‘Hell on earth’: Ottawa rapper TwoTiime among Canadians displaced by L.A. fires
Global News
The 23-year-old says he woke up Thursday to a nightmarish scene as the Kenneth fire began spreading through the West Hills, fanned by strong Santa Ana winds.
Ottawa rapper Khalid Omar, who performs under the name TwoTiime, was forced to evacuate his Calabasas condo as wildfires tore through the Los Angeles area this week, leaving the studio where he records in ruins.
The 23-year-old says he woke up Thursday to a nightmarish scene as the Kenneth fire began spreading through the West Hills, fanned by strong Santa Ana winds.
“It was looking like hell on earth, I’m not gonna lie to you,” he said Friday in a phone call.
“There was smoke all up in the air. The sky was red and brown. I thought it was judgment day.”
After an evacuation warning was issued, Omar says he fled his home and the thick smoke blanketing the area. He’s currently living in an Airbnb in downtown L.A.
The rapper says the studio he records at, a small space in the Palisades belonging to his sound engineer Jeffrey Wright, was razed Wednesday as flames ravaged the area.
“I’m super sad about that,” says Omar, who moved to L.A. last year after signing with ODA Records, owned by Chicago rapper Polo G.
“That’s the main studio I record at. That was like a safe haven for me.”
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