Under what name did Ocean work as a songwriter for hire in his early Los Angeles years?

A) Frankie Blonde

B) Christopher Francis

C) Lonny Breaux

D) C. Ocean

Answer · why

C) Lonny Breaux

He wrote for Justin Bieber, Beyoncé, John Legend and Brandy before joining Odd Future.

Q 05/05

Which Los Angeles hip hop collective did Ocean join in 2010?

A) Odd Future

B) Black Hippy

C) Brockhampton

D) Top Dawg

Answer · why

A) Odd Future

His friendship with Tyler, the Creator revived his songwriting, and his first on-camera appearance was in Tyler's video for 'She'.