RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 2013–present
Chris Brown vs. Frank Ocean
The Westlake parking-lot fight
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A January 2013 dispute outside Westlake Recording Studios becomes a reported brawl between Chris Brown, Frank Ocean, and entourages. Ocean describes being hit and later declines to press charges; accounts of the incident differ.
THE RECORD
The moments
Disputed account · disputed account
A Westlake parking dispute becomes a brawl
Chris Brown and Frank Ocean’s camps clash outside Westlake Recording Studios. Ocean says he was hit and injured; contemporaneous accounts differ on how the altercation began.
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Ocean declines to press charges
Ocean says he will not pursue charges, and neither artist turns the episode into a later sustained record campaign.
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THE RECEIPTS
Sources and listening
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