Kanye West has praised Frank Ocean for combating homophobia in music

The 38-year-old rapper has come out in support of the hip hop musician who he believes "broke the ground" in the genre by admitting back in 2012 to having a relationship with a man, despite being in a genre which is notoriously homophobic.

He said: "Like people don't have a problem with white rappers now because Eminem ended up being the greatest artist, and everyone thought that with Frank Ocean.