Frank Ocean Vs. Chris Brown

Frank Ocean Vs. Chris Brown

Chris Brown is one of modern music’s most notorious beefers, and that reputation remained intact in 2013. In January, Brown and Odd Future crooner Frank Ocean got into a fracas at Westlake Studio in Los Angeles, allegedly over a parking spot. Accounts varied — TMZ reported Brown went to shake Ocean’s hand and one of Ocean’s friends ignited what turned into a brawl; Ocean claimed to have been jumped by Brown and friends. But it wasn’t even the biggest flare-up between the two artists in 2013: In February, Brown famously refused to stand (and openly sulked) when Ocean was awarded the Urban Contemporary Album Grammy. If anything, the parking lot brawl was the culmination of a beef that dates back to at least June 2011, when Brown compared Ocean to James Fauntleroy, and Ocean responded by comparing Brown to Sisqo and Ike Turner. Ocean would pour additional fuel on the fire in July 2013, dissing Brown in a remix of Migos’ “Versace.” Sample lyric: “you can stay seated/ I’m taking that Grammy.”