Ryan Breaux, the 18-year-old brother of singer-songwriter Frank Ocean, was reportedly killed in a single-vehicle car crash on Sunday.
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According to CBS, Breaux and a friend named Ezekial โZeekโ Bishop were driving in Californiaโs Westlake Village early on Sunday When their car reportedly hit a tree and โcut in half on impact.โ When authorities arrived on the scene responding to calls of smoke near Skelton Canyon Circle around 1:30 a.m., the vehicle was engulfed in flames, and both were pronounced dead at the scene.
Several of Breauxโs friends wrote tributes to him on social media. Cambria Aguilar wrote โRy, I donโt think Iโll ever recover. I will love you forever,โ while Paris Brosnan, the son of actor Pierce Brosnan, wrote โyou were a leader and you had a whole army of soldiers behind you. Thank you for being there when I needed you most...I will carry you in my heart always.โ
Rapper/singer MadeInTYO wrote that Breaux was โa good kid,โ while DJ Sango offered his condolences via Twitter.
Neither FrankOcean (born Christopher Breaux) nor his mother Katonya has released any statements about the fatal accident, however, through his music, itโs exceedingly clear how much the Grammy winnerย loved his younger brother.
His song โOrionโ is largely believed to be about Ryan, due to the lyrics โI remember when you were born/Ohhh, how happy I was/cause If it didnโt go as I planned it/At least youโd double my chancesโฆโ The song also features advice to Ryan about not letting his time go to waste while heโs here. Ryanโs impromptu interview with his brother about life was also featured on Frankโs song โFutura Free,โ which is found on his 2016 album Blonde.
We offer our condolences to Ryanโs family and friends.
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