Frank Ocean Tried To Change Name Earlier This Year, Was Denied Due To Traffic Violations

Life in the fast lane has left Frank Ocean unchanged.

The R&B star (real name: Christopher Breaux) applied for a legal name change earlier this year, but was denied by a judge thanks to three driving tickets, including a speeding ticket for going 31 mph over the limit in August.

TMZ reports the judge told Breaux he can re-apply for a change once he cleans up his record.

Last November, Ocean took to tumblr to announce his return to music.

In a post titled "Stay True," Ocean wrote:

"mind is pretty blank right now. i'm sitting in my kitchen listening to age of consent by new order. i like this song.. i f--- with that gwen stefani song 'cool' too, i never knew 3000 played keyboards on it- sounds like some teen coming of age movie. i used my birthday week pass to stay in my apartment for too long.. sit still and catch up on some information. i saw that movie 'glengarry glen ross' and 'bottle rocket', 'pi', 'blackfish' (sea world is the devil), 'this is the end' (hahaha), 'the purge'(smh), some funny horror movie i forgot the name of '...' . my homie in aussie suggested that i read 'mr. norris changes trains'.. the writing was really nice. i read 'the new jim crow' it made me not fuck with humans for an hour. oh and 'diffficult men' which talked about great tv ..dexter, the wire, the sopranos, breaking bad and whatnot. i didn't watch any news or read it ...figured all that s--- was gonna happen either way. i'm back to work these days."

Ocean has been signed to Three Six Zero Group since July.

"Frank is an incredibly intelligent and creatively brilliant individual," Mark Gillespie, co-founder of Three Six Zero Group, said. "We're proud that he felt Three Six Zero was the right home for him."

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