(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Billy Ocean’s music that feels like a warm breeze on a tough day—comforting, familiar, and deeply soulful. Growing up, his songs were always somewhere in the ...

Leslie Sebastian Charles, aka Billy Ocean, was born in Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago and moved to England with his family at the age of eight. In his teenage years, he sang regularly in London clubs.

“Always imagine hearing music from a distance,” says pop/R&B superstar Billy Ocean. “What do you hear first? You hear the rhythm. That’s what attracts you: ‘Wow, there’s something happening.’ As you ...