Frank Ocean’s younger brother, Ryan Breaux, has reportedly passed away following a car accident in Thousand Oaks, California.
ABC 7 reports that two men were killed in a single-vehicle collision around 1.30am on August 2.
The two men, believed to be Ocean’s 18-year-old-brother and his friend Zeek Bishop, were pronounced dead at the scene by the Ventura County Fire Department.
ABC 7 reports that authorities were continuing to investigate the cause of the accident. The victims have not been officially named by the coroner, reports CBS Los Angeles.
Ocean and his family are yet to comment publicly on the news.
Artists who know Ocean and Breaux have taken to social media to pay tribute to the musician’s younger brother.
“Rest In Peace Ryan Breaux,” wrote DJ and producer Kai Asa Savon Wright, known professionally as Sango. Sango is known for his remixes of Ocean’s tracks, previously sharing renditions of ‘Nights’ and ‘Cayendo’.
Ryan Breaux you was a good kid & always showed me love. see you up top ! pray for frank family
broken hearted ?
— MADE IN TOKYO ? (@madeintyo) August 2, 2020