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.
A swing hangs from a tree in front of a fire-damaged residence in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Eric Thayer
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. Omar is one of several Canadian artists working in L.A. who have been displaced by the wildfires, which began Tuesday. New Brunswick-born television presenter Mary Kitchen says her family fled their Westwood home on Wednesday because the air quality in their neighbourhood was unbearable.
Her family has been staying at a hotel in Newport waiting for the situation to improve. She wasn’t sure what the state of their home was."All of the award shows are probably going to be affected and mostly canceled. I don't think any of that is going to be happening for the next few months," said Kitchen, who moved to L.A. in 2007.
Montreal-born actor Elias Toufexis, known for his role on"Star Trek: Discovery," was forced to evacuate his Calabasas home with his family on Wednesday as spot fires ignited at the top of his street.Toufexis, who also does video game voiceover work, said things have been hectic since he moved to the city in 2019.
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