Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes Loses Everything In Apartment Fire

Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes Loses Everything In Apartment Fire

Last night Blood Orange mastermind Dev Hynes returned home to find his New York apartment completely destroyed by a fire. He lost music, hard drives, clothing, food, and sentimental items — literally everything he owns. Worst of all, his dog, Cupid, died in the blaze. At present it’s unclear how the fire started.

Hynes detailed the carnage in a series of tweets:

https://twitter.com/devhynes/status/412959600497786881

https://twitter.com/devhynes/status/412959712741576704

https://twitter.com/devhynes/status/412959830228213760

https://twitter.com/devhynes/status/412960154108186624

Career-wise, its been a banner year for Hynes after a long and occasionally treacherous climb through the music industry. His Album Of The Week-worthy Cupid Deluxe appeared on many best-of lists including ours. This, though, is an unbelievably terrible way to wrap up his triumphant 2013. Here’s hoping Hynes rebounds from this setback quickly.

UPDATE: Samantha Urbani’s mother is collecting donations to Hynes on this GoFundMe page.

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