Buzz Bites (5/1/13): Frank Ocean Wins ‘Person Of The Year’ Webby Award

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Frank Ocean won the 2013 Webby Award for "Person Of The Year"!

+ The 2013 Webby Awards results are in, and Frank Ocean won the "Person Of The Year" award! Other artists to take home a Webby, which honors internet achievement, include Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga. (Billboard)

+ Fresh off releasing "Cole Summer," J. Cole shared the second installment of his Truly Yours series. Truly Yours 2 includes the aforementioned song and five others for free download. His long-delayed Born Sinner is now slated for June 25. (RapFix)

+ Check out Emeli Sandé's flapper-style cover of Beyoncé's "Crazy In Love." The jazzy tune appears on The Great Gatsby soundtrack, which also features Bey and is being produced by Jay-Z. It streets May 7. (Just Jared)

+ Not only is Pink on the June cover of Glamour magazine, but her interview reveals that she once went out with a member of 'NSYNC! "[Joey Fatone] took me to Friendly's on a date, and he bought me an ice cream. Such a sweetheart. He asked my dad's permission." (MTV News)

+ Tune in today to "RapFix Live" for interviews with Wyclef Jean and Kid Ink. The show streams at 4 p.m. ET on MTV.com and also airs on MTV Jams. Tweet questions for the artists to @MTVRapFix. (RapFix)

+ NBA player Jason Collins came out as gay on Monday, making history as the first male active in professional team sports to do so, and he cited DJ Quik's Quik Is The Name as part of his awakening when he was 12. "It was around this time that I began noticing subtle differences between Jarron [his twin brother] and me... I couldn't identify with his attraction to girls," he wrote in Sports Illustrated. (MTV News)

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