[EXCLUSIVE] Frank Ocean’s Dad Living Near Poverty Levels, Needs Disability Check to Survive

Despite the fact that Frank Ocean (real name Christopher Francis Ocean) has raked in millions from his music career, his estranged father claims to be living in poverty — theJasmineBRAND.com exclusively reports. In fact, he lives off of his disability checks.

Last month, the 26-year-old’s father, Calvin Cooksey, filed a $142 MILLION dollar lawsuit against Russell Simmons. He accused the hip hop mogul of defaming his name by calling him a deadbeat dad on his website, Global Grind.

Cooksey said Global Grind portrayed him as a horrible father, when in reality he said Frank’s money hungry