After getting a songwriting deal, he started working with other record producers and writing songs for artists such as Justin Bieber, John Legend, Damienn Jones and Brandy Norwood.Īfter meeting them in 2009 through networking, Ocean joined the Los Angeles-based hip hop collective OFWGKTA, also known as Odd Future. He recorded demos at a friend's studio and shopped them around Los Angeles. However, after acclimating himself with music industry circles, Ocean planned to stay longer and develop his music career. To continue recording music, he moved to Los Angeles and intended to stay for six weeks. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit Ocean's hometown of New Orleans and his recording facility, which was looted and destroyed by floodwater. He enrolled in the University of New Orleans and moved into its dormitory in 2005. As a teenager, he did neighborhood chores and saved up money to rent studio time.

He grew up around its local jazz scene and listened to his mother's CDs on her car stereo, including albums by Céline Dion, Anita Baker, and 'The Phantom of the Opera' soundtrack. When he was around 5 years old, he and his family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. Ocean was born in Long Beach, California.

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