Dev Hynes (Blood Orange) halts apartment fire fundraiser claiming he's 'uncomfortable'

Dev Hynes, more commonly known by his stage name of Blood Orange, put out one of the best albums of 2013 in Cupid Deluxe. Unfortunately, the last month has been terrible for Hynes. His longtime friendship with Solange Knowles fell apart publicly and, on December 16, his apartment caught fire, killing his dog Cupid and burning all of Hynes' earthly possesions. 

Since then, a fundraiser to help Hynes has been started by Robin Urbani, the mother of Hynes' girlfirend Samantha Urbani (whose name you may recognize from the band Friends). The fundraiser raised over $24K for Hynes, though he said the move made him "uncomfortable" on Tumblr.

"If I am honest, the fundraiser makes me feel extremely uncomfortable. This isn't me saying I don't need the money, to reiterate, i have lost everything. But maybe it's time I down some anxiety medication see a doctor and try and play some shows y'know? There are things i can do, although it will take years, that can help myself rebuild, a huge part of me is still struggling with understanding the events of two nights ago, and where to take my life from here. 

This isn't me being unappreciative. Tears stream down my face when Samantha shows me the nice messages people have written. It's overwhelming in the most extremely nicest way that people would care about this But as I stated before, so many people have nothing they can do to rebuild their life from scratch.

I have a lot to think about, I don't even know where to start from, I just wanted to be honest. 

I want to give all the money to charity, 3 charities to be precise which I will explain further at a future point, that's how I feel, i'm being spoken to by people who are close and understand my situation and are trying to advise me. As I probably am still in shock, and may not have a choice but to accept some of the money, and then think about charities, I don't know... I don't know where my head is at right now... 

But I had to say something.

Today I will sit down and work out how to play this, I can't write down my thanks, to everyone, the internet doesn't hold true enough the amount of love and warmth i've felt, it means the world to me.

While I am working everything out, please feel free to email me if you have donated and have any concerns, or would rather your money go to charity, or not. I want to hear people's thoughts. I'm not trying to make a news story, this is just my life, and I want to be genuine with the people that have been more than genuine with me."

There's quite a bit more to Hynes post here. Since posting that he felt uneasy with the idea, the fundraising campagin has been shut down at Hynes' request, though it did manage to raise over $24K dollars for the singer.

(h/t to Stereogum)