Frank Ocean Shares His Thoughts About Today's Inauguration In His Latest Tumblr Post

“Don’t cook the books either Donald. We all know your event was dry.”

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Titled “I’m really excited for these inauguration crowd numbers to come in,” Frank Ocean shared his thoughts about the new president elect to his followers on Tumblr today. Ocean isn’t someone to typically embrace social media as a means of expressing opinion, hence his absence on Instagram and Twitter. However, when the artist does share (usually on Tumblr) the weight of his sentiments are felt that much more. His words “The world can see America divided and the chaos in the streets” hit heavy, relating not to one side or the other, but to everyone involved who’s forgotten to think about the country’s ongoing divide. Read his post in full here. 

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